![]() The DRS1 locomotive receives and obeys DCC commands as if it wre still connected to the track Q: Can I consist DRS1 equipped units with my conventional DCC locomotives?Ī: Absolutely. ![]() Q: Can I program decoders in DRS1 equipped locomotives through the transmitter / receiver connection?Ī: Yes, with Programming on the Main (Ops mode) you can program your locomotive. However, some decoders (e.g.Tsunami) will not allow changing the loco address in Ops mode. In this case you can attach the the decoder directly to the pragramming track. The DRS1 has a plug that can be removed and connected to an adapter to make this easier. Q: Can the receiver send commands and power to more than one decoder? I have several locomotives with separate sound and motor decodersĪ: Yes. You can attach as many decoders as the current limit will allow. Q: What about automated control from cab bus equipped modules like NCE mini-panels, loconet, xpress-net, NMRANet etc.Ī: These are all cab-bus or accessory bus devices. Rather than reinventing the wheel, I decided to use a Tam Valley Depot. The DRS1 does not change the way the cab-bus behaves in any way - it is connected on the track side of the command station. hardware and apps like JMRI, Engine Driver, wiThrottle, Rocrail and more. Q: Can I still run these equipped locomotives at my club or friends layout?Ī: No problem. Simply bring along your DRS1 transmitter and attach it to the track with some alligator clips in an out of the way location. The Tam Valley RR is a point-to-point HO model railroad that wanders through the bedrooms of our house and is roughly based on the real Southern Pacific with a. You can now use your freinds throttles to run your wireless DCC locomotive (be sure to run it on the floor just to show off!).
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