This means that you will need to enter a value nearly 4 times as great 3. Preloaded with a dual sd402geevolution diesel schemes. Many modelers, me included, use an inexpensive booster such as the one made by tam valley depot, to power a separate dedicated power bus just for accessory decoders. Tam valley depot was established in 2008 by duncan mcree who has been building model railroads since he was 14. Be sure to check back regularly for more great stuff for model railroaders and hobbyists alike. Dcc decoder information for intermountain locomotives 8 pin socket, which allows for the quick and simple installation of a dcc decoder. Compatible with bachmann ez app, the bluerail app offers configuration options not available in bachmann ez app and targets diy users, and includes advanced tuning settings for slow. Be sure to visit the gallery page for lots of photos of the layout.
The hex frog juicer senses a short circuit any load exceeding 2 amps when a metal wheel bridges the gap between the frog and an adjacent. Digitrax n scale sound decoder sdn144a1 soundmotor. The bluerail ios and android apps are available now as a free download. Tam valley depot dcc crossover fascia controller bicolor red green fascia controller for singlet iiiquadln and octo iii price. Remote relay add the remote relay to use for routing frog power, for adding feedback to signaling systems, or for trackside indicator lights. Duncan decided to share the boards and controllers he originally designed for his own use. Tam valley depot dcc servo centering tool use this handy portable tool to keep your servos centered while you mount them under the layout. The tam valley depot drsi is a dcc receiver that connects directly to the dcc decoder pickup leads going to the track typically black and red. Tam valley depot developed a transmitter that plugged into any dcc system and transmitted the dcc info over the air, not the rails.
Soundtraxx tsunami 2 tsu4400 sound decoder, steam2. Yes, with programming on the main ops mode you can program your locomotive. These short articles have been drawn from all three sources and hope, fairly briefly, to provide a little. The decoder features set screw terminal blocks for easy wiring and a higher audio amplifier for incredible volume, indoors or out. New in v2 july 2011 and later programming buttons can be locked out with a jumper to prevent accidental programming be leaning on the buttons. Dcc hobby supply, dcc, digitrax, tcs, nce, soundtraxx, qsi, decoders, zephyr, super chief, blackstone models, bli blueline. Tam valley depot dcc turn on module soft start circuit for large inrush currents of sound decoders and stay alive decoders if you have a lot of sound decoders and decoders with stay alive circuits on the track, they can confuse the booster when it starts up in to thinking there is a short because of the sudden current draw of all the capacitors. Dec 01, 2015 many modelers, me included, use an inexpensive booster such as the one made by tam valley depot, to power a separate dedicated power bus just for accessory decoders. Tam valley depot tonys trains train control systems traintek put the speed step value in vstart cv2. Soundtraxx, tam valley depot, train control systems tcs, zimo, and ztc. For manual operation a pushbutton or a fascia controller is needed. It uses rc airplane servos which are ready available and inexpensive. We can take internet or phone orders for curb side pickup at our shipping door. Looking back the nottawasaga model railway club gathered at johns house on a monday evening in august, 2012 for a demonstration of jmri possibilities and a tour of his layout.
Manufacturer id listing welcome to the nce information. Sbs4dcc dcc decoder installations, sbs4dcc dcc decoders. Deadrail transmitterreceiver options and installation o. Dual 3way servo dcc accessory decoder for semaphores and 3way stub. Designed for models with higher stall currents such as some s, o, and g scale locomotives.
Pierre billon contributed four additional tams decoder definitions. Tam valley servo centering tool use this handy portable tool to keep your servos centered while you mount them under the layout. Compatible with bachmann ez app, the bluerail app offers configuration options not available in bachmann ez app and targets diy users, and includes advanced tuning settings for slow speed operation, ditch lights support, and chuff rate calibration. Manufacturer id listing welcome to the nce information station. Wireless dcc receiver drs1 hipower for use with any generic dcc decoder compatible with airwire throttles. Sdn144k0a digitrax decoder kato e8f40 1amp scale n. Tsunami will not allow changing the loco address in ops mode. Can i program decoders in drs1 equipped locomotives through the transmitter. Digikeijs dr5000 command station loconet, xpressnet. Get expert decoder installation advice on all top brands including digitrax, soundtraxx, nce, more at. Fixed a problem with the handling of decoder definitions that was causing certain tcs decoders and perhaps others to not display properly. The tam valley depot drs1, mkiv receiver is a significant upgrade from the drs1, mkiii, and operates at the original tam valley 916.
Board replacement decoder for kato sd382 ho locomotives. This is a brief overview of the installation of the tam valley depot quadln servo decoder and servo motors micro switch machines on my. Jmri software, decoder pro, panel pro and model railroad. It has a dcc decoder built in and 8 io ports for switches to control the turnouts locally and for driving indicator leds. Atrack for windows atrack is a powerful free extension to complement the facilities of your nce corporation power cab or power pro digital command control system and to assist you in running your roster of locomotives on your model railroad. If you wanted battery power then you also add a battery. The hex frog juicer from tam valley depot is an automatic reversing circuit for turnout and crossing frogs on digital command control layouts. Tam valley dcc booster for accessories and power districts. You would need to add a tam valley depot rx into the loco that piggybacked onto the dcc decoder. Master list of decoder resets by manufacturer welcome to. The dual 3way servo decoder will control 2 semaphore arms with either dcc command control or manually by pressing a button. An expansion port can be used to add relays for powering frogs or other devices.
Wireless onboard dcc receiver tam valley depot 4541 hidalgo ave. Until we can obtain the items the local health officials say we need to reopen the retail store the western depots retail store will remain closed. See railsync from a nondigitrax command station, below. A notable limitation of the tam valley depot drs1 transmitter is that it does not provide dcc idle packets that the airwire receivers require unless the original dcc. Tam valley depot wireless onboard dcc receiver garden. Tam valley depot dcc servo control system part three. Sbs4dcc dcc decoder installations, sbs4dcc dcc decoders and. Sdn144k0a 1 amp n scale mobile decoder for kato p42, e8, pa1, f40 and similar locos 245sdn144k0a.
But, as tam valley depot recognized, it is advantageous to use any device that supplies dcc to the rails and transmit this dcc wirelessly to dcccompatible receivers. Deadrail transmitterreceiver options and installation. Singlet servo dcc accessory decoder tam valley depot. Our shipping department remains open to process phone, mail and internet orders. This animated gif shows the signal board effects in action.
Tam valley depot great electronics for great model railroads. The recentlyreleased tam valley depot drs1, mkiv receiver. Board replacement decoder for n scale kato p42, e8, pa1, f40 and similar loco. Tam valley depot dual 3way mark iii servo accessory decoder overview. Has the latest servo drive circuitry that prevents buzzing and allows for installation similar to a stallmotor no programming of the stop positions needed. Board replacement decoder for n scale kato p42, e8, pa1, f40 and similar diesels. Note the internal antenna on the right side of the board. Use pr3 and soundloader software to download your own fully customizable sound scheme to. This 3 ouput accessory decoder for leds has numerous uses. Until we can obtain the items the local health officials say we need to reopen the retail store the western depot s retail store will remain closed. You need no programming experience, thanks to the graphic screen everything falls into place with a few mouse clicks. Use pr3 and soundloader software to download your own fully customizable sound scheme to the decoder.
Atrack for windows atrack is a powerful free extension to complement the facilities of your nce corporation power cab or power pro digital command control system and to assist you in running your roster of locomotives on your model railroad atrack allows you to store full details of all of your locomotives and accessory turnout decoders, with all of their dcc configuration parameters. Use pr3 and soundloader software to download your own sound scheme to the decoder. Tam valley depot was established in 2008 by duncan mcree who has been building model railroads since he. I wrote an extensive article on how i installed an operating semaphore on my donner summit layout. An expanded range of decoder manufacturers is now supported bachmann, broadway limited paragon 23, dcc concepts, digitrax, esu loksound, hornby, lenz, nce, model rectifier, mth, qsi quantum, soundtraxx, tam valley depot, train control systems tcs, zimo, and ztc fully updated from the latest manufacturers data. Tam valley singlet decoder ssd002, dcc installs and sales. Quadpic servo dcc accesory decoder use to control four turnouts using model rc style servos. The drs1, mkiv presents no difficulties for the 902928 mhz ism dcccompatible transmitters and is an interesting choice because.
The drs1 has a plug that can be removed and connected to an adapter to make this easier. Jul 05, 2014 this is an introduction to the tam valley depot dcc servo control system that we are installing our our club layout, the strasburg model railroad. The tool consists of a battery box connected to a small circuit board that continuously puts out a centering signal for the servo 1. Features an integrated controllerprogrammerdcc decoderpower supply and servo.
Tam valley depot digital command control dcc hex frog. So i set out to design and build a stationary decoder for driving servos. Atrack key features and how to obtain, download and register the. Tam valley depot is a small company in san diego owned by duncan mcree and janice yuwiler. Download the singlet manual to read the full programming instructions. Digitools electronics servicing and contractor ltd. Mollehem gardsproduktion mgp loconet termination card. How to contact us dcc installs and sales 3414 cannon gate dr. In this case you can attach the the decoder directly to the pragramming track. Stationary decoders traintek, llc dcc decoder dealer. Streamlined backshop is an authorized dealer for all major dcc manufacturers including. There is a wealth of information available about digital command control dcc in hard copy books, soft copy the internet and oral word of mouth. These inexpensive decoders use servos to move the points of a switch.
An expansion board that provides full optoisolation of the signals is available soon. Please see tam valley rr webdite for the ebook download here. Can provide termination some circuitry may be required to generate the railsync signals from a nonloconet booster. Bluerail has updated our app to support control of dcc trains, and partnered with established dcc experts in the industry to develop hardware, software and firmware to bring.
Once you connect these two wires, youre halfway done. Servos are easily mounted under the turnout and provide a reliable and inexpensive method to switch points. Visit the dead rail society web site for more information and news download the ebook on dead rail system. Micro singlet turnout controller with builtin dcc decoder a simple and quick way to get servos up and running on your layout. The tsu4400 is a universalstyle, 4amp digital sound decoder with 6 function outputs. The relays use the same extension cords as the servos for simple wiring. The tam valley rr is a pointtopoint ho model railroad that wanders through the bedrooms of our house and is roughly based on the real southern pacific with a lot of modelers license. Jul 21, 2010 quick video on the use of tam valley depot s singlet servo decoder on the amoskeag northern. Dcc, railpro and dcs model trains dealer, dcc, railpro and dcs sound, dcc decoders, mth dcs ps2 upgrade kits. Tam valley depot dual 3way is featured in the cover article of the march 2012 modelrailroad hobbyist ezine. Added uhlenbrock sound module 32300 definition and updated 32100 alain le marchand misc. This is an introduction to the tam valley depot dcc servo control system that we are installing our our club layout, the strasburg model railroad. Each unit can power and reverse polarity for up to six frogs, enough for as many turnouts or three crossings.
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