NCE MINI PANEL explaination

[@DamonGaskin]

Glass I found your vids, most helpful. I'm trying to wrap my head around the mini panel(I'm going to use mine hopefully for signals). But your advice on it can basically be added anywhere in the cab bus, as long as there is a cable that you can plug into, is most helpful. I know your video is old(and you've probably moved on to other things), but more tutorials would be awesome!

[@FBMRR]

i have not seen it for signals. i have seen the AIU01 used for signals. but im sure we can figure this out. you are right, that i have moved on. as a matter of fact the layout from this video is no more. i am in the process of designing a new one. im sure the AIU and the Mini panel will come back into play. so stay tuned.

[@DamonGaskin]

@Foltz Bailey Model RailRoad definitely will! Look forward to your progress on the new layout..

[@FBMRR]

Hey, I went looking at ur channel. Is it set to "for kids". ? No one can comment on any of your videos.

[@FBMRR]

@damongaskin Hey I just watched ur new video. But I can't make comments. Ur channel is market at not for kids.

[@DamonGaskin]

Hey! Thanks for watching.! And yes, I disabled the comments years ago, when they first started with the bots and spam stuff. I may change it, but things are so much worse with that kind of annoyance.. Do, what did you think?

[@pdrrengineer1404]

Another good tutorial there Rick. Among the DCC systems out there, NCE seems to be the leader in providing useful, flexible building blocks for incorporating automation into the base system. Thanks for putting this series together. Art...

[@FBMRR]

Glad your enjoying these and finding them useful. More to come. Stay tuned

[@mikeprival2651]

I just got on here cause im still wiring up layout and am thinking about getting mini panel. Rick. Your a good teacher. Very well explained. I'll keep watchin. you keep teachin!..Appreciate it.

[@FBMRR]

Best comment ever... thanks Mike. Glad i could help...

[@mikeprival2651]

@@FBMRR any time man..Im watchin your mini panel button install and program now..good stuff..Your excited about what you do..that makes a big difference..Im now a subscriber .Ill be referring to your stuff often..you got email in case i get long winded or stuck on a project?

[@thomradice8680]

I think you already have a cool tag/intro line… “Rick back down here on the layout”. It’s pedestrian, local to you. Love it

[@FBMRR]

Yeah but lots of people often say something similar. Hey thanks for watching.

[@BoxcarJerry]

Hi Rick another great tutorial . You really make it easy to understand all this . I don't know if I'll use these but its good to know . Thanks for doing these man . Take care .

[@FBMRR]

i swore to my wife that i would never Go DCC because of the cost. I also told her i would never outgrow the 4x8 plywood either. but here i am being all tech central... LOL

[@DruSteel69]

wow, high tech, Rick. :) Thanks for the tutorial. I wish I have NCE...someday. Stay well, my friend. - Drew

[@FBMRR]

with the crisis we are in today don't be surprised if there are a lot of deals that come out once the vendors and suppliers start shipping again. they are going to want to move merchandise to get out of the red and back in the black. you may be able to get a good deal on an NCE starter kit.

[@DruSteel69]

@@FBMRR - hmm...we shall see, brother. I will be watching. Have a great day.

[@jimtedesco]

Good tutorial Rick.

[@FBMRR]

Thanks jim..

[@thebibletrain8297]

How do I hook it up to my 4 old school transformers?

[@FBMRR]

Thats a negative my friend. DCC only im afraid.

[@thebibletrain8297]

Rick Bailey is just kidding, all this technology scares me some.

[@JoeG-firehousewhiskey]

holy cow you know a lot about this device! Im blown away!

[@FBMRR]

Experiment and you get the idea. The manual is very technical. I follow @arthurhouston3 on youtube. He goes over all this stuff. Great resource.

[@JoeG-firehousewhiskey]

why would you even need a button board the switch 8 does the same thing?

[@FBMRR]

You cant hook toggles or button switches to a switch8. You need the button board for that. The switch 8 is only there as a decoder to give the tortoise an address.

[@JoeG-firehousewhiskey]

@@FBMRR ahhhh okay, thanks!!

[@KerleyExpress]

Say what lol I'm really lost now lol Do i need one of those too lol

[@FBMRR]

you only need one of these if you are planning to do automation on your layout or panels in JMRI.

[@KerleyExpress]

@@FBMRR so what do you mean by automation. I was setting thinking about this lol

[@FBMRR]

You can program the mini panel to do things automatically when triggered. I have another video coming out in a day or two that might explain more. Hang tight and stay tuned.