Hi Blair: Yes, JMRI can handle, but you would have to connect to JMRI separately and with the DCS50 as a command station. Connect a LocoNet cable from the interface to the computer to the

Thanks, John. I won't put another booster on the Christmas list, then. Thanks, also, for those opsw pointers. Would you know if JMRI could be used to manage this config? I'd like to have as many

Hi Blair: Yes, you can do what you suggest. The DCS50 does function well as a 2.5 Amp Booster; set OpSw #2 = "c". Yes, you can still use the throttle on the DCS50. For interfacing with a PM42 you

Don, Our problem is not a reversing loop, it is on the mainline as the cars cross from one block t another. Thanks. Jerry

Hi As my RR grows, I find I have need for more booster current than I get from my single DCS100. The expansion plan moves to three boosters (counting the DCS100), plus a location for a fourth. That

Hi Dan, I use the TAM Valley dual frog juicer on my PECO crossing. Works like a champ. They have great products. I have many various juicers installed under my layout. See you Saturday. Regards, Chuck

I had the same issue. I believe I set OP switch 18 to C (closed) on my DCS51 to extend the short recognition time. It seems to have done the trick. BTW if you reset the DCS51 or command station back

I installed the Peco Code 100 crossing in an industrial area of my railroad. I've run 5 different brands of new locos through it, and they all short out. I have tested the wiring before, after, and

Jerry you have rediscovered the reason to make all AR sections longer than the longest train. Many passenger cars have multi-axle pickup where two or more axes on a Truck are electrically connected

Hello Jerry: Thanks for the additional information: So one option would be to power the lights from just one truck. You would still need the "dead"

Hello Chuck: Thanks for the information. If you could make the reversing section longer than your longest train would be best, but I figure you

Hi Carl, Our club is running two-rail HO scale. Each truck picks up power from the rails. I am not sure of the circuitry, but all four of the right-hand wheels pick up power as do the left-hand

Carl: I am running 2 rail HO. I am not powering lights in my Walthers passenger cars but am trying to run them from one power district to another which includes a reversing circuit. The second

Hello Chuck: A small diode should do, it just needs to carry the current of the lights in the car. For the rest I'll need some more details.

Carl: Would you explain how you would attach the diode to a truck in this situation? Also what size diode would you recommend? Thanks for your help Chuck

Hello: May I suggest a pair of diodes, one to each truck so the power can't flow from one block to the other. I had a similar problem with my K-Line passenger car.

Hi Folks, Our layout has been operating quite well recently, with the phase problems solved and not repeating for a couple of months. However, we recently started testing a few passenger trains, and

Thanks for the kind words, Jerry! I had offered the website as PDF files, but the Supreme Court's decision that I would have to collect sales tax for every state that I shipped to made continuing this

Thank you, Mark I was aware that you should never solder decoders that are connected to the DCC system or under power. All soldering work is done in my shop. Far away from the layout to prevent

Hey Don. Thanks for the reply. I have been working with the NCE Tech Support person in New York for a number of weeks and we have not been able to eliminate the issues. I have signed up for the