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System2 — layout control

Run your layout like a signal box.

Points, signals, routes and detection — configured over Wi‑Fi from your phone, connected by one simple two‑wire network. No soldering wizardry, no computer science degree.

Start with a kit Plan my layout →
As run on The Grand Challenge — Pete Waterman’s Guinness World Record layout — and all Making Tracks layouts.
MEGA JUNCTION ROUTE 2 SET — CHANNEL 42

New to System2?

Up and running in three steps

Every System2 board joins the same two-wire network and is set up from a web page on your phone. Start small; add boards as the layout grows.

1

Pick your control panel

A Panel Controller (16 buttons / 16 LED pairs) or Mini Panel (8 + 8) is the heart of the system — your buttons and lamps plug straight in.

Control panels →
2

Add drivers for points & signals

Servo, solenoid, stall-motor or relay — one driver board per group of eight, sitting anywhere on the network.

Point & signal drivers →
3

Plug in and play

Join boards with the two-wire CAN cable, power up, and pair channels from your phone. Add RFID detection and routes when you’re ready.

See how it fits together →

The System2 range

Shop by what you’re building

Control panels

Panels & I/O

Panel Controller, Mini Panel, Input-32, Output-32 — the operator’s side of the system.

4 products Drivers

Point & signal drivers

Servo, Stall/Kato/MTB, Solenoid, Relay and OUT-64 RGB — the layout’s side.

6 products Automation

Detection & automation

RFID readers, tags and displays, turnout position sensors, Route Processor, DCC decoder.

10 products Starter kits

Starter kits

Panel + drivers + cables, boxed and matched. The easiest way in — and kit pricing beats the parts.

4 kits Cables

Cables & cable packs

Button packs, LED packs, CAN network cable and extensions — pre-crimped, plug-in.

7 products Accessories

Power & accessories

Silent regulated supplies, servos and fitting, panel hardware — for both ranges.

0 products

Plan your layout

Tell us about your layout. We’ll price the lot.

Count your points and signals, say how you’d like to drive them, and the planner returns a complete priced parts list — boards, cables, the right power supply — with nothing forgotten. Compare servo against solenoid, see what “ten more points next year” really costs, then send the whole list to your basket in one click.

Open the layout planner →
Layout plannerquick estimate
Open the full planner → enter your numbers for a live price

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“Setting a world record takes a control system you never have to think about. The whole of The Grand Challenge runs on System2.”
— Pete Waterman OBE, The Grand Challenge — the Guinness World Record layout

Designed and built in Britain. Boards designed, assembled and supported by the people who answer the phone.

See it working first. Every product has a build video and a plain-English guide on our YouTube channel and documentation site.

Classic range

Been with us since the beginning?

MultiPanel, MiniPanel and the classic servo controllers are still manufactured and still supported — spares, cables and expansions live in the Classic range. And when you’re ready to go wireless, the upgrade path shows the System2 equivalent for every board you own.

Browse the classic range See the upgrade path →

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