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Re: Digital Controls
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 10 Oct 2001 17:46:40 GMT
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Dan Boger wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 02:34:19AM +0000, Dean Husby wrote:
> > 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...
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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 fun :) Esp when you try to run 2 or three
> trains on the same track, in different directions :)
Wow! I'm getting excited again. What I have plans to do is to use an
electro magnet for the shunter's coupler. Then I can swing over and grab
a car and drop it where I want. It would be FANTASTIC to show this off
at shows. With 5 people controlling trains think of the action!
Now with your design (URL?) do you put the decoders right in the engine
or in a battery box etc.?
And for accessories? (Switch Track, lights etc.) How are you guys doing
that?
Does anyone know of a definitive site that explains the works of DCC in
a real layout? (Doesn't have to be LEGO related) all I can find so far
are adverts and people selling it etc.
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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| (...) nod, it's pretty cool :) we still need to set up automatic points... that's the only holdback from a fully sit-down-while-runni...the-layout setup :) (...) Our DCC is all Tom Cook's work - and he explains how to modify the engins on his site, (...) (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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