Following on my earlier thread regarding installing battery R/C in a Baguley Drewry;
I have made some changes to the loco.
I will shortly be releasing a new range of RCS BASIC series R/C Motor Drivers. These will be plug in compatible with the Phoenix P5 sound system and the new P5T 6 x extra function expander pcb.
I have had a multi plug/wire cable made that allows the various components to be simply plugged together.
This greatly simplifies battery R/C installation with Phoenix sound. In fact the only wiring needed for the sound are two wires to the speaker and two wires to the power supply for the P5.
The BASIC-45 requires two wires for the battery power and two wires out to the motor.
The RCS BASIC-3, P5 & P5T are all very small and easily fit under the hood of the diesel above the battery pack.
<img src=http://www.rcs-rc.com/pics/Baguley-Drewry/19-P5-P5T.jpg>
<img src=http://www.rcs-rc.com/pics/Baguley-Drewry/20-P5-P5T.jpg>
The cables floating loose are for the speaker (2 way), # PLUS-3 (3 x way), lights ( 4 x way) and the RX-8 receiver (3 x way Red/Black/Yellow).
As shown above the BASIC-45 can trigger three sounds with the TX-24.
The Phoenix P5 has excellent sound quality but I did baffle the speaker with a sheet of styrene I glued in place with silicon adhesive. This improved the bass quality quite a bit.
<img src=http://www.rcs-rc.com/pics/Baguley-Drewry/21-inside-shell.jpg>
Also shown is the small plug in RCS #PLUS-3 pcb that triggers three more sounds. These are controlled by the TX-24 using three more functions provided by pressing and holding either the Star or Hexagon shift keys on the TX-24.
Tim Boulton of Tootle Engineering made the head & tail lights for me in turned brass. They take 1/4" high intensity LED's. Unfortunately I cannot get the warm white variety here in Australia so I will make do with the ones that have a bluish hue to them for now. Perhaps I can colour the ends to make them a bit warmer.
<img src=http://www.rcs-rc.com/pics/Baguley-Drewry/22-headlight.jpg>
<img src=http://www.rcs-rc.com/pics/Baguley-Drewry/23-tail-light.jpg>
The new RCS Motor Drivers will be available shortly as soon as Phoenix issues the version 6904 sound files to go with them. They will be announced at the RCS website when ready.
The #MOD-CABLE shown above will work with any of the existing RCS BASIC series and is available now.
In the meantime, the Phoenix P5 + P5T combination is now recommended for the RCS ELITE series which can use the existing Phoenix 6900 and 6902 sound file versions. Wiring diagrams will be available as pdf files at the RCS website soon.
As soon as they are available RCS will also have downloadable Phoenix "config" files already set up for the P5 & P5T for RCS at the RCS wesbite
Since this update was made I have since changed it again to use the Dallee small diesel sound made especially for Brandbright.
I have made some changes to the loco.
I will shortly be releasing a new range of RCS BASIC series R/C Motor Drivers. These will be plug in compatible with the Phoenix P5 sound system and the new P5T 6 x extra function expander pcb.
I have had a multi plug/wire cable made that allows the various components to be simply plugged together.
This greatly simplifies battery R/C installation with Phoenix sound. In fact the only wiring needed for the sound are two wires to the speaker and two wires to the power supply for the P5.
The BASIC-45 requires two wires for the battery power and two wires out to the motor.
The RCS BASIC-3, P5 & P5T are all very small and easily fit under the hood of the diesel above the battery pack.
<img src=http://www.rcs-rc.com/pics/Baguley-Drewry/19-P5-P5T.jpg>
<img src=http://www.rcs-rc.com/pics/Baguley-Drewry/20-P5-P5T.jpg>
The cables floating loose are for the speaker (2 way), # PLUS-3 (3 x way), lights ( 4 x way) and the RX-8 receiver (3 x way Red/Black/Yellow).
As shown above the BASIC-45 can trigger three sounds with the TX-24.
The Phoenix P5 has excellent sound quality but I did baffle the speaker with a sheet of styrene I glued in place with silicon adhesive. This improved the bass quality quite a bit.
<img src=http://www.rcs-rc.com/pics/Baguley-Drewry/21-inside-shell.jpg>
Also shown is the small plug in RCS #PLUS-3 pcb that triggers three more sounds. These are controlled by the TX-24 using three more functions provided by pressing and holding either the Star or Hexagon shift keys on the TX-24.
Tim Boulton of Tootle Engineering made the head & tail lights for me in turned brass. They take 1/4" high intensity LED's. Unfortunately I cannot get the warm white variety here in Australia so I will make do with the ones that have a bluish hue to them for now. Perhaps I can colour the ends to make them a bit warmer.
<img src=http://www.rcs-rc.com/pics/Baguley-Drewry/22-headlight.jpg>
<img src=http://www.rcs-rc.com/pics/Baguley-Drewry/23-tail-light.jpg>
The new RCS Motor Drivers will be available shortly as soon as Phoenix issues the version 6904 sound files to go with them. They will be announced at the RCS website when ready.
The #MOD-CABLE shown above will work with any of the existing RCS BASIC series and is available now.
In the meantime, the Phoenix P5 + P5T combination is now recommended for the RCS ELITE series which can use the existing Phoenix 6900 and 6902 sound file versions. Wiring diagrams will be available as pdf files at the RCS website soon.
As soon as they are available RCS will also have downloadable Phoenix "config" files already set up for the P5 & P5T for RCS at the RCS wesbite
Since this update was made I have since changed it again to use the Dallee small diesel sound made especially for Brandbright.