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You may could use the CAT5 and just use the 6 pin connectors I guess. You could try and use the extra two wires to power the panels around the layout. Like mentioned above, it would take two computers, two wireless cards, two digitrax computer interfaces, looking at a minimum of a few hundred...

Now that I look closely my Dash 9-44 says on the side D9-40cw. But the Dash 9 40cw Norfolk Southern still has headlights above the windsheild.

I went and took another look, they are below the windsheild on the point of the nose I guess you could say in a vertical arrangement. I wonder if Athearn is going to correct it or let it slid.

It was in the RTR package, with DCC plug in and all that. Thats when I noticed it when I was putting in a DCC chip and ditch lights. I looked them up on the Athearn site and they were the same way. Just seems wierd.

I just bought an Athearn Dash 9-44cw Norfolk Southern locomotive(HO scale). I was working on it and noticed something weird. The head lights are not above the windsheild in the horizontal arangement. They are below the windsheild in a vertical arangement. I looked at many pictures of the real NS...

I have been asking many questions on here with very good responces. I have finally got some track on a table. Its rather large for a first timer. I started off small and keep adding on as I built and couldn't stop. Still have a lot I want to include later down the road. It alittle messy but I...

I am having a problem trying to figure out how to set up my blocks for detection. I plan on using Digitrax's 16 block detection units. I have attached a diagram of my layout, its not exactly they way it looks, but close to the same concept. Im still laying track and would like to isolate my...

I know Digitrax has a system for this. You can use it to set up block detection which will tell you there is a train in that block, and you can set up transponding on the same system and will tell you the block is occupied and which train is in that block.

I put a DH163AO decoder in a Athearn SD70 with 1.5V lamps. I put a 680 ohm resistor in series with every lamp. I have 2 lamps on the headlights, 2 on the rear and two ditch lights on the front. The locomotive motor works but can't get any lights. I have tried factory resets and everything, but...

Im using the Digitrax DB150 command station. I have the diesel syncro sound decoder. The series that came out right before the Brilliance series. I think the 1631. I lost my paper that came with it. I know it does advance consist. Right now I got it programed with the same address as the other...

I watch items I want on ebay for days or weeks before I actually bid on one to get the good price. I have seen a lot of bids put in by these programs. Sometimes the program runs up the price higher then the next highest bid. For example I saw an item that the high bid was about $35.00 before the...

Im trying to put a MRC diesel syncronized sound decoder in an advance consist. I programmed CV19 to the addess and set CV21 to 1 to share all functions like it said in the book. But it won't work. The decoder will not react to the new address Can anyone help me? Thanks

Yeah its the syncronized diesel ho decoder. Its the one that came out right before the Brilliance series. It says it has advance consisting, but no luck. I set CV19 to 10 and CV21 and 22 to 255. The digitrax locomotive reacts to the address set in CV19, but the MRC sound decoder locomotive just...

Both decoders support advance consisting, and I set CV22 and 21 to 255. What do you set CV19 to. When I put the two locomotives into a consist they don't use the same functions.

Im trying to find out if all CV values are the same. I thoguht they were if they fit under the NMRA standards. If so is there a place to find thm all. Im trying to consist a Digitrax and a MRC decoder together. The digitrax will take off and spin wheels until the MRC locomotive cathes up. Any help??

Im looking for a sound decoder to go into a SW1500. I a decoder with functions, motor control, and sound. Has anyone found one that will fit in these two? Thanks

Hey railroader9731, where did you purchase your Tomar system from? Maybe I can buy one to see whats going on and model mine off of that one.

That sounds good. Ill can do either infrared, optical, or current. Optical may be not optional, because I want to be able to run a night. Will it work with DCC? Do you have one of these, or just a thought? Thanks for everyones help. The only reason I rather build is because I probably can do it...

Thanks for the information. I have found a a circuit that detect and drives the crossing lights, and a circuit that will lower gates, now if I can find away to combine these two circuits I'll be doing good. Im trying to find a system that I can build myself, becuase I want a lot of these around...

Automatic grade crossing circuits? Has anyone try to make or know of a site that shows how to make automatic grade crossings circuits? I want the lights on the crossbucks to automaticaly start flashing before the train gets to the crossing and stop after the last car gets a little ways past the...