Subject:
|
LDCC and Boosters
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.trains
|
Date:
|
Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:32:43 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1155 times
|
| |
|
|
Has anyone had any success using DCC Boosters with LDCC? There are ways to
connect Boosters of different brands to command stations (e.g., you can use a
Digitrax Booster with an EasyDCC command station). Although to do this, you
need to know which wires to connect. Has anyone taken the risk of connecting
the LDCC outputs to a third party Booster?
Mark, have you made any progress with Boosters? I was thinking that an LDCC RCX
could send signals (via IR) to a second RCX with could act as the Booster (i.e.,
the second RCX would be in phase with the first and not receive input from the
remotes).
I tried running two LDCC RCX bricks in parallel to gain more current. It was
not a success. I'm assuming phasing issues and conflicting commands are to
blame.
I tried electrically isolating my layout into two sections with one LDCC RCX
brick per section. It works o.k., but when the motors cross the gaps
(electrically connecting both LDCC RCX bricks, it tends to slow down all trains
momentarily. At medium and high speeds, the issue seems negligible.
|
|
Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: LDCC and Boosters
|
| (...) to (...) use a (...) you (...) connecting (...) I haven't really looked at commercial DCC boosters, but I have been looking at the various homebrew designs on the net. Haven't gotten past the "contemplation" phase, though. :-) (...) was (...) (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: LDCC and Boosters
|
| (...) I don't think you can, because there would be no sinc between the boosters. :( (...) I'd like to see this written into the code. It seems to be the only way that it would be possible to do it. (use one RCX as master and multi as slaves, all (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains)
|
24 Messages in This Thread:
 
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
