This is an unusual use for a DTM30. I wanted a panel that showed the different power zones and indicated when there was a track short. Otherwise, when you hear a PM42 relay click you have to go to the PM42 board itself, see which LED is lit then look up in a table which part of the railway that corresponds to. (If traincontroller is running, there are indicators and it does generate a spoken message, but that isn't always running particularly during development).

power control panel

The general ideal is that the LEDs for each power zone are off until there is a short. Any red LED lit indicates a problem. I've included pushbuttons for "track power on" and "track power off". I've also included LEDs lit by the rail signal itself, so the track status is immediately clear.

DTM30 cell usage:

Cell Function LED A LED B Pushbutton A Pushbutton B
1 PM42 31 channel 1 Portsmouth zone   track power off track power on
2 PM42 31 channel 2 Portsmouth yard      
3 PM42 32 channel 3 Orange line      
4 PM42 31 channel 3 Green line      
5

PM42 32 channel 4

Reverse loop at Portsmouth      
6 not used        
7 PM42 33 channel 3 Green line      
8 PM42 33 channel 4 Orange line      
9

copy cell, copies cell 2

Eastleigh zone      
10 not used        
11 PM42 33 channel 2 Clanfield Zone      
12 PM42 33 channel 1 Reverse loop at Petersfield      
13 PM42 34 channel 3 Orange fiddle yard      
14 PM42 34 channel 2 Green fiddle yard      
15 PM42 34 channel 4 Front tracks in fiddle yard