LGB - a control - Link to Jumbo transformers
Jumbo Transformers
can be incorporated into the control system quite easily after applying a minor
change to their electronics. Its 9-pole connector (formerly used for the
transformer's tethered RC) then is used to connect the transformer to a module,
especially designed for this purpose. Like all of the other modules it is
connected to the RS485-bus and the 24V DC power supply.
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The little change applied to the electronics mentioned above modifies the transformer's control circuit so that it will interpret a PWM voltage instead of reacting upon the tethered RC's potentiometer. The PWM voltage is supplied by the module connected. This change allows for a much more exact and sensive regulation of the voltage than with the mechanical potentiometer.
As a result, different accelaration and decelaration curves for particular vehicles are executable via a "click". Raising and lowering pantographs or switching a vehicle's sound and light (if applicable) is possible this way as well. Even the complete process of uncoupling a DUO-loco from a train is replaced with a single simple "click" - no more hassle with the control knob for that.
