Adding and Controlling Accessories

Once your EX‑CommandStation is up and running, you will likely want to add the ability to control accessory items such as turnouts/points, signals, and turntables, along with being able to receive input from various sensor types to know where trains are, when buttons on mimic panels are pushed, and so forth.

Read on through the following sections to understand which accessory items can be added, how they are physically connected, and how they can be controlled or responded to.

• Turnouts/points
• Signals
• Sensors
• Input and Output Accessories and Expanders
• Automation and Animation
• Turntables and traversers