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How would you make DCC easier?

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Posted by jrbernier on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:03 PM
Engines are going the DCC Ready route - There is no law that says a manufacturer has to make his product DCC Ready - It will just take time. Of course that fleet of non-DCC engines we all have may/may not ever be converted. I have some engines that were always consigned to the 'display case' even when I had DC.
DCC controls - The newer throttles(like the Digitrax DT400 series) are very easy to program with and operate your trains. As more throttles make use of good LCD displays and buttons, the ywill all move to a more user friendly interface. Things are so much better now that 10 years ago.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:01 PM
Other:

Make all decoders PnP, to include running existing lights in loco.
All locos required to have same decoder plug.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:42 PM
other.... make them less expensive like Cheese3 said
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Posted by ndbprr on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:40 PM
Put the decoders in the fuel tank so they can be gotten to easier.
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Posted by cheese3 on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:31 PM
other. i would make it less expensive

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How would you make DCC easier?
Posted by DigitalGriffin on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:24 PM
So what do you find a pain in the duckuss when using your DCC system?

Personally I hate remembering what function does what with which train.

Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions

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