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Accessory Project for powering air solenoids

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Jim Agnew:
Has anyone developed an accessory project for the AM-1S, that can control an air solenoid? If so, I would appreciate knowing what logic was used. Thanks.

G8B4Life:
No one's posted anything like that here but it does sound like a cool project, and something I had though about before; though not specifically with RailPro as the control system.

If I may ask, what's the use case? If your thinking of throwing points (switches for most of you) you might be better off using the plain AM-1 and not the 1S as the plain version is designed for turnout control and the 1S is not. What the actual internal difference is I don't know but it's how Ring sells them.

If you post the the air solenoids you plan to use we might be able to make some suggestions for making a program.

- Tim

Jim Agnew:
The “S” is my mistake. I currently am using the AirWire Linker and Activator to throw 5 air powered turnouts on my garden layout. Since I’ve converted some of my engines to Railpro, I’d like to eliminate the need for the AirWire controller.
I’ll see if I can get the specs on the solenoid.
When I asked Ring, they replied that someone had informed them that they had in fact accomplished what I wanted to do.

Jim Agnew:
https://www.clippard.com/part/ET-3-12

G8B4Life:
Ok, so normally if your using the plain Accessory module you shouldn't need to write a program, it'll come set for you use for turnouts and you just need to define the type of point machine (switch machine) you are controlling. However, this sounds like a non normal case so how does it work for you currently? Does energising the solenoid throw the points and de-energising the solenoid restore the points, or does it work some other way (a diagram would be really good if you can do that)?

- Tim

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