Planner’s Guides

Welcome to the Planner’s Guides — your starting point for designing an LCC-enabled layout. Whether you’re planning detection zones, signal logic, card deployments, or power distribution, this section helps you design with intention and clarity before you build.

Ready to build? Once your layout plan is in place, head over to our **Builder’s Hardware Assembly Guides **for:

• Step-by-step build instructions for every LCC Fusion card (Node, BOD, Button, PWM, Power-CAN, etc.)

• Solution-based hardware selections and recommended parts lists for common layout tasks (block detection, turnout control, signaling, power distribution)
• Complete BOMs and alternative component options to fit different budgets or power requirements
• Best-practice tips for cabling, mounting, and integrating each card into your accessory bus

Use the guides below to understand key layout planning strategies and how to best utilize the LCC Fusion system components.

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System-Level Planning

• Node Power Planning Guide
  Understand how to power your nodes safely and efficiently.

• Pod Build-Out Planning Guide
  Strategies for scaling a multi-node layout.

• Wireless Node-to-Node Planning Guide
  Design considerations for wireless communication between LCC Nodes.

• Terminology
  Definitions and common language used across LCC Fusion documentation.

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Detection & Input Planning

• Sensor Planning Guide
  Choosing and placing sensors (analog/digital) for occupancy and triggering.

• BOD Card Planning Guide
  Design blocks with detection using the BOD Card.

• Button Card Planning Guide
  Planning control points for pushbuttons, toggles, and panel input.

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Output & Accessory Planning

• LED Card Planning Guide
  Design layout lighting and LED-based indications.

• Sound Card Planning Guide
  Placement and event planning for audio outputs.

• Servo Motor Card Planning Guide
  Integrate servos for semaphores or other mechanical devices.

• Turnout Card Planning Guide
  Plan switch machine control and frog polarity handling.

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Signal Planning

• Signal Planning Guide
  Basics of signal system design.

• Signal Aspects Planning Guide
  Choose which aspects (e.g., Stop, Clear, Approach) to use.

• Signal Complex Planning Guide
  Advanced signal logic for interlockings and multi-block lookaheads.

• Signal Types & Deployments
  Real-world signal examples and where to deploy them.

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Table of contents

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