DCC Topics
Our first topics concern recommendations for wiring a layout for DCC and the start of a table of HO scale decoder installations.
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DCC Current And Voltage Measurement
This page shows methods of indicating currents in H-Bridge circuits as used for model railroad DCC systems. Each method has advantages and disadvantages.
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DCC
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DCC, Introduction
An Introduction
This page was originally written for the DCC section in the Standards and Recommended Paractices pages of the NMRA website.
The DCC system attaches to a booster and then to your track. One or multiple throttles are also attached to the DCC system.
DCC
Digital Command Control. The control information is provided in the form of a digital signal instead of a standard analog (DC or AC) power, overlaid with control information.
DCC for large scale is available from LGB (lgb.de), Locolinc (locolinc.com), and others. Battery Backshop (backshop@pacifier.com) and Reed's Hobbies (reeds@abac.com) offer radio control and batteries specially designed for large scale trains.
DCC Bus
Heavy-gauge copper wire used to distribute the electrical power from the booster around the layout. Each booster has its own set of track bus wires. Accessory decoders may be connected to a track bus.
DCC model railroad wiring is considerably less labor-intensive with this method of train control since all tracks can be wired with feeders going into the same bus lines running under your layout.
Kato: Digitrax DCC Decoder Installation Instructions
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DCC
TRAINZ. 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.
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Since I was eventually going to be using DCC, I wanted to make sure I did not have any voltage drops for the long wire runs. In March of 2002, I purchased a DCC system. After a lot of research, I went with NCE's Powerhouse Pro.
My equipment was never converted to Micro-Trains couplers and I didn't add DCC. I've always been satisfied with Rapido couplers and block control.
1) Automatic Simultaneous Train Control (General Electric).
2) [MR] A model railroading system like DCC.
Auto rack
A two or three level car equipped with decks, walls, roof and end doors for transporting automobiles and light trucks.
Carpentry knowledge
AC & DC electricity knowledge
A good strong transformer with: 1) track dc 2) accessory dc and 3) ac voltage connections. Or a DCC system.
A Dremel motor tool with cut off accessories for track cutting and other grinding.
Each locomotive has a decoder or receiver which only responds to the messages specifically directed to it. Engines can be controlled independently anywhere on a layout. Also known as Digital Command Control (DCC).
 See also: Track, Layout, Train, Locomotive, Current
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