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The Intellibox with the Märklin Keyboard, Control 80f and Interface.
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The Intellibox (IB) is the heart of the control devices. The IB is both a controller, an interface and a booster. I connected my computer to the IB and, as seen above, and connected a Märklin keyboard, a Control 80f, a Märklin Interface, an IB Remote, an IB Switch and, an Ott Infrared Receiver through the Märklin Interface,.
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This is the Central Station 3 Plus which does everything all of the items above and below did. It allows several Central Station 3 Plus units to be added. I also have a Central Station 3 which serves as the Master and added Central Station 3 Plus units are the slaves. With the two Central Stations that I have I can control over 30 trains at the same time. Of course, I would be untangling the wrecks. Using the Central Station 3 Memory mode would reduce that from happening. Great units to have.
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The Remote Intellibox control which is connected to the Intellibox. This extends the contol capabilities to six engines - two from the IB, two from the IB remote unit, one from the Control 80f, and one from the Ott IR unit.
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The Intellibox Switch which allows you to program 20 different button sets to correspond to any switch or group of switches (a route).
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The upper row of keys are used to choose the switch setting, the left-most key selects switches, the next key to the right is used to connect a contact track with a switch withing a route, the next key selects a route (combination of switches) and the right-most key allows you to program the 20 buttons pairs as a second set of switches or routes thus allowing control of 40 switches or routes.
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I have daisy-chained the the Intellibox Switch to the IB Control unit.
The Intellibox with the Märklin Keyboard, Control 80f and Interface.
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Five boosters power the layout.
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The Modellbahn Ott Infra-red Receiver.
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The Modellbahn Ott Infra-red Controller.
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The Modellbahn Ott Infra-red Receiver showing an engine setting.
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The IB Control and IB Switch connected to the Loco Net bus.
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The Loco Net bus dual port unit from Loys Toys.
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The IB Control and the IB Switch can be connected to the Loco Net bus at five different locations around the layout. Addtional ports can be added as needed.
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The FRED connected to the Loco Net bus.
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The FRED connected to the Loco Net bus.
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The FRED connects to the Loco Net bus. It can control F 1-8 functions.
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The FRED can control 4 loks. The loks are selected with the FRED connected to the IB. Once 4 loks are identified they are the only ones that can be controlled by the FRED until they are changed for another lok(s). You can have up to 16 FREDs connected to the bus.
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