<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"></style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <p>A new Circuitron switch machine is now available. It caught my attention when I read that it has an integrated micro-controlled and speaks DCC. </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Read more here: <a href="http://www.circuitron.com/index_files/ins/800-6200ins.pdf" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk701277">http://www.circuitron.com/index_files/ins/800-6200ins.pdf</a></p> <p><br> </p> <p>It requires an initial program setting for the Id Address like any DCC device, but you have to connect to the DCC bus, press a button on the board, wait, use your controller to see the address, then disconnect the power. (per instructions, but I think you can power from DCC buss) So you only have to do this once - unless there is a technical glitch. Then good luck crawling under the layout to press that button. </p> <p><br> </p> <p>Surprises me that if you are going to the effort to put a micro-controller in the design, why not make it always DCC connected and remotely programmable.</p> <p><br> </p> <p>Take a look and see what you think.</p> <div id="LPBorder_GT_14720097770390.6610930960225991" style="margin-bottom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id="LPContainer_14720097770330.926411677598715" cellspacing="0" style="width: 90%; position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <tbody> <tr valign="top" style="border-spacing: 0px;"> <td id="TextCell_14720097770360.7670437464476692" colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;"> <div id="LPRemovePreviewContainer_14720097770360.8688169745661591"></div> <div id="LPTitle_14720097770360.017981061839347" style="top: 0px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: normal; font-size: 21px; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"> <a id="LPUrlAnchor_14720097770370.8793876482755136" href="http://www.circuitron.com/index_files/ins/800-6200ins.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;">CONGRATULATIONS ! SLOW MOTION ACTUATOR WITH INTEGRATED ...</a></div> <div id="LPMetadata_14720097770370.30562398865079343" style="margin: 10px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> www.circuitron.com</div> <div id="LPDescription_14720097770380.09003405184221758" style="display: block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;"> CONGRATULATIONS ! The SMAIL™ SLOW MOTION ACTUATOR WITH INTEGRATED LOGIC represents the very latest in high technology DCC design with an INTERNAL microprocessor ...</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></div> </div> </body> </html>