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Thanks all!!!!!!

I have noted that the newR7327 HM7050 Reverse Loop Module announced in Jan this year is now not scheduled to be released for another 6 months or so. Anyone know if this module is only able to work with eLink/Select/Elite? The "current" R8238 module is only able to be used with Elite/Select so I have read o not an option for myself.

Thanks Raf. Still thinking I need something that I can take to a club. I dont think I want to/can plug the eLink into a club track.

With the hours I spent getting Railmaster and eLink back up and running over the last few days, I am looking and buying a throttle to have some way of running a loco or programming quickly. Also to take with me to a club and be able to plug and play. I have about 20 locos and I only run one loco at a time and on a basic track at the moment. Most of my locos run Hornby decoders. So what sort of throttle should I be looking at? Digitrax? NCE? Something else? Do I have to consider what a club layout uses? Do I need to buy a package that includes the box that interfaces between the throttle and the track or can I just use a throttle directly connected to the track? Is the Digitrax Zypher an all in one solution that I should consider? Or is it compromised/limited? Thanks for any suggestions you can throw my way.

In UK pound terms, I have now found that the ESU is about 50 dearer with installation. I think if I had the TXS installed and the loco tested the difference would be 30 pounds. TXS must going to hurt sales of the likes of ESU going forward eh? I now know that the TXS could have been the way to go, as they are compatible with throttles like Digitrax if not eLink. I will look into them in the future, especially when I get to buy another 9F (One of mine- tender driven-that was 2nd hand when I bought it might be suffering from Margate rot bent chassis issues). It took me I reckon 9 hours to get eLink back up. For some reason the Comm Port was corrupted and after multiple removals of the port; changes to the Railmaster system settings; about 3 tries of reinstalling the program (once I found how not to trip the download errors messages that RM was a security threat) about 3 system restore points of the laptop, it now seems to be working. sigh.

Sorted. Actually it was Heljan 33 Took it to a specialist train store. The TTS decoder was causing the fault and was hot. The guy said the loco was drawing amps on DC rinning close to the limit of the decoder on DCC. A stall on the track probably over stressed the decoder. Paying to get an ESU decoder with a 31 sound file installed.

Hi all, I was allowing my Bachman 33 class to run in after weathering it. Left it to for a while. Came back and it had stopped. When I place the Class 33 back on the track the green light on the elink flashes. Other locos dont have the same effect. Could the Class 33 be fried? Railmaster (recently upgraded to Propack) off course at the same time has decided it wont speak top the laptop. I get an "Unknown USB Device(Device Descriptor Request Failed)" under USB Controllers in W10 and tried uninstalling that device several times. So I cannot even test the class 33 on the programming track, let alone run anything else.

thanks for this. I used Railmaster a couple of weeks ago and had no problems. Today found after a W10 update, the Coms Port in Device Manager had disappeared and I was not able to get Railmaster to work. After a few hours of frustration I had found amongts other things that Railmaster (I had a version from 2 years ago) had not updated at all to v1.74. I used your link to update the program I had. thanks BTW, in desperation I tried buying the Pro version from within the now superseded version I had and the link to buy the Pro version was not found.

Ta mates. All sorted. 😉

I think from listening to the YouTube clips of the real S15, the TTS decoder for the J36 is the closest match.

I think from listening to the YouTube clips of the real S15, the TTS decoder for the J36 is the closest match.

Hi there, Since the R8116 TTS decoder is no longer available, are there any other current TTS decoders that can be used to replicate the S15 sound?