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DCC Decoder & System Compatibility

April 10 2023

Hi Tony’s: I want to buy a SoundTraxx Tsunami equipped…

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ESU ECoS RailCom Current Spikes Exceed PSXX Current Limit

February 21 2023

Larry Maier [engineer and the designer of the PSXX] and…

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NCE Cab Bus Hardware

May 17 2021

Let’s start by defining the NCE Cab Bus: The NCE…

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NCE Power Cab Applications

August 11 2017

The Power Cab is a self-contained DCC system inside of…

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Power Supplies for Digitrax Boosters and Command Stations

May 23 2017

The chart below shows the model of the Digitrax DCC…

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ESU ECoS Command Station Review

April 1 2017

by Don Fiehman Buy Here You may not be familiar…

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NCE Advanced Consisting

March 6 2017

Printed with permission by Dave Heap and the NCE Yahoo…

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NCE Power Cab & Radio

June 21 2016

When can you use the Radio? A radio Power Cab…

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Wiring a Center Off DPDT Toggle Switch to a PowerPax Booster

June 2 2016

I recently purchased a PowerPax to program my BLI locos....

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JMRI Decoder Pro with NCE Power Cab and SB5 Settings

March 3 2016

Here are the correct settings for JMRI and jumpers for...

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NCE Power Cab with Radio Upgrade Path

February 18 2016

If I read the Operations Manual correctly, I need to...

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Tips DCC Systems

Digitrax Blast Programming

October 29 2015

Digitrax DCC systems can program  decoders using Blast Mode Programming on the Mainline.  Blast...

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Using JMRI with NCE Power Cab, SB5 and PH-Power Pro

August 19 2015

JMRI works very well with NCE (Power Cab, SB3/5 and...

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Digitrax Zephyr and PSX-AR

July 8 2015

I would appreciate some help in setting up PSX-AR with...

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Snubbers

February 23 2015

Bus Termination Filters, aka. snubbers, are not needed if you...

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NCE DCC Boosters Explained

January 30 2015

NCE's 5 Amp DCC booster options, see table below. All...

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NCE Corp Systems & Cabs

January 3 2015

POWERHOUSE PRO ™ 5 Amp DCC System   The Powerhouse...

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Review of MRC Prodigy Advance System

December 22 2014

by Larry Maier MRC has released a new DCC control...

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Wireless Model Railroad Control With an iPhone – iPod Touch

December 20 2014

Mike Greenwood introduces this new emerging DCC technology. Eventually, this...

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MRC Prodigy Express Review

December 20 2014

by Don Fiehmann Buy Here PDF Version How Times have...

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Lenz Digital Plus

December 18 2014

Comparison : DCC Systems Lenz Sets 90 and 100 Review...

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Digitrax Chief

December 18 2014

Comparison : DCC Systems Digitrax has always had a company...

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