DCC - Electrical

TCS decoder in a consist

Wed, 2019-03-13 04:51 — SBrooke

So I have a locomotive I converted to DCC using a TCS WOW kit... it works great as a lone unit but when I add it to a consist (as the lead locomotive) it will not respond to using the headlight, horn or bell. I do not have this issue with any of my other locomotives and I'm at a loss as to why this one is behaving in this manner...

DCC wire gauge

Sun, 2019-03-10 02:45 — batey_1020

I'm getting organized to convert some of my older locos to DCC. I am looking for what wire gauge to use for Ho scale locos for all the internal wiring. Anyone have the answer in AWG?

 

Routes and DS64's

Fri, 2019-03-01 07:05 — rwsnyder5

Guys,

I've been working on the layout doing wiring. I've installed 12 Tortoises to handle the switch's in staging and now getting ready to organize things and having trouble wrapping my head around routes and cascading routes. Can anybody simplify how to do it, I've looked at the Digitrax site and read  the article KB394 and all it did was confuse me more. Can anybody simplify things for me?

 

Wayne

Resetting decoder with keep alive

Tue, 2019-02-26 06:41 — jimcubie1@gmail.com

i fave a Digitrax dcs 1 throttle. I was trying to enter a new Loco number and now when there is power the engine just clicks..

it is a loksound select 73836. 

Usually with this decoder I sometimes had to hit f8 to get the sound working - but that is not the case now. 

So I think I want to reset the decoder - program cv8-8- the manual says. 

But I have a loksound power pack mini on it (a keep alive)

C&O RSD5 - Long or Short hood Forward?

Sun, 2019-02-24 18:58 — Prof_Klyzlr

Dear C&O fans,

Hopefully a quick one, which significant hours online searching has not yet definitively answered....

For the C&O 905X series Alco RSD5,
and the C&O EMD GP9,

Did C&O consider the Short or the Long hood to be the Front?

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OLD NCE Controller Problem

Sun, 2019-02-24 18:44 — Photo Bud

As seen in the picture, this is an OLD controller.

Digitrax BD4 output to a relay

Sat, 2019-02-23 07:59 — wolfmichael

I'm helping a friend with a signally issue.  His signaling system was designed by someone else (and before his conversion to DCC).  I've been able to make sense of what the creator made however connecting to the Digitrax BD4s he's chosen as detectors is problematic.  The BD4s are working fine, however, I'd like to use the output of the BD4 to operate a relay and the output of the BD4 is not designed to draw anything more than an LED from the looks of the spec sheet.  I know it can be done with a transistor serving as a switch for the relay but have come u

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Improving electrical pickup!

Thu, 2019-02-21 15:43 — Nelsonb111563

Photo tutorial of improving the electrical pickup on the newer Genesis locomotives from Athearn.  Also works for P2K, Atlas, Kato and others with this system.

I have been doing this for years now and it really helps improve the performance.

To read the article click the facebook logo on the upper right..................>>>>><<<


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