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    Greetings from Australia

    So I stick my nose in after a few years and see quite a few names I still recognise. :wave::wave: I'll have a bit of a snoop and see what's been happenin'. :thumb:
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    Soundtraxx and LEDs

    Hi Guys, Soundtraxx DSD-101LC decoder. It says on the packet, LED use(for lights) is not recommended, as they "may glow faintly when the function is turned off". (using a dropping resistor of course, as if it were for a 1.5V lamp, as the light functions are 12 - 16V). Anyone know if...
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    Loksound technical stuff

    G'day guys. Ain't heard from me for a while, but I'm still kickin'. :):) :wave: :wave: Got some questions on Loksound, if anyone can help. I've got 2 Loksound V 3.5 decoders turning up via phone order next week. I've down loaded the manuals, and have read up on them. It's the back EMF...
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    Lost Wax Castings

    I've got to ask, cause I'm yet to work it out. It's one of those things you're expected to know, and might look silly if ya don't. So I'm gunna look silly. sign1 Brass Lost Wax Castings for detailing bits. I know what the brass is, but what's lost about them, and where's the wax? :confused:
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    I'm just brilliant!!

    .......... or pretty useless and decoder installs.:rolleyes: One or the other!!:) Trying to cram a decoder into a loco, soldered it in, put my heatshrink tubing on the soldered joins, fiddled, shoved, push, bent, big gloppy fingers in tiny spaces, and **SNAP** :curse: :curse: :curse: The...
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    Constant Brightness Lighting

    One of my locos that I want to decoderize has 1.5 volt globe directional constant brightness lighting. (uses diodes/resistors on the internal circuit board) Lighting at each end of the loco is headlight, and red/white marker lights. Forward has white marker lights and headlight, with red...
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    Has my decoder died?

    I've got two decoders that this has happened to. NCE D13SR basic 3 function decoders. Both locos worked on DCC last time I used them a few days ago. I did, however, put them on the programming track (to read all their CVs, and load into the pooter) before I put them on the main to use them...
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    DCC Curiosity Questions

    Just out of curiosity, and to determine who is doing what, I've got a few "survey" type questions of others. And to get a general idea of who is up to what, specially when it come to using a computer with DCC. Just reply with "quote" and slot your answers in after the questions would be...
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    Cuppla videos for youse.

    Here's a cuppla videos of Garahbara. I've posted their links in the video forum thread, but thought I'd put the here too, in case they got missed in the other thread. NSW Govt Railway 8028 leads a freight through Garahbara cutting. Video 1 3.66 MEG download and Australian National Budd...
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    It works!!

    Have just plugged my NCE Pro System into the pooter and it all worked. First go. :D I'm using JMRI software, and have only set up a couple of throttles and saved the throttle layout so far. It's an old Win 98 bomb PC that I had laying around. I want to keep it at Win 98, as it had a...
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    Where do I pick up passengers?

    G'day all, :) I'm looking for some passengers to populate my railcars and passenger coaches. I know you can get seated LPBs, but they look like corpses sitting there propped up staring straight ahead when you put them in the passenger seats. :eek: Anyone know of where I can get good...
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    Has anyone done it?

    Has anyone plugged their DCC system into a computer, and controlled any aspect of their layout (including locos of course) from their computer? I'm gunna give it a try this weekend, if I get some time. :D :thumb:
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    + and - decoder connections

    I understand the standard decoder connections and what they're for. The red & black are quite easy to determine how they're connected. (left & right track pickup). However the grey and orange are the + and - connections of the motor. This will determine which direction the loco goes in...
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    Decoder Squeal

    Put a new decoder in my 4th loco today. (Lima motor). I've done one with this sorta motor before with no problems. Always check and recheck correct connections before powering it up. Plastic chassis and motor is isolated. Put it on the track, and without even selecting it, the headlight...
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    Do all DCC systems do this?

    NCE Pro 5 AMP DCC. Do all DCC systems do this when switching locos on the one cab control? Using the same cab controller, I set loco1 merrily along it's way, then select another loco (loco2), that may, or may not be running along merrily elsewhere on the layout. As soon as I do anything...
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    Boo Hoo :( There goes my Chrissie Present

    Boo hoo.... boo hoo... :cry: :cry: :cry: and a big baby WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!! :cry: :cry: :cry: And a big child temper tanty to add to that too. Not even a red lolly is gunna fix this one! My new NCE DCC Pro that I shouted myself for a Chrissie present doesn't work, and I've gotta send...
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    A Mind Of It's Own

    Guys, I wired up my first decoder last night (NCE D13SR just wires, no plug) and on DC it seems to have a mind of it's own. It runs fine, and speeds up, and slows down, and stops, and starts, just like regular DC, however, every now and then it just flips into reverse, and TOOT.... off the...
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    Forgotten Loco Addresses

    I shouted myself a Chrissie present this year. A NCE Pro 5 AMP (with power supply), radio Pro cab, and a basic tethered cab control, along with 20 basic (3 function) decoders. It has an iface for the pooter too, but that'll get plugged in at some stage later. I was gunna plug in on to some...
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    Remember Me?

    Remember Me? Some will... some will say "who"?? But :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: to all and sundry. :) Been far too busy with other stuff (business, lawn moving, drinking beer etc) to drop in the last 6 months or so, but will have a bit of time off over Christmas. Plus I...
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    Dunny Rolls

    Guys, I've managed to acumulate quite a few of those innner carboard toilet roll tubes. A 100 or so, actually, over the years. Any ideas what I could use these dunny rolls for? HO scale, or course. Also, I've got about 20 or so, of the those inner cardboard tubes from calculator/cash...
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