Digital Command Control (DCC)
From Randall Roberts, former About.com Guide
Digital Command Control (DCC) is an exciting new field in model railroading that uses digital computer technology to operate model railroad trains.
Digital Command Control (DCC)) systems are used to operate locomotives on a model railroad (railway). Equipped with DCC, locomotives on the same electrical section of track can be independently controlled.
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Digital Command Control, or DCC, is a sophisticated method of controlling your model railroad. The premise is simple: one set of feeder wires is attached to the track (blocks are not needed) and each locomotive is outfitted with a decoder module.
Command control: A way of controlling trains by sending electronic messages through the rails. Each locomotive has a decoder or receiver which only responds to the messages specifically directed to it.
Command Control
A system for controlling model trains by transmitting electrical signals through the rails to receivers in each locomotive. Track voltage remains constant.
Digital command control (DCC) is a newer form of model railroad wiring and train control in which each locomotive can be separately controlled from one power unit or from one walkaround throttle.
Digital Command Control (DCC) is a model railway control system which allows controls of individual locomotives, rather than control of sections of track. This is a powerful way of controlling multiple locomotives on both simple and complex layouts.
Digital Command Control
Method of controlling multiple trains and accessories using digital communications packets to send commands.
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Digital command control
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Distant Signal
A caution signal which when in the on position, indicates that the next stop signal is at danger, or at least one of the stop signals within the approaching station limits is at danger.
Digital command control (DCC) with computer control.
A computer program sends the commands to the locomotive decoders. This requires trackside detectors so that the program knows where the trains are.
DCC : Digital Command Control. The latest digital operating system for model railways and becoming increasingly popular.
Command systemns: you might hear of TMCC, DCS and other command control systems. Those who use them rave aboutthem. Of course, they can afford a system that runs $300+ and adds anywhere from $100 to $250 to the cost of a locomotive.
MiniDCC© system. - A DCC ( Digital Command Control) do-it-yourself project....
My MiniDCC© System Block Diagram
Block Diagram Of My MiniDCC© System.
Digital Command Control. The simpler of the two locomotive driving modes. The alternative mode is CAB. DCC mode emulates the control system of a modern model railway system.
Command Control - A way of controlling trains independently of each other by sending electronic messages through the rails. Each locomotive has a decoder or receiver which only responds to its own discrete address.
 See also: Track, Layout, Train, Locomotive, DCC
  
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