Problems with Digitrax TSMK

drken Mar 31, 2023

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    I have some signals I bought from Custom Signals and I hooked them up to a TSMK so I can run them with a SE8C. However, when I use them I get a mix of signals with the yellow light not going out when the first turnout (661) is selected and both the green and red light staying on when the second turnout is thrown. The yellow light alternates between off and flashing when thrown/closed. The only thing that works is disabling the yellow light and only using green and red signals. The signal works fine when the lights are hooked up to 5V (with resistor) and the test mast also works fine, so I've isolated the problem to the TSMK. I have this problem with both boards that came in the package. Do I have defective boards or is there something I'm doing wrong?
     
    Last edited: Apr 1, 2023
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    Update: Problem solved. Digitrax customer service sent a bunch of suggestions that could be the root of it. Turned out I had to switch the SE8C to common Cathode. I'm pretty surprised i got them to work as well as I did. All it cost me were 2 signal outputs on the SE8C and a green signal LED.
     
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