Polarbub Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 I want to build A software to control my 2 engines that have hornby decoders in them. My main problem is figuring out how the decoders are controlled? Can anybody help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Welcome to the Forum, Polarbub........that's a very complex subject you are attempting to delve into.......best place to start will be the NMRA.........look at website here for info........ https://www.nmra.org/index-nmra-standards-and-recommended-practices ...........good luck.....HB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 You can buy the Hornby R8144 RailMaster CD from Hattons for just £5, download the RM trial software then use the CD Activation Key and you're sorted.......HB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarbub Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 You can buy the Hornby R8144 RailMaster CD from Hattons for just £5, download the RM trial software then use the CD Activation Key and you're sorted.......HBhowbiman,I have seen this softwere but hope to add a couple of things like tracking the trains, so this woulnd work as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 DCC is fairly complex and the NMRA rules and regs governing it are less than obvious to interpret. Easier to stick with RM and hope for loco detection any time soon.This is a quick look at the dcc signal as viewed on an oscilloscope.. The Elite is running a decoder installed in an ESU decoder test rig on address 3. The DCC signal to the decoder is being monitored by a USB ‘scope displaying on the laptop.The ‘scope probe to left of picture had not been adequately pre-tuned so there is some ringing on the signal seen on screen in the form of spikes top and bottom of the square wave trace./media/tinymce_upload/896d292c9e38628980f2c88629e01861.JPGRob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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