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    dIGITRAX QUESTION?

    I don't know about the empire builder but the super chief is like this: turn the switch to the middle position on the command station. On the throttle, press the "switch" key. Enter the number 36 to clear the consists or 39 to clear all locos. Press the "clock" key. Put the switch all...
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    DCC up and running!

    I can't believe my eyes but it started working last night when i got home from work and gave it another try. I think the problem was the throttle and the way it is supposed to power up and what really happens. The book says to push the power button and then the Y+ button. In reality, i had...
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    DCC up and running!

    The system is a digitrax super chief 8A radio system. There is no run mode. I have to exit "programming" then go into "function mode" and select the locomotive after removing it from the program track and placing it back on the layout. (Read the manual at least 5 times and made a cheat sheet on...
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    DCC up and running!

    I still don't know how "wonderful" DCC is....I just connected a digitrax super chief system to my layout last night, did the quarter trick, installed a decoder in a loco and first tried to run it on 03 default..nothing happened....then I tried to put in an address to the loco...nothing...
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    I need DCC for dummies...

    I would also like to suggest the books Easy DCC and DCC Projects from www.kalmbach.com Another good book is the Big Book of DCC that you can find from a good LHS or an internet dealer like Tony's Train Exchange.
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    MRC decoder in an SW

    I have a similar model ..an atlas MP15DC..I put an NCE D13SR decoder in it and it barely fit.... Even though it had an 8 pin plug, I had to take out the male pin and solder each decoder wire to the female plug above the motor for it to fit there and then pointed the decoder and the wiring...
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    JMRI decoderpro and digitrax MS100 serial cable

    Hello, I am new here and this is my first experience with DCC. I purchased the Digitrax Super Chief 8A R for my HO layout which came UPS last week from tony's train exchange and have'nt even got one locomotive running yet. (Decoders are in 5 of the locomotives so I haven't been a total...
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