Group,
This weekend I received my first S-CAB starter bundle. This is a DCC
system that uses radio frequency to communicate DCC commands from the
hand-held throttle to the receiver/decoder bundle installed in the
locomotive (no command station and no DCC signals via the rail needed).
I just uploaded a page to my web site that describes what you get when
you buy the system.
http://pmrr.org/Articles/DCC/Articles__DCC_LVL2_S-CAB.htm
I am going to install it in my S-Helper Service NW2 engine. It will also
use the battery power feature. I'm hoping that I have some time to work
on this during the Christmas holidays. I have tested the NCE decoder
with the hand-held throttle and it worked great. Once I get it working
in that engine, I will publish another article on my web site. For all
the details about the system, see the page mentioned above.
I am especially excited about the battery operation, because my track is
starting to act up again. The metal polish I mentioned earlier this year
has about run its course. I spent all of Saturday chasing a
short-circuit in my layout. I hadn't run any trains in a couple of
weeks, because I'd been working on scratchbuilding a couple of
structures. When I fired it up, I immediately got the dreaded 4 beeps
from the Digitrax system. I finally narrowed it down to a one-inch piece
of track that somehow was making contact with its neighboring rail,
causing a short. That section of track had been working flawlessly for
three-plus years! Go figure. It'll be so nice to finally pull the
plug... literally.
Enjoy,
- Peter.
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Peter Vanvliet ([email protected])
Houston, Texas
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