Hm 7000 and Dcc central units other than Hornby

[Espacerails]

Hello

Can you confirm for me that other Dcc central units on the market accept the HL 7040 dongle such as the Esu Ecos

the Z 21 Roco

or even a Lenz central unit with the Dcc Xpressnet

THanks

Eric

[LTSR_NSE]

Hornby are making the HM7040 for use with Select & Elite controllers. The dongle uses the XpressNet interface to communicate with the controllers - so it will physically connect to any controller with an RJ12 socket.

However as different manufacturers have implemented their own variations in the XpressNet communication protocols & firmware they each use - nobody can guarantee what other controllers the dongle will be compatible with.

I’m sure that in time a list of compatible controllers will be compiled, however whether that will be a priority for Hornby, or simply a community lead project - only the future knows.

[Fishmanoz]

Dcc central units - what you mean of course are DCC controllers.

[Espacerails]

Dcc central units - what you mean of course are DCC controllers.

 

 

Yes or course, Do you have another informations

 

 

thanks

Eric

[Fishmanoz]

Only to agree with LT that’s it’s most unlikely the dongle will work with non-Hornby controllers.

[Philip-1200459]

Actually it works fine with my Roco Z21 DCC controller. See my post.

[Pendragon Sailing]

It doesn’t work with Digitrax’s XPRESSNET interface, so no joy there.

[LTSR_NSE]

@Pendragon Sailing as you correctly identified in your other post - the Digitrax doesn’t actually possess an XpressNet interface.

The socket is merely an RJ12 (a common telecommunication socket that has many uses) however both XpressNet & LocoNet are completely different software protocols - therefore not at all unexpected that dongle doesn’t work.

 

[LTSR_NSE]

Upon re-reading, my last post sounds much harsher than I intended, but I cannot edit it! 🙁

I would have changed it to say:
- therefore unfortunate, but not altogether unexpected.

[HST Mainline]

ESU ECoS does not have an XpressNet interface. So that will not work.

Digitrax will not work, they also do not use XpressNet.

XpressNet is a Lenz invention. If implemented correctly and to the specification, any controller using XpressNet should work. But as others have mentioned, there is no guarantee if it is not a Hornby controller.

Both Lenz LZx, Lenz LZVx, Roco Z21, and of course, Hornby Elite and Hornby Select have XpressNet interfaces. So any of these should be a valid option if someone want to test it.

[96RAF]

There are others with Xpressnet via a DIN socket so if an adapter could be found, maybe they would work, firmware revision state dependant I suppose.

Care should be taken before plugging things into sockets just because they apparently match, else one or both device could be damaged. Always cross check spec sheets where available and protocols.