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Recently-installed Iowa Scaled Engineering wireless fast clock system from IAISrailfans owners Nathan Holmes and Michael Petersen. I was extremely impressed with the ease with which I was able to install and configure this system. The master unit simply plugs into a wall outlet, while each slave has a simple two-wire power connection to either your DCC bus or DC power supply. I run DCC, so I wired mine to my bus. If you knew exactly where you wanted to put each slave in advance, you could go from taking the system out of the box to having it running in around 20 minutes. Configuration of the master was so simple and intuitive that I didn't even consult the manual.

I was extremely impressed with this system, and can't say enough great things about it. Even for a knuckle-dragger like me who's a complete electronics neophyte, the ISE wireless fast clocks could not have been more simple to install. If you're in the market for a fast clock system, I highly recommend it.

If interested in learning more, the Iowa Scaled Engineering wireless fast clock components can be seen as part of their MRBus line (which also includes block detectors) at http://www.iascaled.com/store/MRBus . ISE also offers low-cost slow motion switch machines at http://www.iascaled.com/store/ModelRailroadProducts/MRServo .

(FYI - I'm not an ISE employee, and don't profit from their sales. Just reporting my findings from the beta testing they asked me to perform.)

Master unit. It supports, among other things, 12 or 24 hour displays (individually configurable for real time and fast time), three configurable reset times, and a fast clock ratio configurable down to tenths. I simulate a six hour prototype day in a 2.5 hour session, so I set my ratio to 2.4/1 (6 divided by 2.5 = 2.4). I plan to mount it in my dispatcher's office.
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Master unit. It supports, among other things, 12 or 24 hour displays (individually configurable for real time and fast time), three configurable reset times, and a fast clock ratio configurable down to tenths. I simulate a six hour prototype day in a 2.5 hour session, so I set my ratio to 2.4/1 (6 divided by 2.5 = 2.4). I plan to mount it in my dispatcher's office.
By: Joe Atkinson
Slave unit. These are easily readable from 20-25' away and probably further. I found that two slaves were sufficient for my 33'x15' layout spanning two rooms, with both easily visible from throughout their assigned room, and even from some vantage points in the other.
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Slave unit. These are easily readable from 20-25' away and probably further. I found that two slaves were sufficient for my 33'x15' layout spanning two rooms, with both easily visible from throughout their assigned room, and even from some vantage points in the other.
By: Joe Atkinson
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