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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by rocky451 The Digitrax panels that the club member has on his modules have the extra jack on the rear for the throttle. His friend was curious about the problem and brought a different digitrax panel. It does not have the extra jack. We put his panel in the chain and things continued working. ???? I wi***hat I could tell you the two different part numbers of the digitrax panels, but did not get a chance to get the information. This seems wierd that on type panel will work with the NCE system but the other will not. We did have two of each style to test with. May be a good lesson for clubs: When voting for which system the club will buy, everyone needs to stick to the same manufacturer for the club setup! [/quote] Uhmm! Go figure. There must be something wrong with the wiring of the first panel. Since both systems both use RJ-12, 6 pin phone jacks it's logical it would work as long as the pins are not cross wired. I know it isn't required to use the manufacturers panels, they just look neater and easier to install. Any 6 pin RJ-12 jack that you can buy from a electronics supply store will work as long as you wire it correctly. I wish I could examine the first Digitrax panel. I wonder if there is a short, loose or a broken connection. The Digitrax system was designed to be redundant so a loose connection or break in the wire will not affect the his Loconet system. Keeping everything to one manufacturs system does make life easy. However it's got to be a bummer if you have one system at home then your club picks another that is not compatible. It's understanable that the throttles are uncompatible because of the way data is transferd, but a RJ-12 jack is still a RJ-12 jack anywhere on the planet.
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