Model Railway Automation made EASIER !!

Model Railway Automation can be confusing. In this video I will break down model railway automation and show you how I make the process so much automation so much easier.
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✅ Contents
0:00 - Introduction.
1:08 - The Hardware needed.
• DCC Command Station
• Track Occupancy
• Stationary/Function Decoders
• PCs & Software
13:18 - Making it easier!!
22:17 - Putting it all together
23:19 - Why dive into this rabbit hole??.
25:56 - Conclusions and thoughts and questions
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[@Daveslayout]

This video is brilliant! Exactly what we need more of! More simple and easier to understand! This was so helpful.

[@ModelRailroadTechniques]

Thank you kindly.

[@liketoplaytrains]

Thank you for the video, I have Automation on my layout and love it but cop a lot of flack off colleagues for NOT running the trains myself. Mostly I alone when I run my layout and love to see wall to wall trains, but like your layout when in a yard the operation is automatic to enter/exit but manual inside the yard.
Well done on the video.
PS I use a PLC to control my layout

[@ModelRailroadTechniques]

That’s great to hear your operating methods. They are just jealous because you can run more trains with less people. Keep going it is addictive

[@ModelRailroadTechniques]

Thanks for watching. Questions from this video??
1. Would you implement automation like this?
2. How would you tweek the automation I have shown?
3. How could I do my automation better??

[@EsotericArctos]

This video had a lot of good information in it. Almost could be broken into separate videos to go itno more detail on each topic. I did notice the sound was not up to your usual standards, particularly in the first 5 minutes.
I tend to like a logical, systemic approach to automation of any kind, breaking it down to it's base components and working from there. It can look like a lot to take in, but if you break it down into the smaller components, it is not so complicated as it looks. Sure, it takes a bit of time, but the great thing is you can do it bit by bit, building as you go along.

[@ModelRailroadTechniques]

Thanks Brendan, yeah I am having some issues re the sound in Adobe for some reason. Breaking it down into small components or groups of components it does make more sense. I will look a more in depth videos to come. If people want them of course.

[@renezwart3201]

Hi Daz, great video! Regretfully Digikeijs is out of business, they went bust, but I really like their equipment. One of the main developers (I understand) has started a new business making basically the same kit (YaMorc IIRC). I do have a question with regards to the detection and using them with power districts/boosters. I understand that using certain detection modules result is a certain voltage (or current?) drop. You seem to use different methods, like light detectors and these modules. Any issues with voltage differences on your trach between the 'occupancy detection zones' and the non-detection ones at all? Cheers, Rene

[@ModelRailroadTechniques]

Yeah I know right. Great products. No issues as such re my power districts I do have areas that are not controlled by occupancy detection that at my booster end use a buck converter to level out the DC voltage that powers them. This levels out the voltage with the occupancy detected areas. As for IR detection this does reply on track voltage so no issues there. The information is fed back into a TrainController software via a different type of occupancy module called the optocoupler module. This feeds information back into the system from devices like IRs, physical switches and reed switches to name a few. They do not work like current sensing ones. Hope this helps ?

[@renezwart3201]

@@ModelRailroadTechniques Great, so you have accommodated for the voltage drops, if they occur, by adjusting the voltage before the ‘dropping’ kit if I understand you correctly? Good one, cheers! BTW where are you in Oz? I’m in North NSW :-)