The DS52 will control these
turnout types without needing a DM1 as the DS54
does. It has screw terminals for easy installation and addressing is
independent for each output.
It has a capacitive-discharge system
for solenoid-type machines. To allow for recharging, it waits approximately
1 second before another command will execute. It also has an eight-command
buffer so that if more than one command is sent, one right after the
other, it will store those commands and execute them, first in first
out, as quickly as the capacitor allows.
It has a simple jumper to configure
it for slow-motion or solenoid-type switch machines. When configured
for slow-motion machines, you must do slow-motion machines on both outputs.
When configured for solenoid-type machines, you must do solenoid-type
machines on both outputs - although you can mix two- and three-wire
solenoid machines.
The DS52 has enough energy to operate
more than one machine per output, such as in a single or double crossover
situation. It can operate two slow-motion machines, or two Peco- or
Atlas-type machines, or up to four Kato Unitrack switches on a single
output.
Programming is so easy, you don't even
need to use a programming track or know anything about CVs, etc. Simply
turn track power off, install the programming jumper, turn track power
on, then use the two addresses you want the DS52 to assume. Remove the
programming jumper and it's ready to go.
The DS52 doesn't have any of the fancy
additional features of the DS54. But if needed,
you can use a TD-SRC8 in conjunction
with DS52s to obtain some of those features. |
