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Posted by mlehman on Sunday, April 20, 2014 1:19 AM

Most mfgs do a pretty good job of maintaining documentation for older stuff available online. This helps folks on the used market, those who've lost their manuals, or - like me -- have saved them someplace "safe" and thus can't find them right now.Dunce

Digitrax lists docs for their current production items here: http://www.digitrax.com/support/manuals/

Note that at the top of that page is the link to another page that has all the docs for discontinued items.

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Posted by wickman on Sunday, April 20, 2014 1:05 AM

Thanks Mike, funney I didn't even realize the soundtraxx ptb100 was part  of the pics, really is the least of my issues but I did save the link.

Kind of wondering if the versions of  these components documentation is even available now its been so long and what I see on there sites is all new to me.

Lynn

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Posted by mlehman on Sunday, April 20, 2014 12:37 AM

Lynn,

I'm an NCE user, so not much help with the Digitrax stuff. You can probably go to their website and go to their product info page and search for the product name/number and get manuals, set-up instructions, etc from there.

The one thing I can help with is in the very first pic, the PTB100. That's a Soundtraxx programming track booster to use when programming sound decoders. It boosts the programming track power just enough to program sound decoders, but not enough to fry things if a short is detected. More info here: http://www.soundtraxx.com/access/ptb100.php

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Need help dcc components
Posted by wickman on Saturday, April 19, 2014 10:54 PM

So before xmas I  decided to  tear down  the  old layout and start a new with an added  room and a new plan. I  have the  track laid and the track feeders soldered  in. I have the following to reinstall with no experience other  what I struggled  through back in 2006 when I hooked everything up successfully on the old layout.  I;m  modelling HO scale.

This is  what I have SCF8 Super Chief  5 amp
- 1 AHD-PS2 two controls, two power districts , I think its called  a power  shield
- 2 OGAR auto Reverser s
- a  bunch of  Cir-800-6000 Tortoise switch machines
- 2  Hares ver 1 ,  these slide onto the tortoise switch  machines
- bunch of  DS64 Stationary Docoders for the tortoise switch machines 

I'm sorry but I really don't recall much if I  had to put gaps in  the tracks for the hares  or autoreverses or what, really confused  here.
I do recall though in the  lower staging  yard  the  Y turnout would  auto throw when a train approached it ,  there  was  also a reverse loop down there as well  as a reverse loop up on the  main level that I must have  had the second autoreverser connected to.
Can  you's DCC  guru's help me to get  over these hurtles so I can move on please? I also attached the track plan and  the components to hopefully help in identification  as I bought these in 2006,  perhaps it will help.


Thanks 
Lynn

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