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Re: Train Control
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 21 Jan 2000 20:32:56 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Matthew Bates writes:
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> > I don't think that Matt has done anything else with DCC in a while
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> Correct. I haven't time to even think about it lately. I got it kinda working
> but I wasn't too happy with the performance. The Digitrax decoder behaved
> rather erratically, another decoder behaved better. Since then I haven't had
> time to look at it again and I don't whether it was a bug in my
> hardware/software/firmware or some other fundamental incompatibility.
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> Matt
What about using some off the shelf controller instead of integrating with a
computer? What are the trade offs?
-Steve
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| the way I see it, is that you need the PC or the DCC throttle for addressing of the decoders in the engines. They also allow you to choose the address which controls the engine itself. I don't think the shell controller could be capable of doing (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) The biggest problem is the ease of destroying your Lego motor by supplying too much current because the voltage will be too high. The train motor does appear to have some type of thermal overload protection in it but I couldn't see an easy way (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| > (...) Correct. I haven't time to even think about it lately. I got it kinda working but I wasn't too happy with the performance. The Digitrax decoder behaved rather erratically, another decoder behaved better. Since then I haven't had time to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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