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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: LM-3S
« Last post by Mrpicks on April 12, 2026, 06:14:51 PM »Sending it back to Ring.
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New Users Start Here / Re: Introduce Yourself...
« Last post by loco_man4449@hotmail.com on April 12, 2026, 01:00:15 PM »My name is Tom Gilmore. I am into G scale. Will be building a garden railroad in the next year or so. Located in the south east portion of Washington state. Railpro was recommended for some new locomotives I am in the middle of purchasing and doing installs for. Looking forward to tapping a knowledge base to help me eliminate making msitakes and having to do things a second time to get it right. Brand new to Railpro and don’t know anything about it’s fipunctions or features.
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Who's Using Stay-Alive/Keep-Alive, PBM-2 Capacitor Modules?
« Last post by Coal Valley BNSF on April 12, 2026, 12:47:34 PM »Not me! I don't need any band-aids and spend extra cash!! Mine run prefect without them after I spent some time figuring it out.
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General Discussion / Re: Short Circuit Protection
« Last post by William Brillinger on April 12, 2026, 06:54:56 AM »I believe the AR-1 and CB-1 are the same hardware. You may be able to get the CB software to load on the AR if you contact Ring.
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / ISOLATING CROSS-OVER IN A LOOP
« Last post by carpediem4570 on April 11, 2026, 04:34:13 PM » [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
ISOLATING CROSS-OVER IN A LOOP
Greetings One and All:
We have some progress with a few minor changes to the track plan. I’ve include a cross-over reverse on a loop.
I need advice on track isolation.
In the photo, I have marked the track in the affected area with red for positive and black for negative.
The areas circled in blue is where the positive and negative reverse when connecting to the loop. The exception is the cross in the middle. I circled this because I am wondering if this cross needs to be isolated separately.
The four areas highlighted in green are where I think I need to isolate the track from the loop with plastic fishplates. Can I use plastic on just one rail; red or black or, do both rails need to be isolated?
I have two auto reverse, (ar), units. Can I use one ar for the entire cross-over or do I need one ar for each leg?
Your help as always, is appreciated.
Kind regards,
Max
ISOLATING CROSS-OVER IN A LOOP
Greetings One and All:
We have some progress with a few minor changes to the track plan. I’ve include a cross-over reverse on a loop.
I need advice on track isolation.
In the photo, I have marked the track in the affected area with red for positive and black for negative.
The areas circled in blue is where the positive and negative reverse when connecting to the loop. The exception is the cross in the middle. I circled this because I am wondering if this cross needs to be isolated separately.
The four areas highlighted in green are where I think I need to isolate the track from the loop with plastic fishplates. Can I use plastic on just one rail; red or black or, do both rails need to be isolated?
I have two auto reverse, (ar), units. Can I use one ar for the entire cross-over or do I need one ar for each leg?
Your help as always, is appreciated.
Kind regards,
Max
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General Discussion / Re: Short Circuit Protection
« Last post by G8B4Life on April 11, 2026, 06:14:08 AM »I'd say yes. From the AR-1 manual available on Rings site:
I'm guessing the AR-1 and CB-1 are essentially the same internally , possibly exactly the same with just a "switch", either physical or software, to tell it to be an AR-1 or a CB-1.
- Tim
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The AR-1 can also be used to isolate small sections of track, limiting the impact of short circuits if derailments occur to just one area of your layout.
I'm guessing the AR-1 and CB-1 are essentially the same internally , possibly exactly the same with just a "switch", either physical or software, to tell it to be an AR-1 or a CB-1.
- Tim
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: LM-3S
« Last post by sieggs1 on April 10, 2026, 05:32:40 PM »Mr. Picks,
Just wondering what your solution was here. Did you get the module to work or did you send it back to Ring?
Rob S. "Sieggs"
Just wondering what your solution was here. Did you get the module to work or did you send it back to Ring?
Rob S. "Sieggs"
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Who's Using Stay-Alive/Keep-Alive, PBM-2 Capacitor Modules?
« Last post by sieggs1 on April 10, 2026, 05:30:22 PM »Hey All,
Just wondering how many of you use some kind of Stay-Alive/Keep-Alive capacitor in your locomotives?
How many of your locos have one?
What brand do you prefer to use? RailPro's PBM-2 or something else?
Do any of you roll your own stay-alive capacitors? If so, how do you build it?
I'm curious.
Rob S. "Sieggs"
Just wondering how many of you use some kind of Stay-Alive/Keep-Alive capacitor in your locomotives?
How many of your locos have one?
What brand do you prefer to use? RailPro's PBM-2 or something else?
Do any of you roll your own stay-alive capacitors? If so, how do you build it?
I'm curious.
Rob S. "Sieggs"
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Sounds on Rings website and Sugar Pine Shay Whistle
« Last post by G8B4Life on April 10, 2026, 06:25:31 AM »I've split Richards original post (and all the replies) from the Listing of Available RailPro Sounds thread off into it's own thread as it drifted off from just being about the sounds on Rings website. I've named the split thread as appropriately as I can.
- Tim
- Tim
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Sounds on Rings website and Sugar Pine Shay Whistle
« Last post by JRad on April 09, 2026, 03:50:31 PM »Thanks Richard. They sound great!