What Blueline loco do you have?
I put a TCS T1 in the M1a.
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Read the documentation that comes with the locomotive -- recommended decoders are listed in it.
That doesn't mean that other types of decoders can't be used, however. If you purchase a separate wiring harness with an NMRA plug on one end and a JST 9-pin plug on the other, any decoder with the JST header, such as a TCS T-1, can be used.
mcddhawk4 wrote:Has anyone installed dcc in the Blueline engine? What would be the best decoder to use?
I used Digitrax DZ143PS decoders for HO scale AC6000s and SD40-2s. The wires make it nice so that you can move the light plug to be controlled by the motor controller.
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I've used MRC 1650's in both of my AC 6000's. It was one of the listed decoders. Fits and works fine.
Tilden
As far as best I can not tell you. But my AC 6000 sounds and runs great with a Digitrax DN163PS. LHS installed it, only one that would fit and a little high from what I have been told at $32.95 but I wanted it now and that what he had in stock.
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mcddhawk4 wrote:One more question. After installing the decoder, I'm going to use the digitraxx dn1431p will the engine still be DC compatible?
I don't recommend that decoder as a first choice. I tried it but with the light plug underneath, it doesn't sit flat. I highly recommend the DZ143PS. CV29 controls DC/analog support. Here's an excerpt from the decoder manual:
The analog mode conversion feature is very convenient if you plan to runyour Digitrax decoded locomotive on regular DC layouts. With analog modeconversion enabled, the decoder will automatically begin operating as a DClocomotive when no DCC signal is detected by the decoder. This means that if you place your Digitrax decoder equipped loco, with analog mode conversion enabled, on a regular DC layout, it will run on the DC layout. Disabling analog mode conversion can be useful too as the following example illustrates:
This is from page 35.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
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sfrailfan wrote: mcddhawk4 wrote:Has anyone installed dcc in the Blueline engine? What would be the best decoder to use?Really the question here is: Which system will it be able to be programmed on. We have Easy DCC (CVP products) at the club. Not one single successful program. One of our members has a Digitrax system at home and everyone gets their locos done by him; and might I say it's just like programming any other loco on that system while on ours at the club it was a major headache.
I have a Digitrax Super Chief system and had no problems programming Blue Line decoders (as long as I folloed the instructions). They aren't as simple as the QSI versions (due to the dual decoceders) but if you follow the steps, they are manageable.