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May 2011

Program track wiring

I spend the afternoon wiring the two program tracks. They are side by side and are used for “Team” tracks when not programming. The reason there are two tracks for programming is I forgot to insulate one of them. So it was just easier this way. Amazing how long certain things take. The three position switch for the program track had already been installed. It controls what the program track is electrically connected too. Center position is off - no power to the track. Right position connects the track to the main power and left position connects it to the programmer.

There is a little aluminum plate with “PROG” and “MAIN” to indicate which position to move the switch. Since the switch is somewhat hidden under the facia I put a three leaded bi-color LED between PROG and MAIN . Red indicates program track is connected to the programmer and green indicates it is connected to the main.