GIRR control equipment
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GIRR Control Equipment
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The control equipment is mounted on the back
of a small door so that it can be protected from the weather, but
still remain accessible and permanently connected to the layout.
Putting away the controls involves merely closing the door.
At the top are two Aristo Train Engineer receivers, one for each
of the two cabs. Below that is a panel with the cab control and
turnout routing manual controls. Below that is a mess of wiring and
five Aristo ART-5474 Accessory Panels that allow the turnouts to be
controlled remotely. Behind the hinged panel is a board that
contains a diode matrix that determines which turnouts go which way
for each route command from the 5474's. There are also five small
circuit boards with custom converter circuits similar to those
found at Aristo 5474
Tips which reformat the outputs from the 5474's to the
configuration that I needed.
© 1997-2000 George Schreyer
Last Updated Aug 22, 2000
