Digitising the Märklin turntable 7286
17th December 2004 to 18th December 2004

I decided not to drive my turntable using the 7287 decoder as that decoder tries to memorize the positions of the connected tracks and this needs to be refreshed periodically. Also, any disturbance to the movement seems to make the 7287 module go to sleep and it needs to be 'rebooted' Since I am using a PC to control my layout I decided that it would be simpler and more reliable to use a simple k84 type module to control the turntable. These pictures show how I did this.

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The manual controller that comes with the turntable provides the plug interface to the turntable and a rather pathetic direction knob and on / off button to stop and start the turntable
The manual controller that comes with the turntable provides the plug interface to the turntable and a rather pathetic direction knob and on / off button to stop and start the turntable
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I used the bridge rectified out of the manual controller, open up the case...
I used the bridge rectified out of the manual controller, open up the case...
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and simply desolder the 4 legs of the rectifier.
and simply desolder the 4 legs of the rectifier.
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I positioned a Viessmann 5213, the rectifier and the turntable plug on a wooden base
I positioned a Viessmann 5213, the rectifier and the turntable plug on a wooden base
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and wired it up as can bee seen in the picture. 2 of the 4 switches are used to reverse the polarity of the DC current produced by the rectifier. A third switch is used to switch the stop/go signal for the turntable to be the same as one of the motor polarities. One rail plug of the turntable plug is left free for a s88 port to detect occupation or it can be grounded also. All the new module needs is one ground, one digital and one power supply to be connected. I suggestthat you run the yellow power supply through a manual override switch. You can also connect an optional s88 line.
and wired it up as can bee seen in the picture. 2 of the 4 switches are used to reverse the polarity of the DC current produced by the rectifier. A third switch is used to switch the stop/go signal for the turntable to be the same as one of the motor polarities. One rail plug of the turntable plug is left free for a s88 port to detect occupation or it can be grounded also. All the new module needs is one ground, one digital and one power supply to be connected. I suggestthat you run the yellow power supply through a manual override switch. You can also connect an optional s88 line.
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plug it all in, add some lines of code to the program and it all works !
plug it all in, add some lines of code to the program and it all works !
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