Block-8-RCS Overview
Block-8-RCS - Coming Soon! SKU: 2150
8 Channel RailCom® Detection, Block Occupancy Detection and Short Circuit Protection for all 8 channels.
Features:
- Block detection
- No voltage drop during block detection
- Adjustable sensitivity (down to a single 10k axle)
- Software configurable delay
- LCC Messages for block occupancy
- RailCom®
- Detection on all 8 blocks
- Can generate RailCom cutout if your booster does not have it.
- Tells you which Locomotive is in a particular block (by DCC address) and which direction it is facing.
- Supports CV reads on the Main

Connections
- Track Outputs Connections for 2x Track B and 8x Track A Outputs
- Color LEDs will display the status of each block
- Green=unoccupied, Yellow=Occupied, White=has Railcom Loco present, Purple=Short, Red is turned off
- Track A & B Inputs from CS/Booster
- Doubled up -- ready for daisy-chaining.
- LCC Connections Two Jacks for LCC Cable hook up
- External 12V DC Connection
- can supply power to the LCC bus optional, may pull power from LCC cable
- Use Power Switch to select
- Expansion connectors for future features
- EXT-SSSB Simple Serial Signal Bus
- RR-CirKits makes boards
- EXT-SPI 8-pin connector
- Potential for turnout drivers, inputs, etc.
- EXT-SER 3-pin connector
- Display for RailCom locomotive ID plugs in here
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Block-8-RCS Amherst Demo Layout
Here is a layout overview of how we set up the Block-8-RCS
