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Title: DCC question
Post by: quark51 on August 03, 2008, 02:56:27 AM
Hello, will a locomotive with a DCC decoder run on a analog layout?
Title: Re: DCC question
Post by: trainmanchris on August 03, 2008, 04:52:21 AM
Yes it will quark51.........have fun ;D


chris
Title: Re: DCC question
Post by: SteamGene on August 03, 2008, 01:06:48 PM
It depends on the decoder.  If it will run on DC, use address 01.
Gene
Title: Re: DCC question
Post by: Pacific Northern on August 03, 2008, 03:20:56 PM
Quote from: trainmanchris on August 03, 2008, 04:52:21 AM
Yes it will quark51.........have fun ;D


chris

Not unless it is a dual function decoder. Having the ability to run an analog engine on a DCC layout is becoming limited. I have a couple of DC engines that I will not likely be converting over to DCC and as long as I have my trustee EZ DCC I can mix and match DC and DCC.
Title: Re: DCC question
Post by: trainmanchris on August 03, 2008, 03:35:12 PM
well from what i know is that all the DCC engines i have ever seen they have all been able to run on DC....................just trying to help for once............. :'(
Title: Re: DCC question
Post by: Jim Banner on August 04, 2008, 01:12:52 AM
Quote from: trainmanchris on August 03, 2008, 03:35:12 PM
well from what i know is that all the DCC engines i have ever seen they have all been able to run on DC....................just trying to help for once............. :'(

All those decoder equipped locomotives that you have seen run on dc must have had analogue conversion turned on to do so.  If analogue conversion had been turned off in CV29, then they would have been DCC locomotives that were not able to run on dc.  Some people routinely turn off analogue conversion on all their locomotives to prevent accidental runaways when they first power up their systems. 

There were a number of decoders made that did not support analogue conversion.  Some by MRC spring immediately to mind.  No matter what you did, they could not operate on dc. 
Title: Re: DCC question
Post by: SteamGene on August 04, 2008, 01:20:57 PM
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,
Drink deep or touch not the Pyrian spring.

Alexander Pope.  

Gene
Title: Re: DCC question
Post by: trainmanchris on August 04, 2008, 01:41:22 PM
??????????
Title: Re: DCC question
Post by: SteamGene on August 04, 2008, 02:59:26 PM
What grade will you be in, come the end of the month or September?
Gene
Title: Re: DCC question
Post by: trainmanchris on August 04, 2008, 03:26:33 PM
OH wait no i remeber that.........sorry i was still half asleep:S