It can plug into rear, front, or side because it doesn't use pins 1 and 6 (rail sync). Front is the best place because the rear jacks allow a loconet daisy chain to continue.
Martin Myers.
Mine is connected to the front of the UP5
Jack W.
Noting the "Universal Front Panel Caution" in the Digitrax Knowledge Base,should the Decoder Pro/Computer connection to the Loconet be to the frontRJ12 receptacle or a back RJ12 receptacle of a UP5?Isambard
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