Has anyone used the Loksound 4.0 or 3.5 XL? Im looking to drops some serious cash on a dcc system and the research i have done tells me that this is the way to go. I can control servos, have amazing sound, and control my train from my ipod or android phone via WIFI. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U42z_d99cKE Does anyone have any other comments about this?
http://www.marklin-users.net/forum/yaf_postst20800_My-first-Loksound-Ver-4-installation.aspx Yeah a little over a year old. http://www.esu.eu/en/products/loksound/loksound-select-direct/ 4 motor controller. While LGB Moguls (early) were advertised as .6A draw, get a good load on it... Botch big engines can draw 5 amps in full slip (saw many reviews in GR on that), and a 1.1A motor driver will do one of two things: Shut down, or let the smoke out. QSI's with fan cooling will do up to 10 amps, 6 amps without. Others will chime in shortly. Might help to know what you're putting them into. Dave
I've used them in several scales, mostly Z and G. Sounds are ok, but like most European decoders, whistles and chuff not great, and all the "different" American sounds are really very few and played with a bit. Good quality electronics, poor documentation, as with most European decoders that have manuals translated from German. Programmer hardware expensive last time I checked. The servo outputs are cool, Zimo has them too, if you need them that limits your decoder selection. Greg
the biggest challenge i have is that i own 25 locomotives MTH, USA Tranis, Aristocraft, Bachmann, and LGB. so i need a dcc option that will work on all those manufactures.
