can you run decoder equipped turnouts with the bachman ez command control center?
RRF
Yes it can operate DCC equipped turnouts. I have one crossover that is DCC and all the rest operated off of an old power pack. I prefer operating the turnouts through the power pack than DCC. TOO many buttons to remember.
Jerry
Would Any One Reccomend Bachman Ez Command Or The Bachman Ez Command dynamis?
I Just Give Me Your Opinion About One Over The Other?
will the dynamis run analog locos?
Quote from: railroadfun on January 03, 2013, 08:44:38 PM
will the dynamis run analog locos?
No. Read the manuals. The manuals are in this Bachmann site.
Rich
For Two Locos running on a (4x8) two mainline with four turnouts conecting them at two points is the dynamis really better then the ez command or would you recommend getting the dynamis now because in years to come im surely thinking on expanding
Forget the last ? haha
I Would Like to Know Can you program cv`s with the ez command
RRfun-
No, the EZ Command does not program CVs, other than cab number (sort of) and which end is the front. Throw in the low power of the EZCom and it becomes hard to recommend, especially for someone who plans to expand.
The Dynamis is worth looking at, together with intro systems from other manufacturers. Do note that, while decoders and most boosters are interchangable, your throttles must be from the same manufacturer as your command station.
I think that the EZ Command and MRC DCC systems are the only ones which operate DC locos. I'll be corrected if I'm mistaken about
that. This isn't necessarily a huge advantage, however, as you need to be very careful when running DC equipment on DCC or you'll fry it.
-- D
Does anyone know of a place where i could learn all i possibly can about the dynamis before acctualy buying it.
Through video or maybe even reading.
The manual is right here on this website and is your best place to start.
Also, Bachmann UK has a 4 or 5 part video on YouTube, starting with this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqW8J6ecoyk&sns=em
I can't imagine you would need anything beyond those two resources.
I read the manual bout 30 mins ago and and watched the vids earlyer today cuz i happend to find them and those two recourses gave me all the info i need i will be buying this system in a few days
With the dynamis can you create consits without the pro box?
Here tells all about dynamis. Well almost.
http://www.dynamisdcc.co.uk/display_faq.php?lang=en&q=14
http://www.dynamisdcc.co.uk/about.php?lang=en
Jerry
railroadfun,
yes, you can create consist without the Por Box. Stephen
With the dynamis can you program cv`s without the pro box
Quote from: Doneldon on January 03, 2013, 11:46:49 PM
I think that the EZ Command and MRC DCC systems are the only ones which operate DC locos. I'll be corrected if I'm mistaken about
that. This isn't necessarily a huge advantage, however, as you need to be very careful when running DC equipment on DCC or you'll fry
Digitrax also supports analogue running, though it is not advisable to do so. Best to bite the bullet and convert all locos than trying to run decoderless ones on DCC.
I know this subject has approached more than once. I have a USRA 2-10-2, Bachman loco, brand new with DCC. I took it out of the box, plugged the plugs put it on my DC layout and it just sat there. I have checked the plugs, and the tender trucks. It is brand new from Train World, it had no manual of operation to tell me what to do.
Robert Sylvester, WTRR
Robert
It is best to start a new post than highjack another. You will get more results that way.
Jerry
Quote from: Jerrys HO on January 14, 2013, 05:43:03 PM
Robert
It is best to start a new post than highjack another. You will get more results that way.
Jerry
And use the HO scale forum.
Rich
This is a question thats maybe unusual or different.IDK.
So lets say you have the dynamis on your home layout and you have two locos programed on 1 and 2. (like me)
Well i just became a member of a model railroad club where i live and just before i had the privalage of going to their layout and the main operator give me a full tour of the layout. But at the time i didnt have my locos with me so i ran one of his. Now he is running dcc but it is a digitrax system. So now ima take my locos over there and run them. On his system will they still be programed to #`s 1 & 2 or will they reset to three or will they be cancled out by locos that are that on his system or exactly how does that work. And when i get them back home do i have to reprogram them or what.
Could someone please explain thoughroly as they can PLEASE ???
Hunt,
Thank you very much for your info yet strangly the guy at the culb loves me and what i do and would probably change his adresses for me haha.
just a suggestion.....
most of us who are using a full dcc system like the dynamis or digitrax use the locomotive number as its address. that way it is easy to remember what the address is, and it is intuitive for another person to run that locomotive as well. the ez commznd only supports 10 addresses but the dynamis should be able to use any address up to and including 9999.
a good example of somebody else using another's locomotive would be on a club operating night where trains are put together in the yard by the "yardmaster" and dispatched to another "crew" who takes the train over the road.
How would one clean track on ho scale using abrasive inside a tunnel
did you leave yourself an access hole inside the tunnel? it is easy to do this either through the baseboard, or through the backside of the mountain. if you can't reach in to clean track, how are you going to retrieve a derailed car or locomotive?
Its at my club layout and we have a long stick that if there is a derailed car lor loco we jst push it out but the problem is we cant figure out how to clean it
RR Fun-
A tunnel more than a foot long without access isn't a good idea at all. However, if you have such a thing, you'll need to use a liquid track cleaning car, an electronic track cleaning car or a home-made track cleaning car which rubs a piece of Masonite or such like along the railhead. This will be less effective on curves at it won't dress the inner faces of the railheads where a lot of electrical contact occurs on curves.
Be careful of using abrasives on your track. In the long run, it can do more harm than good. It will not only prematurely age your track, it will leave microscopic scratches which may cause sparking, with its incumbent carbon deposition, and serve as a place for dirt to accumulate.
-- D
i have some sound equipped decoders i got from a friend and was wondering dow to install it in a bachman "ho" dcc equipped gp30 loco.Heres some info on the loco so someone can research it if needed=item No.60814, santa fe #3229. Please help ???
I am familiar with the gp30. there is not a lot of room in there for a speaker. you'll have to take it apart and cut away the frame halves somewhere to make a place for the speaker.
may i suggest a gp7 or gp9 asz aan easier install? they have a place for a speaker in the fuel tank.
i opened my gp30 up but there was no place to plug the decoder in.
Brett
Your decoder is built in to the circuit board, There is no place to plug in a sound decoder.
You will have to replace the decoder board with one that comes with sound or hard wire a sound decoder in. The latter should be possible as I have never done one. Others may know better.
I would replace the board with one from Soundtraxx. I believe without checking they have one that replaces yours.
Jerry
Brett
The one Soundtraxx is suggesting is the 828039 (decoder) and 810113 (speaker/baffle kit)
http://www.soundtraxx.com/choose/step3.php?t=ho&s=Bachmann
http://www.soundtraxx.com/dsd/tsunami/1000at.php
Jerry
How do you reset a bachman dcc equipped locomotive`s decoder back to factory settings?