Generally the requirement is to keep emissions below a certain level so as not to cause interference, and the unit tested must accept any...
Gotta be...the sound is generated in the decoder and does not travel via the bus or rails at all. The bus/track carries the DCC signal (i.e.,...
Given where you are on the learning curve, one approach might be to block the layout similar to the way you would for DC operation. You can then...
The Rapido type coupler was long the standard for N scale trains, but has largely been replaced by the knuckle style coupler (MT and others) over...
DCC puts an AC (or bi-polar) signal on the track which carries power as well as data. The advantage of it being bi-polar is that it makes no...
The closure rails can be dead as the outside running rails are of the same polarity and still active. In addition the Marklin turnouts have live...
You can switch wires or re-program. Your choice. It's as described in the instructions. Note that the switch-kat is designed for Kato and LGB...
Connecting the track connections in reverse will cause no problems, as the connections are not polarity sensitive. Connecting the switch outputs...
With DCC there is no real need to turn off the power on storage track, but many folks do, especially where there may be a number of sound locos...
In DCC the rails carry the DCC commands and power as an AC digital signal at approx. 8000 hertz. Unlike DC, where the polarity on the rails...
I take it that you envision a command station/booster with a WiFi or Bluetooth hand-held throttle. No computer required. That would require...
I went to school in SLO 1964-69. During the last 2 years I lived on Ella St. overlooking the depot and would watch the headlights of trains as...
With a Y as described, it would be impossible to bridge both sets of gaps, as you could be on only one leg of the turnout, not both (unless of...
The easiest way wold be to double gap both tracks leading to the yard Y turnout. A DPDT set of contacts ganged to the turnout connects the entire...
Beautiful! That's how to do it. Here's NOT how to do it: [ATTACH]
Long answer: CVs are memory values comprised of 8 binary bits. Each bit carries a value based on its position, much like units, tens, hundreds,...
Yup. That simple. Like the circuit breakers in your house, the PM42 provides protection to 4 segments of the layout. The protection built into...
It sounds like a mechanical issue in the Cobalt...perhaps the gear train is getting jammed. I would look for anything unique about the mounting...
Have you monitored the Loconet to see if anything is happening on the throttle bus side? Anything look "funny" in the slot tables of the CS? Have...
At the end of Vietnam I was stationed at Ft. Monmouth NJ. Nearby was the Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, which had a road and rail line connecting...
