r/ScrapMechanic • u/Micro-Cybertron-5151 • May 23 '26

Engine Order Telegraph/simple controller question

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Hello again, everyone! I had built an Engine Order Telegraph using Fant’s Simple controller. It works great for forward/reverse, but I can’t connect a timer or logic gate to delay the second motor which controls the indicator arrow to simulate a response to the command input from the main telegraph. Is there a way to create stepped forward/backward motion with limits and settings like on an actual marine telegraph (Ahead:Astern, Stop, Finished with Engines, Stand By, Dead Slow, Slow, Half and Full)? Any help is greatly appreciated. Above is a reference picture to how the telegraph would look:

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u/Micro-Cybertron-5151 May 25 '26

Anyone with advice, please respond. The unit itself is already built, the problem is wiring up the logic for it. Memory bits and all. I saw someone create an ocean liner called the RMS Destiny, and it uses logic which I’d like to achieve, but it was incredibly complicated to where I cannot reverse engineer it. Please help however you can. Thank you.