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Pictured above is a later Triang DMU, with its front dummy bogie riveted in place, and the power bogie removed, showing the motor sticking up vertically. To the right is an older Triang dummy bogie, on which the replacement (front) is based.  At this time, ...

Most original Triang DMUs do not have any lighting at all (left, above). They have four lights on the front... all of which are painted dummies. Later models did include a lit head code (right, above), replacing the original destination board & top light. T...

This is a holding page for some content later. Actually, it's just a place to share this file: EpoxyHat.STL The STL contains a tiny replacement for the brass brush holders used in most older Farish locos (i.e. not those with can type motors, or the newer Far...

Points, Signals and Tiny Stepper Motors Executive Summary A system based on the ever-flexible Espressif ESP32 wifi embedded processor, which will drive semaphore signals, track points (switches), and other animated things, where those things require a (gener...

Hardware falls into three main categories, as expanded on below. Electronics Controller To be confirmed Receiver ESP32 WROOM-32 (or similar) A custom PCB with slots for add-on boards Servo Driver A small PCB which physically plugs into the re...

Welcome to the Bexhill West Turntable Controller user manual. If you haven't already purchased a Bexhill West Turntable (BWT) system, now's your chance! Please head on over to our online shop to choose your configuration! If you have purchased a unit already,...

Pictures to follow In the box, you should find: A Controller unit A Receiver unit A 12v power pack for the receiver An 18650 battery for the controller A USB-C cable for charging the controller A printed Quick-start guide If you have purchased addi...

Connectors (Left to Right) From left to right, the connectors on the Turntable Receiver unit are: 9-36V DC jack (on the side face, not on the top), 2.5mm barrel jack, centre positive. 12V is the recommended value.   Using an appropriate adapter, you ...

The Bexhill West Turntable Controller is an advanced wireless control system for up to four fully indexed turntables. Please refer to the image below: On the very top of the unit is the USB charge port. This takes any USB-C plug. The other end should be co...

Power On Switch the power on by pressing in the power switch on the right-hand side until it clicks. (Power off is the same - press it in until it clicks, then release).  The screen will light up white for about 1/2 to 1 second, then the splash screen will ap...

To access the road programming menu, press the "A" button from the main programming menu. The screen will change to show the roads menu: To exit the roads programming menu, press the PROG button, which will return you to the main programming menu. Adding a...

We assume you have already carried out the steps required to pair a receiver and controller, and you are currently looking at a screen that looks something like this: Switch to programming mode Firstly, if you have multiple receivers configured, ensure you...

To access the speed configuration menu, from the main programming menu, press the B key. The screen will show as follows: The first line tells you how many steps the motor takes per revolution of the turntable. A direct drive unit will have 6400 steps per ...

This page describes version 1.0.0 of the controller/receiver software. See the next page for v1.1.0 The receiver has a few global settings you can change. These are accessed from the "Mechanism" menu (press C on the main programming menu): Alignment This ...

The final menu for programming is the controller screen. There are two options available here: Note that option "B" (Turntable Lock) is not yet implemented. We hope to add that function in the near future, although there's no planned target date for that ye...

The Bexhill West Turntable has been designed to be as simple and as intuitive as possible to use. However, there are a few functions which are, at best, not immediately obvious - so please do have a read of this part of the manual to be sure you know all of th...

As well as the "normal" movements we covered in the previous page, there are two "quick actions", which may be of interest. Go to next road Instead of typing the road number, and pressing the direction button; if you simply want to move to the next road, you...

You may wish to quickly move your turntable into a new position. Perhaps the express is coming, and it's actually on time today! Or worse... early! You can achieve a non-scale speed (i.e. "rapid") movement by selecting the road you wish to move to; then dou...

At any time during a turntable move, pressing the red "STOP" button will immediately halt the turntable. If pressed during the initialisation phase, this will cancel the initialisation and return to the "Initialise/Forget" screen (see this page for the deta...

Inevitably, with any system of this complexity, there will be bugs; ghosts in the machine - but also improvements and additions we can make in the future. To allow us to distribute bug fixes and so on, your Bexhill West Turntable controller can connect itself...