Track and electrical/DCC
DCC turnout control
I'm laying out a TOMA entry, and I am actually designing something for my own future layout, so there are some extra considerations. For the entry, there are 6 turnouts in the main part. I want them to be DCC controlled.
Strange decoder failure
I have an older Athearn SD40-2 that I repowered and installed a Digitrax DH123 decoder in about 3 years ago. It has been running just fine and has been a reliable loco. Today, I was running it and it just stopped. It showed a dead short and shut down my booster. I opened it up and checked the wiring for damage. Found nothing evident. Tried putting it back on the track and again got an instant short.
Hex Frog Juicer
Our club is changing one of the ladders in our staging area. The trackage is Atlas code 100. We are wiring the frogs to make them 'hot'. Since these tracks are controlled by Caboose Industries ground throws, I am investigation the use of Tam Valley 'Frog Juicers'.
Wiring for HO and HOn30 test tracks
Hello Everyone. First off let me admit to the fact that I'm not very bright/knowledgeable about electrical circuitry. I have set up a test bed to test run and exercise my HO, HOn30 and On30 engines. I have a 6' board with Bachman HO and N scale EZ track. My question is how to wire up the tracks to be powered ONE AT A TIME from either of two dedicated controllers, one a DC and the other a basic Bachman DCC. I was thinking of using two DPDT on-off-on switches.
Booster district and equipment recommendations
I'm looking for recommendations on how to structure my power districts and the components to use.
DCC++ on Arduino supported by JMRI
When DCC++ was mentioned recently in Geoff Bunza's SMA20 thread I glanced briefly at the linked page on TrainBoard. But when the latest production release JMRI 4.2 came out Christmas day and DCC++ is now a supported command station in JMRI I took a long second look.
Athearn Mikado shorts with decoder but runs fine on DC
I have several Athearn Mikados and all ran fine when my layout was DC only. I recently converted all of them to DCC by installing TCS T1s but one loco's wheels are shorted when the decoder is installed. I swapped out decoders to verify all work properly, but this one pesky loco has me baffled. If I pull the decoder and put the dummy back in the loco runs fine, but put any decoder in and it shorts out.
Has anyone experienced this problem before? Anything I should look for when I disassemble this loco?
1st time installing DCC decoder
Hi Guys,
I'm installing NCE decoders in my Atlas MP-15s. The locos are DCC ready and equipped with LEDs.
Do I need to install resistors for the LEDs? or Are they already on the circut board?
Thanks
Scott
DCC Futures
The super terriffic Lenz 23151 seems to have disappeared, back-ordered seemingly everywhere and the LZV200 is but a phantom. X posted
The only comparable alternatives seem to be Roco Z21 and the ECOS 50200.
Looking at the Roco Z21 I am impressed. Are there any US dealers or distributors?
MRC prodigy works intermittently HO scale
I have an MRC Prodigy advance squared and it is working intermittently. Sometimes I have to turn it off and on a couple of times before the controller works. I have a PC connection and it has the same issue. Even when I get it working, the system loses contact with the trains sometimes. I am wondering if the problem is my layout size. I have a 9x22 layout, double track main with a fiddle yard. Any thoughts? Do I need a power booster and if so, which one?
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