If you want to operate points the ‘old’ way with pushbuttons, and you'd like visual indication of how they are set on a mimic panel?
The DTM30 is a controller to allow exactly this.

Enabling pushbutton control and LED display of accessories on a Digitrax controlled layout. the super tower master uses push button switches & LEDs to provide a control interface ‘the way it used to be’ but all done via DCC & LocoNet: it works with all Digitrax systems.

Key Features:

• 30 cells per DTM30 board. Each cell can:
• control 1 point
• display 1 signal
• display 2 block detectors
• display SIGM10/20 or SE8c signals
• and other functions
• 24 routes, each with up to 12 points per route.
• PC programming available
• Minimal wiring - just power & LocoNet wiring into the panel!

The DTM30 also ‘Interlocks’ with PC layout control programs such as ‘Railroad & Co’. This ensures points can only be changed when it is safe to do so. The local operator at a station can ‘hold off’ PC controlled train movements while shunting!

The DTM30 operates as a loconet device in the same way a throttle does. Through LocoNet, the DTM30 is able to sense the states of points & sensors and can decode the DCC accessory commands that go to accessory decoders. By doing this, the DTM30 can sense the state of points even if they are operated by a different throttle. With any accessory decoder, operation of points by other throttles (e.g. DT300, DT400) will be detected & shown on the panel. This will also be true if a PC software program (e.g. Railroad&Co) operates the points, or if a DCS100 route sets the points.

If the accessory decoder does support feedback (e.g. DAC10/20, DS54, DS64) then the correct point state can be detected even if a local pushbutton input to the accessory decoder is used to change its state.

Want to control your points with a throttle AND a DTM30? No problem - just do it; the DTM30 display will always be correct!

Programming:

To make programming simple, a PC software program ‘LocoAnalyse’ is available to configure the board. This is able to download the settings straight to the board if there is a LocoNet interface available (using an MS100, PR3 or LocoBuffer). If not, a list of ‘required’ CV settings can be generated, and the board can be programmed manually using a programming track & throttle.

What's in the Box?

The DTM30 is supplied with six ribbon connectors and approximately two metres of ribbon cable.