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Actually, I had numerous questions about the DCC setup, but I saw in a post
that some information was going to be posted about it, so I held my
questions until it was posted, but here goes:
How much labor (time) is required to convert a Lego Train motor to DCC?
How much do the parts cost and how much is the controller?
How many different trains can be run before addressing and/or power drain
problems occur?
How are multiple motors on one loco (or 2 DCC enabled locos on one train)
handled? Do they share the same address (not sure if that is the proper
term) or is it even possible?
Can you change that address easily (to allow 2 or more motors to accept the
same commands)?
Is there the option to send a DCC command to turn on the power plate section
of the motor to operate other things, like moving people or rotate a
searchlight?
I actually haven't had much time to look at the pictures of the Wamalug
set-up. I have only gone through about half of them.
I had seen Matt Bates info on DCC, but with my plate currently about as full
as an offensive lineman's plate at Home Town Buffet, I cannot really invest
the time to set it up on my embryonic layout.
As for the critique, I see that there are about 200 pictures and mpgs to
look at. Plus, much of that has to be assimilated for a few days. Your
first post came on Monday. I have spent my last 2 nights at home sorting
bricks and watching B5 on tape with my wife, so I haven't really gotten to
look at them as intently as I have wanted.
One thing I would like to see, but haven't mentioned it to Kevin Loch yet,
is for .mpg files to show a thumbnail of a scene out of the movie, either
the first one or one from the middle, which should give an idea of what you
are downloading.
Mike Poindexter
Jeff Stembel <aulddragon@wamalug.org> wrote in message
news:FqrK2w.CKG@lugnet.com...
> Why has there been such apathy towards Wamalug's train shows? In the past
> month, there have been a total of nine messages from non-members about our
> setups. There has been absolutly no discussion, no critiques, and very • little
> praise. Do you all just not care? Does everyone think we aren't good • enough
> to even deign to speak to us? Heck, we've even mentioned (twice) we
> successfully had DCC in our setups, and there is hardly a peep. I've seen • tons
> of messages asking how to do it in the past year, and when it *is* done, • no one
> cares. I'm sorry, but since there seems to be no interest, I am seriously
> considering discontinuing these types of posts.
>
> Jeff
>
> In lugnet.trains, Jeff Stembel writes:
> > As you may've heard, WAMALUG displayed a layout at The Great American • Train
> > Show held over the weekend in Gaithersburg, Maryland. It was a *huge*
> > success, and we tied for Third place (out of seven or so). We had one of • the
> > largest crowd draws, with some people hanging around for hours or • revisting us
> > a number of times. Anyway, some of the major highlights of the show • included:
> >
> > ~ Digital Command Control of the trains! This was fun, allowing us to
> > individually crash, er *control* the trains, even on the same loop!
> > ~ Larger layout! It was 120"x160", but this time we had a 120"x200" • layout!
> > ~ Motorized Crane! Not only was it motorized, It like to do aerial
> > acrobatics! Like, falling over... ;)
> > ~ Attack of the 50 foot Minifig!
> > ~ Rich Schamus' Blue Streak and Citrus Express!
> > ~ Long Metroliner!
> > ~ People saying it was the best layout at the show!
> > ~ The double wide Train Bridge!
> > ~ A kid offering to buy my Castle! After he was told it wasn't for • sale, I
> > decided to price it at $40,000. :)
> > ~ The elevator in Rich's Tower plumeting to the bottom, eliminating the
> > annoying protesters on board... :)
> >
> > Pictures available here:
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=189> (Kevin's pics)
> > <http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/~dan/lego/pics/GATS/index.html> (Dan's • pics)
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/zigdon/Wamalug/GATS> (Dan's pics)
> >
> > Have fun!
> >
> > Jeff
> > Announcement God and Founding Member of Wamalug <http://www.wamalug.org>
> > http://members.xoom.com/aulddragon/
> >
> > P.S. Our website is still down, we'll let you all know when it is back
up...
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