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…................--- DCC-EX 8 District (A-H) Control Panel ---
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Track outputs on a DCC-EX command station can be powered off with your phone or other throttle or by turning the command station off. I wanted a physical way to turn any of my track outputs in addition to those options. I have an 8 track output command station and came up with the following on/off boxes with an indicator light on each along with a letter representing which output that it is. DCC-EX uses letters instead of number to label the outputs, A-H in my case.
If you need more info that what is in the images please ask.
The individual control box was designed so that you could put two screws through holes in the base and screw them into the wood rub-rail that goes around the layout (see last images below).
With the base screwed down the main box section and top slid onto it and a single screw in the front and into the base secures the upper housing.
I used my .......
......$65 hot air station (more info ( HERE ) .......
...... to solder the small 1206 SMD resistors for the LED's in a minute or less.
0402 red LEDs were dropped into the holes on the intermediate top and glued in place with CA.
..... a hole was drilled in the fascia behind each box for the three sets of wires. The track voltage went to the bus used for track in 8 different districts.
Red indicator LEDs are lit when the track output is on.
The eight track outputs from the DCC-EX command station go to one of the 8 boxes (A-H) and then on to 8 different districts on the layout.
To be continued and a link to this whole build ( HERE ).
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