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James Powell wrote:
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> > Thank you very much, Robert.
> > Do you know if anyone else besides Tom is working on this subject? I liked
> > his page
> >
> > Pedro
>
> Pedro,
>
> Feel free to ask away here if you want-I'm sure having msg's to refer back to
> here wouldn't hurt. I know there are some people who frown on it because it is
> not a pure lego system, but to me, the advantages of digital outweigh the
> disadvantages.
>
> I have 6 motors converted, a decoder for a 7th is awaiting installation. To
> date, I have been busy with other projects around here since I bought the
> system to really test it out, but I do like what I have seen.
>
> I am using Digitrax (www.digitrax.com) equipment, rather than MRC. The decoder
> installation is exactly as per Tom's page-there is no need to add to it. The
> only thing which I am doing different is with regards to accessory outputs- and
> that is to run a separate wire from the motor, using the electric plates cut up
> to provide connectors to standard lego wiring. The 9V output on the motor is
> in this way available should I want to run a 2nd decoder mounted in a battery
> box from a train motor.
>
> Control is somewhat limited- the first 30-40 positions of the range are at
> present up to fly values. This _can_ be adjusted using a user voltage table- I
> just haven't had time to do so.
>
> To get started, you _are_ looking at fairly serious $$$, I have about $780 cdn
> in it so far, for 7 motors. (I actually only have 5 locos converted...one
> double motored one...but, I _think_ that using the decoders in each motor is
> better than a joint box, because that maximizes the "lego" aspect of it)
James, do you mean to say that you are actually running ~5 trains on
your LEGO layout? That you are actually using DCC successfully? I've
heard many people talk about it, but so far no one has posted pics and
"Look what I did"'s...
I've wanted DCC for some time. It's so 'real'.
Dean
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Dean Husby
LUGNET Member #320
TFM's LEGO Workshop - http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm
The Vancouver LEGO Club - http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc/
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| (...) I've only tried 3 at once. I only have one throttle with 2 speed controls, therefore after 3 trains, it becomes somewhat harder to control the trains. However, I have demo'd this at LLCa, it was on the PNLTC layout. Works fine, except that (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) all of the WAMALUG/WAMALTC shows in the past year or so have been using dcc... sometimes running 5 trains at once (which is what Tom's DCC is capable of dealing with, I think). Aside from being very confusing to control, it's a whole lot of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Pedro, Feel free to ask away here if you want-I'm sure having msg's to refer back to here wouldn't hurt. I know there are some people who frown on it because it is not a pure lego system, but to me, the advantages of digital outweigh the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.pt)
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