Analog Mode (Daisy-System) - Uhlenbrock Elektronik DAISY User Manual

DAISY
3 Analog mode
If the DAISY throttle is connected to the LocoNet connector of a
Power2 and if the "DAISY" connector of the Power2 is left unconnected,
then the DAISY-System (DAISY throttle plus Power2) is in analog
mode: it can be used for controlling an analog layout.
If the analog layout features more than one "electric circuit" (or section),
then it is possible to link ("daisy-chain") several Power2 Boosters - up to
a maximum of 63 Power2's. This is done by connecting the LocoNet
connector of the "previous" Power2 to the "DAISY" connector of the
"next" Power2. Implicitly, this defines an order among the Power2's: the
first Power2 (the Power2 with number "1") is the one which does not
have anything connected to its "DAISY" connector. The next Power2
(the one which is connected, through its "DAISY" connector, to the
"LocoNet" connector of Power2 #1) is Power2 #2, etc.
All LocoNet devices must be connected to the "LocoNet" connector of
the last Power2.
Each Power2 drives its own section of the analog layout ("electric
circuit"). Each throttle connected to the LocoNet connector of the last
Power2 can control any Power2.
Additionally, it is possible to configure the last Power2 so that is will
interpret turnout commands being issued on LocoNet (e.g., by an IB-
Switch, a DAISY throttle or an IB-Control) and generate the corres-
ponding digital commands which can be used to drive digital turnout
decoders. This allows for digital control of the turnouts of an analog
layout.
Obviously, if this option is used then that last Power2 cannot be used
for driving a section of the analog layout – since, indeed, its power
output is being used for driving the digital turnout decoders.
Important Digital locomotives (i.e., locomotives equipped with a digital decoder)
should not be used on an analog layout powered by a PWM power
supply (such as a Power2 in analog mode). Any digital locomotive used
in this manner will not function and even risks being damaged if the
PWM votlage is too high (which is not the case with a Power2).
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