The control panel with mimic diagram and switches for controlling the point motors and track feeds will have to be separate from the layout, otherwise it won't fit under my son's bed. Here the large number of points makes for doubly hard work - the panel is going to have connections going to operate the point motors as well as connections coming back from them to feed LEDs. As a result, I need three 25 pin connectors on the panel and baseboard to connect the two. This doesn't include the connections from the Gaugemaster twin track controller or the power feeding the track, for which I am going to use some 6-pin DIN connectors.
All this amounts to yet more soldering, which has kept me busy over several weekends.
The 25-pin D-Sub connectors will be fitted into the side of the control panel, and the wires from them will go into chocolate block connectors. The hope is that if something goes wrong this will make it easier to diagnose and fix the problem.
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