Hi I need help again I am told you can run analogue trains with DCC trains how as you have to assign no.I have a full DCC layout but I have seen some older loco's So was wondering how it works No doubt there is some one out there who has the answer Thank you Larry
*Some* DCC systems have a facility sometimes called "zero stretching", whereby the DCC signal in the track is "bent" to give it a DC bias to one polarity or the other. This can then drive the motor in an unchipped loco.
*HOWEVER* it's not good for the motor, and I believe has fallen out of favour. I personally would never do it. I have NCE systems which haven't supported it for many years.
How you access the facility depends on the DCC system - on some it might be "address 0", on other (eg Bachmann?) I think it's "address 10" .
Bottom line is: even if your system can do it, don't - it's not worth the risk when you can get a decent decoder for £20.
Also, I have tried it myself and it doesn't work properly. When I tried it, the loco would suddenly change direction, or start without any input.
Quote from: mattycoops43 on May 22, 2017, 08:47:28 PM
Also, I have tried it myself and it doesn't work properly. When I tried it, the loco would suddenly change direction, or start without any input.
Those symptoms are more normally associated with running a chipped loco on DC, rather than running an unchipped loco on DCC.
Quote from: ntpntpntp on May 22, 2017, 08:51:00 PM
Quote from: mattycoops43 on May 22, 2017, 08:47:28 PM
Also, I have tried it myself and it doesn't work properly. When I tried it, the loco would suddenly change direction, or start without any input.
Those symptoms are more normally associated with running a chipped loco on DC, rather than running an unchipped loco on DCC.
I don't think either work very well tbh.
Matt
Decent decoders can run on DC very well, it's just the odd rogue that misbehaves.
Most of my G scale locos are DCC fitted but run on DC on friends lines. I have one NCE decoder which sometimes does as you describe, so that one stays at home!
I've got a small handful of DCC fitted Fleischmann N locos, they run OK even on my old KPC feedback/pwm controllers.
I just bought a second hand Bachman controller of eBay and plug it in when I want to run unchipped locos.