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Blue Line DCC Programming notes????????
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<p>When Blueline was first announced "Ok Cool! DC users get a chance to have sound."</p><p>Later, an ebay debate about this unit versus first run QSI equippted unit.</p><p>Afterwards this thread comes up with manuals for setting a sound decoder. You cannot do this in DC. You need to spend another 30 dollars for a DC Master unit or very least get onto a DCC system.</p><p>Finally I understand from the recent link to Tony's page that there is a problem with a hot wire for decoders at the 8 pin plug.</p><p>Not to mention rumors of pricing for hobby shops versus stores saying they wont bother to carry the units, at least in my area. If I special order one, they will do it but there is no profit in it. Not at these pricing.</p><p>I have accepted long ago that I am DCC. Yes there is a bit of DC left and will always be a part of the railroading... but you want to know my thoughts to the future?</p><p>Probably not, but here it is:</p><p>"What is it going to take; for the entire hobby, to retire DC and fully embrace DCC all the way down to the children's trainset level?"</p><p>A divided house cannot stand and I think in this age of production-to-order, manufactors will very much like to simplify the problem and just create DCC products only. They are, after all, dual mode already which can be operated on DC power.</p><p>Now you ask me why am I thinking Blueline is a mess?</p><p>I say Blueline is a Global declaration by BLI that they are tired of QSI Royalties and will build stuff thier way. Not to save money, not to lower pricing and... probably to generate more income from tooling that was used previously when they had QSI products in the past.</p><p>For each of the Sound and DCC units they have produced in the past, they have made DC only engines availible at a lower pricing. And in some cases an extra effort to produce additional chassis with sound and DCC for those who decide that they want to upgrade to DCC.</p><p>QSI is going to have to wake up and smell the coffee... then get to work to generate decoders similar to Tusumis, (Spelling?) Soundtraxx and Digitrax if they want to stay revelant after the initial glow of thier upgrade chips wear off.</p>
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