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Discussion Boards => Large => Topic started by: rperego on December 11, 2014, 05:27:39 PM

Title: Is DCC installed?
Post by: rperego on December 11, 2014, 05:27:39 PM
I haven't run my trains for about 5 years and forgot which ones I converted to DCC.
Is there an easy way to tell without taking them apart?

Thanks, Bob
Title: Re: Is DCC installed?
Post by: Hunt on December 11, 2014, 07:57:38 PM
Use service mode – program track and read CV 8 if your DCC system is capable of reading CVs.

CV 8 contains the Manufacturer ID of the decoder

Click Here  (http://nmra.com/sites/default/files/appendix_a2c_s-9.2.2.pdf) for PDF file of the Manufacturer ID codes as assigned by the NMRA.
Title: Re: Is DCC installed?
Post by: StanAmes on December 11, 2014, 09:16:58 PM
very easy if the locomotive works on a DC powered track

Put the loco on a DCC powered track.

If the motor hums then no decoder is installed.

No sound  there is a decoder installed

Stan