Excuse me if I write in English! But I don't speak German!
Anyone know if is it possible to buy or make a break generator for trains? I've see roco 10779 but i think that it is too expensive! there is any products that work like it? could I make a break generator? thanks Antonio

The Roco generator can be bought for about 102€ or even less incl. german VAT. It is a good working item and is working like another central-unit. One generator works for all signals on the layout. Is it still too expensive?

I've already Lokomaus2 and its central! So I must buy 10779+trafo+?? and what other products I need?

The trafo is not so essential; depends on how much current is used by the trains.
Up to about three trains (without illuminated coaches) one 2-3 Amps. trafo is enough for both, central-unit and break-generator. Because the break generator is only working as long as a train is running (breaking or starting) inside the signal-track-zone. This is not recommended by Roco, but it works perfectly.
So what you still need:
1. Signal-track-zones long as about two time the longest train which has to stop before the signal.
2. Two reed-contacts for each signal, one before the signal-track-zone and one in the middle and a relais worked by the reed-contacts to change the signal-track-zone from central-unit to break-unit.

Hallo Antonio,

if you are interested in, I shall email to you scans of Roco's instruction book for the brake generator (in english) and a switch-plan how to work with it on a one-track-line which means: pass the signal from behind although showing red to the other side.

My e-mail adress: APC_Adams_GmbH@t-online.de

Gustav

The trafo is not so essential; depends on how much current is used by the trains.
Up to about three trains (without illuminated coaches) one 2-3 Amps. trafo is enough for both, central-unit and break-generator. Because the break generator is only working as long as a train is running (breaking or starting) inside the signal-track-zone. This is not recommended by Roco, but it works perfectly.
So what you still need:
1. Signal-track-zones long as about two time the longest train which has to stop in front of the signal.
2. Two reed-contacts for each signal, one before the signal-track-zone and one in the middle and a relais worked by the reed-contacts to change the signal-track-zone from central-unit to break-unit.

Gustav

can you give me the something to make it? what material I need .. links... and so on... thanks

I don't understand the last question. One up (i.e. before)I offered to you the Roco instruction book and a plan and I described which items are necessary. So what is the meaning now?

I'm refering to:
"Two reed-contacts for each signal, one before the signal-track-zone and one in the middle and a relais worked by the reed-contacts to change the signal-track-zone from central-unit to break-unit. "

How I can make it? what kind of relais? and what is the project to make it?

check (as a sample):
http://www1.conrad.de/scripts/wgate/zcop...010251&x=15&y=7

the mentioned www.adress is not leading to the correct place.

1. choose "www.conrad.de"
2. go in the top-line to "suche", fill in "reedkontakt" and press "go"
3. press "anzeigen" in the big blue field in the middle of the page

It will show to you a sample of what is a reedconact. Anyway for any automatism of a digitalized layout you will need these kind of touchless contacts.

ok that is the reed contact but: how I must link it with lokomaus2 and transistor?

1. A reed-contact is a touchless switch which is operated by a small magnet under the train/the loco. With this "switch" you operate a bi-stabil relais. In one position, the relais sends the central-unit-current(the "normal" current) from your signal-switch to the signal-track-zone when it shows permanently "go". In the other position, the relais sends the brake-generator-current(the "braking" or "accelerating" current) from your signal-switch to the signal-track-zone when it shows "stop" or changes from "stop" to "go".
2. As already mentioned: Give me your Email adress and you will get the instruction book and a switching-plan. For my Email adress, press the Email-button on top.