Layout Command Control 1 - Push Button Route Control with LCC (1)

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17 күн бұрын

Can you run your layout in a similar way that you run your DCC trains? The answer is yes. This is part one of a two part series where I attempt to explain how I configure the system I use to control my layout components. Layout Command Control (LCC) is a fantastic way to integrate various components of your layout like turnouts, push-buttons, block detection, and signaling.
I give an overview of the components I use and a comprehensive walk though of how I make use of LCC to create routes for trains with push-buttons.
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List of components I use, all are from www.rr-cirkits.com/index.html
LCC Power point
LCB USB Buffer
Tower LCC
SMD-8
Tortoise Adapter Boards (TAB)
Button Quick-Links
Break Out Quick-Link
Cab servo cables
10 wire Ribbon Cable
10 pin IDC plugs.
Not seen in this video but also used:
BOD-8 (block occupancy detector)
Signal LCC

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@randygates364 15 күн бұрын

I have been seriously converting to LCC. This video is very comprehensive. The best explanation in layman terms I’ve seen!

@OtterCreek 14 күн бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@derekalexander4030 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for the session on LCC and the routes. I love how detailed you are with all of the routes printed with different colors. I’d let you work on my guns with confidence.

@OtterCreek 13 күн бұрын

Thanks Derek. I was an LE gun armorer (and instructor) for years!

@Bliz0516 15 күн бұрын

Great video! LCC has been of interest to me, but I didn’t really understand the fundamentals. So thanks for an excellent introduction.

@OtterCreek 15 күн бұрын

I'm glad you liked it!

@cbcona001 15 күн бұрын

Nice presentation on LCC. It is a great system and is very flexible and easy to adapt to almost any modelrailroad. Thanks

@OtterCreek 14 күн бұрын

Glad you like it!

@Christiane069 15 күн бұрын

Thank so much for this very instructive intro, and especially usage of LCC. Looking for the next video on the subject. Now I understand why you make your own cables.

@OtterCreek 15 күн бұрын

Glad you found it helpful. Yes, I've made almost all of my wiring to include the electricity! This coming Thursday's video is more about the programing.

@Christiane069 14 күн бұрын

@@OtterCreek Thanks for the feedback.

@154Colin 8 күн бұрын

Very logical and thought-out. Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.

@OtterCreek 7 күн бұрын

Wise words!

@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment 15 күн бұрын

Excellent discussion of Layout Command Control. Thank you.

@OtterCreek 15 күн бұрын

You're very welcome!

@geraldstewart 15 күн бұрын

Good planning Dennis

@OtterCreek 15 күн бұрын

Thanks Gerald!

@CM-ARM 12 күн бұрын

Dennis I learned something so thank you. I'm trying to my layout rather simple, atleast for now. But you have given me something to think about for the future. Thank you

@OtterCreek 12 күн бұрын

Thanks Chris! Nothing wrong with simple, that's for sure.

@nscalestation 14 күн бұрын

Well done ! I'll look forward to the next video.

@OtterCreek 14 күн бұрын

Thanks @nscalestation!

@atanisoftware 15 күн бұрын

A great intro to LCCand how you are utilizing it. One small note on the robbon cable, the red stripe can be eother pin one or eight but you must be consistent kn which you are using. For the short jumper cable between the tower and SMD board there are commercial cables available if desired. Ill be going a slightly different direction on my layout with LCC controlled turnouts but the concept is mostly the same. I'm working on a small LCC node that would control a single turnout (single direction or threeway) so I will only have rj45 and DC power bus running around the modules. The DC bus is primarily to offload the high current / voltage needs kff the LCC bus, much like the SMD board.

@OtterCreek 14 күн бұрын

Thanks Mike! Sounds like a cool node!

@atanisoftware 14 күн бұрын

I'll share some more info on the new node over on discord soon enough. Just need to get some free cycles to get a few built and tested.

@atanisoftware 14 күн бұрын

I'll also send one out if you want to test one at that time

@OtterCreek 14 күн бұрын

@@atanisoftware I'd give it a shot. I have one turnout that is a bit isolated. It's not near any other node so I am interested in something designed for one turnout.

@mapruitt 15 күн бұрын

So you're running 19th century equipment with starship Enterprise controls. I'm confused on one thing (at least!). Don't you need a unique route defined for each industrial siding? Looks like a whole lotta routes! Thanks much for the overview! I now have a basic understanding of how you electronic circuitry and all those cables play together.

@OtterCreek 15 күн бұрын

Spurs/industries get their own push button, that button only throws open the turnout to enter the spur. (does not toggle) The turnout will close automatically when a route button is pressed that requires the opposite position of the points. It's far more easy to understand while operating than it is to verbally explain. I try to consider routes in the track planning and keep it fewer than 6. If you have more than 6 routes then you might need to have your turnouts react to each other rather than react to a push button. Thanks for stopping in Mark!

@davidstefek6166 10 күн бұрын

Also, regarding the quillable whistle you mentioned on your WowSound decoder, ESU also has a quillable whistle which is somewhat similar to WowSound. It isn't user-controllable like the WowSound, meaning you can't pitch it up or down yourself as it plays. However, depending on which whistle you select, there are several possible ways the whistle is quilled. The whistle recordings are broken up into segments: initial, loop and exit. There are usually two or three initial options and two or three exits, which the decoder picks at random each time you play the whistle. Each of the options has a different quill or pitch bend, so with three initials and three exits you get nine different whistle combinations. So, while you don't get to adjust the pitch yourself, it does, at least, have multiple pitch variations for each whistle, unlike Tsunami, which keeps it from sounding monotonous.

@OtterCreek 10 күн бұрын

Thanks David. I'll probably stick with Tsunami, Pretty much everything I have is soundtrax. That way everything is the same.

@pmsteamrailroading 14 күн бұрын

The more I hear about LCC, the better C/MRI looks.

@OtterCreek 14 күн бұрын

To each their own!

@Vman7757 14 күн бұрын

I'm as you know wanting to add LCC. This is a very good explanation. Will you list all the parts you use in case we want to go buy these parts?

@OtterCreek 14 күн бұрын

Yes I will!

@Vman7757 14 күн бұрын

Also the block would be good.

@OtterCreek 14 күн бұрын

I will likely touch on that in the future, when it becomes relevant to what I'm doing. Right now I'm just doing the hard wiring of the components for it. The plan is to eventually add semaphores.