MegaPoints Controllers
System2 Panel Controller User Reference
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You could also use on an occupancy sensor where an event is triggered when a train enters a block
and stopped a set interval after it leaves.
RGB Configuration
The RGB section requires an RGB output board (not available at time of writing).
Each Red, Green or Blue column can have the values from 0 – 255. The Colour column will show the
colour of the RGB values entered.
Background colours are written underneath foreground colours. This allows you to illuminate a route
automatically as read from a points position sensor, say in white and then impose a foreground
colour on top from a block occupancy detector.
In the image above you can see physical port 2 is triggering V-Port 2 with a white background colour
from a points position sensor.
Physical port 3 is triggered by an occupancy sensor. The Red value is 255 (maximum brightness) and
is illustrated under the Colour column. The B/G column indicates this is a foreground colour (default)
and will overwrite the background colour when set on. When off the RGB LEDs will revert to the
background colour (if set) or off.
Output Ports
The Panel Controller can drive a pair of LEDs that will alternate with each colour. When one is on,
the other will be off. The intended use it to indicate the direction of a set of points. Single LEDs can
also be connected to the output ports and display track occupancy or any other V-Port status.
When used in conjunction with a slow acting System2 motor driver board such as a servo8 the LED
pairs can be set to flash when the motor is running. See the respective System2 motor driver board
documentation for details.
Board level configuration
This section is common to all System2 boards and features examples from the servo8 driver.
EasyConfig setting
The power of System2 allows individual adjustment of every channel including the V-Port ranges.
This allows for maximum flexibility when required. To speed installation we’ve pre mapped the first
10 Panel Controller boards for you into a logical address space on the input V-Port and output V-
