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I am posting this reply to my first inquiry for those in the future who are merely browsing may want to know the results without going down through the many threads in detail. Having said that I...

Mark,

I'll address the second remark in this reply. The first time I discovered the problem (and it did occur consistently) I would have to say there is no acceleration or deceleration possible...

Hello Mark,

I have invested some time in running the long signal leads in shielded cable and grounding it and everything I can think of to the earth ground of my 110vAC power cord. The main...

Hi Richard,

This a very interesting strategy and I have added it to my collection of code snippets.

On this project my approach is to try the hardware methods first since they (like ground...

No offense taken.

Nobody has ever accused ME of being a genius but my tenacity has lead me to many learning opportunities.

I will try several of the strategies offered by the contributors and...

Voila! Photos as promised.

I have yet to provide the scenery work but first things first- get it operating. Manual operation works as designed.

The power (0-17vDC) from the speed control can...

Heckler,

I first discovered this thread by looking at a print ready version of the tree.

My trolley system is at the beginning stages but all the track and overhead is assembled and in good...

Thanks Richard.

This has great potential in my code because as you commented, once I set close the realys to the trolley power all I have to do is loop through the routine that checks for a low...

LinkM,

I appreciate your idea to inline the inductors and naturally shrink-tube saves the day for so many inline solutions like this.

I did strike upon the idea of soldering the caps to the...

Dave,

As a novice I don't get exposure to best practices so this advice is very welcome. I will copy the info down and study it carefully. It will certainly be implemented in future designs that...

Henrik,

I over thought the issue and had a "brain-fault" when I got to thinking of the output parameters instead of the pin configured as imput. I appreciate your pointing that out and following...

Michel,

At present I'm not so concerned about reed switch bounce (although that may become a later issue) since the jumping to the next set of operations in the PIC program behavior occurs without...

LinkM,

Thanks for the great circuit sketch! I don't have any inductors on hand but if this works well, I would consider making a module of it for future uses of the reed switch as a sensor.

I...

Heckler,

The reed switches are different ones but I have rigorously tested the ones under the track including the lead wire to the location of the new controller. This was easily done by rolling...

I don't know about static buildup because I never have experienced that. It did get me to thinking that since the trolley takes power from an overhead wire and completes the current path to the...

Amoque,

Thanks for your thoughts and empathy from a fellow "enthusiast."

I have read some related posts that the forum software provided presumably due to the tags I defined. There were also...

Henrik,

I don't have a spec sheet for the reed switch so I can't verify the current capacity but it is rather small (~5mm l. reeds) in glass tube. The pullups are 47k ohm and on the control...

I have just completed and tested a controller system of my design to automate trips between two stations and a yard siding on my model (HO scale) trolley line.

I have used a PIC 16F722 to take...