Allan-350550

This comment is more about the internal design of the loco. The design externally is obviously and correctly about the model being a true representation of the prototype. However, the interior does not appear to give any realistic thought to the dcc requirements. I have just attempted to convert my Hornby J15 to TXS. I chose this because it is one of my favourite and most reliable locos. It also has a tender for the chip. fitting the chip, speaker and power bank is a physical impossibility. I ended up removing the coal which has offered a suitable footprint but it protrudes above the tender sides. There is also an issue the the cable from the chip to the 8 pin plug. All this state of the art technology and we are expected to unceremoniously stuff the cables anywhere they may fit and screw down the lit before it springs open. Hoping that I have not damaged anything. Sorry if this sounds like a rant but I think that cleverer people than I can develop a better solution.

Reassuring. Thanks

Has anyone experienced the elink box getting very warm during use. I hesitate to say hot. if I replace the unit are there any implications with the licence. I bought the unit from eBay some years ago and had to buy a new licence. Needless to say that I was not too happy at the time and don’t want a repeat.

Thank you P Henry. That accounts for me not being able to find anything in the manual.

That’s great news. All is well then. I spent a lot of time on this last night. I can now go on to fitting the TXS decoders.

I am running RM with eLink. The reset dcc controller button continues to appear. It looked as though it was indicating a short but I cannot identify one. I have isolated the track and the point controllers (dcc concepts ADS 8SX). I have even loaded RM and eLink without any contact with the layout at all. I have also amended the .ini files regarding the Reset ckeck = 0 Alternative Comms = 1 Check Controller = 1 Has anyone any advice as I do not want to do any permanent damage to the layout.