I have not been posting in a while because I have nothing new to post until now. I am still using servo motors to move my switch points. I purchased a Sprog DCC LCC servo controller. Web page with the servo controller is here:
https://sprog.us.com/lcc.html. I have been unable to get the LCC servo controller to work. I have 2 servo motors that have stopped working, both of which were connected to that servo controller. I reached out to their tech support and got one email back but nothing since. I reached out to them again last night. I am not saying this to trash the vendor. It's just an update of what has happened and warning for anyone who attempts to use this product that has no experience with it. It could be a bad board and/or it could be me; my understanding of how it works, and the configuration could be wrong. I honestly do not know.
The method of throwing the servo motors is going to change for me. I am going to using Tam Valley Depot's Octopus III controller to control the servos. The web link is here:
https://www.tamvalleydepot.com/products/octopusservodriver.html. Their controller says it will accept input from a majority of model railroad control circuits that can handle active low logic. LCC should be able to work with this as it handles active low logic. I can send the producer events from the RR-CirKits Tower Controller which is where the buttons are connected currently. My order came in today and I will try it this weekend so hopefully I will have an update soon on this method.
I had another idea that hit me like a ton of bricks today when I thought of it. I am going to mount my servos to the front of my layout. The layout has foam board on all of it. I will get some brass tubing and some long wire. I will sink it into the foam near the surface but below the scenery layer. This way all the servos are at the front of the layout and easily accessible. The tubing will keep the channel where the wire connection is located open and not allow the foam to close in on it and make it difficult to throw switches. The only thing I will have to worry about is making a cover for the machines down the road when I am ready for visitors. That should be no big deal. I am thinking any negatives will be outweighed by the positives of doing it this way. The best part I like is that it makes the switch motors (servo's) very accessible for troubleshooting and setting up. I think this is a great idea and want to give it a try. What do you think? Has anyone tried this? Did it work or not?
