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Hi rtesta. I would say do yourself a favor with DCC and buy a nice system from the get!! It is much easier to "grow into" a system, than to buy a new system in 6 months and have to learn all over again. As far as programming BLI engines.... I am using a Lenz 100 system, and had some issues programming 3 of my BLI engines. (RSD-15, NW-2, and SW-7). I talked to Lenz and they told me the Lenz system does not have a problem putting out a lot of current, but on certain BLI engines the Lenz system is seeing their decoder for programming as a short. With the Lenz setup, here is what I did to correct the problem: <br />Install heavy wire to my programming track, I am using 14AWG stranded copper. <br />I also installed a 20 ohm resistor into one of the legs of the 14 AWG copper feeds. My controller was giving me an "error 2" message when trying to program, which means the system is seeing too little resistance. In essence, a short. The 20 ohm resistor took care of the problem when soldered into the feed. My SW-7, and NW-2 have programmed fine now on the first try. My other RSD-15 I sent back to BLI to be checked before I knew of this rememdy. I am sure it would now program fine as well. <br />I think you will like DCC, it sure brings the hobby into this century!!
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