This weekend I got my new Digitrax BDL168 installed. The BDL168 is a occupancy detector unit for monitoring 16 blocks. This unit will work in conjunction with the Signal Logic programming for operating signals in the future.

All of my layout electronics will reside in one of my bookshelfs under the layout.

I first started by cutting 22 pieces of 20AWG gauge wire. I had some spools of Atlas’ wire so that’s what I used.

I then soldered all the “feeder” wires to the BDL168’s connector board. There’s 16-block wires, 4 DCC zones, 2 wires for a 12v supply, and 1 for the DCC Ground.

All of these feeders were then connected to some terminal strips. Larger 14AWG wire will run from these terminal strips to various points on the layout for block occupancy monitoring. I used a handheld label printer to print the labels.