Point Motor & Control Panel Switch Installation Part 1

[@aftreni]

In my analogue system the control panel uses exclusively 5v and 0.5A, I use 5v relays which then close the circuit and activate the railway switches. In this way, in addition to using smaller sections of wire, I can apply microcontrollers such as Arduino to control the relays, making everything automatable!

[@williamaddison1637]

Just about to make my own control panel and these videos have been incredibly helpful - thank you so much. Mick

[@BarnabasJunction]

Your very welcome 😊

[@williamaddison1637]

Really helpful video thank you so much as I prepare my own Control Panel for my points.

[@BarnabasJunction]

Pleased to hear this has helped you

[@SouthWesternModeller]

Thanks for another shout out Jason. Switch panel looks really good and I'm pleased I was able to assist with your track plan. Fingers crossed my station switch panel will be fully functional by the end of March. Cheers, Jamie

[@TonyDocksStation]

Pennyhill Junction - hello, what software did you use for the track plan. In the process of doing mine and absolutely hate my design so far haha 😂

[@BarnabasJunction]

Your very welcome Jamie, i look forward to seeing your become operational :) P.s. As on tonight i now have 2 point motors working =D

[@SouthWesternModeller]

Hi James, Mine was custom made in Excel. If you want me to email you mine, drop me a message on my KZbin channel. At least you can have a play around with the formatting to fit your design. Cheers, Jamie

[@TonyDocksStation]

Pennyhill Junction - Thank you, I really appreciate that! I’ve only got access to my phone atm, and that won’t allow me to send direct messages. When I’m next at the laptop I shall send you a message. Thanks again!

[@SouthWesternModeller]

No worries Tony. Alternatively you can send a message to my Pennyhill Junction Facebook page :)

[@NewcastleCentralOOGauge]

Looks great, the edging really helps to set it off. It makes such a difference when all the points can be centrally controlled. Really neat and tidy wiring, too. I remember how long it took me to build my panel and having to solder all those wires! The LEDs were what really drove me crazy :) Looking forward to how the rest of this develops. Iain

[@BarnabasJunction]

Newcastle Central (OO Gauge) I enjoyed building the panel, I am hoping the wiring will remain neat. Adding LED's is a little beyond my technical wizardry but maybe one day 🤔

[@H0bby_Adventure]

Hey Barnabas. Awesome job on the control panel. Your keeping everything nice a neat. A solution for replacing the shrink tube idea is using liquid electrical tape.

[@BarnabasJunction]

Thank you for your comment.

[@Mickeystretton]

That wiring tidiness alone deserves a sub😍😂

[@BarnabasJunction]

Thank you for your comment.

[@komatsu65]

great video. very well explained. very tidy wiring. what about LEDS to show direction of traffic? I was looking tips as how to include them to the panel. can't find any videos that show how incorporate LEDS. Cheers, Oliver.

[@BarnabasJunction]

Noted, that is something i have considered adding.

[@ralphviola1508]

Very nicely done. Sparky 107107 suggested your KZbin site

[@BarnabasJunction]

Thank you for your comment.

[@johnnycastaway4198]

Hi, I’ve now watched part 1 and 2. Great video. I have a basic question about your common return or negative. Where does it pickup the power source. I’m assuming your have a 12v power supply requiring both a positive and negative output to your control panel.

[@BarnabasJunction]

Hi Richard, Thank you for watching. I am pleased you enjoyed them. The control panel is connected to a DCC Concepts CDU+2 which supplies it with plentyful required power. They retail approx £30 and are well worth it.

[@tovilstationmodelrailway7317]

Thanks for doing this video, I look forward to part 2

[@BarnabasJunction]

Hi Tovil, Part 2 is in progress and should be uploaded in a few days hopefully. Thanks for viewing.

[@NedsTrains]

Nice video Jason I would love to convert my layout to motors l love the idea of having a track diagram it looks amazing you have done a good job. As you saw I have tried my best to promote MRYCG and I did have a few people recognise it and ask about it and if I knew you and all the others to which I said I have talked to him briefly on a livestream it not in person. I have a video from the event of you want to have a look at it. I think that your layout is great I am surprised you haven’t used point motors in the first place! I like that your layout is modern image and you can basically run what you like. 👍😀 keep up the good work Jason. Ned

[@BarnabasJunction]

Thank you for your comment.

[@cliveward4484]

Thanks

[@BarnabasJunction]

Thank You Clive for the Super Thanks.

[@TonyDocksStation]

Nice work mate! In the process of doing mine, and picked up a few good points (no pun intended)! Loving that tidy wiring too btw!

[@BarnabasJunction]

Cheers Tony, glad the video has been of help. yes i am trying my best to keep things neat & tidy so i can keep track (no pun here either lol) of which wire is which.

[@JumbleLane]

Thought you had enough of soldering after that epic live session of dropper soldering st Valley Brook lol, Geoff

[@BarnabasJunction]

LOL Geoff, yeah soldering is becoming annoying but gotta press on as still lots more yet to do. Thanks for viewing.

[@robertrammixiomharrison2979]

Very Nicely done, plenty of ideas for when I build my control panel, Im using Seep PM-1 motors on mine, just a quick question, the majority of my points are insulfrog, could I still use the switching on the seep pm-1 for polarity? Im hoping to improve the reliability on the insulfrogs instead of relying on just the blades for polarity :)

[@BarnabasJunction]

Thank you for your comment.

[@HillcrestHalt]

Hi,What gauge wire did you use for the red and black wires going to and from your switches ?

[@BarnabasJunction]

It was a 100m reel of 2 x 0.75mm speaker wire - amzn.eu/d/0Muf8vT

[@HillcrestHalt]

@@BarnabasJunction Many thanks. Just watched your video where you wired up your switches and point motors. Lovely video to watch. Very easy to understand. My switches are slightly different as I’ll be using an 8 way switch module, but wiring is the same though. My supply of wire was a little too thin for the ferrule connectors I’ll be using.

[@1701_FyldeFlyer]

Very nice piece of work. Cant wait for part 2! Sorry for my ignorance but CDU? Do you mean a power supply unit? I take it that the points are not being DCC operated if you are using the switches? Are the switches sprung to return to centre or stay where you push them? Are your points electrofrog & if so have you fitted polarity switchers to them? Sorry for all the questions!

[@BarnabasJunction]

Hello :) Part 2 is in progress and should be uploaded in a few days hopefully. CDU means Capacitor Discharge Unit and is mains powered. It is a DC Concepts CDU+2. Yes all points will be operated by the control panel and not a DCC controller. The switches are On-Off-On Momentary switches which return to centre once pressed. All my points are insulfrog so no requirement for polarity switches. The points motors used are Gaugemaster PM-2. Always happy to answer questions, thanks for viewing.

[@1thatdeadrockstar]

Hi mate - how do you power the black wire ? The common return ? I get how to sort the other two, but the only power units I can find need two wires into them, not one… I know am being dumb but I just can’t understand it

[@BarnabasJunction]

The DCC Concepts CDU +2 that I use has 3 connections (+)(-)(+) each + (Red) is 1 CDU either side that can handle approx 16 point motors (according to DCC Concepts) the - (Black) is the common return for both.

[@NS3644]

You could maybe use a product called Plasti-Dip and cover the bare terminals/wires with it. Hope this helps. Randall

[@BarnabasJunction]

Thank you for your comment.

[@ef7480]

When you say 'common return' do you not mean 'common supply' to the switches from the psu/CDU?

[@BarnabasJunction]

Yes sorry, Thank you for your comment.

[@jadeerechillin]

Which of the 3 outputs on cdu are used for the switch and motor

[@BarnabasJunction]

Thank you for your comment.

[@Wallis-zq5yb]

what was the switch you used and do you know where i can get some

[@BarnabasJunction]

I used off/on/off momentary switches and can be purchased from lots of online retailers

[@Wallis-zq5yb]

Ok thanks

[@dundasjunctionmodelr.r-jam8267]

Just subbed your channel, Sparky sent me

[@BarnabasJunction]

Thanks for the sub!

[@frankdoyle181]

Nice work , what software did you use for your track plan?

[@BarnabasJunction]

Frank Doyle Hiya, the software used to produce the track was Microsoft Excel 😁 The plan design was produced by Jamie at Pennyhill Junction youtube channel. Thanks for viewing.

[@gouldianjunction6014]

Yeah control panel can be time

[@gouldianjunction6014]

To make them. I spent over 30 hours all up to make mine. But I wanted the toggle switch instead of DCC on it. Feel more like I in control

[@BarnabasJunction]

Oh Yeah........ its the start of a lonnnnnnng job LOL. Thanks for viewing.

[@davidanthonybatten9150]

your showing every thing here other than how the wires get power etc and where to. Why?

[@BarnabasJunction]

That is shown and explained in part 2

[@davidanthonybatten9150]

@@BarnabasJunction well say so in part 1 then hahahahaa cheers