So now that trains are running on clean tracks, let's control the switches and move the trains across the various routes! Except ...
Controlling double slip switches with the ESU ECoS
The ECoS has a 4-way double slip switch in its library.
It is controlled by two switch motors. The ECoS automatically assigns the next digital address to the second switch motor. I knew that and covered this in this post here.
Unfortunately it didn't work as expected. I could not figure out what was wrong and how to correctly configure and control them. I didn't find anything really helpful online, but with some information gathered online (here and here) and a lot of trial and errors, I got them to work correctly.
Here are the things to pay attention to:
- Two switch motors with consecutive digital addresses (see above)
- The motor with the lower/first digital address has to be on the left side
- Swap the power wires on one switch engine; this is the trial-and-error part, and it works eventually!
Success!
Two videos of trains crossing the double slip switches: