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Thanks to everyone that's replied to me in this thread.

I ordered some Zimo's yesterday, received and fitted them today, and now have my modest selection of loco's all DCC'ed up

The £9.99 LaisDCC version is fine as a function only decoder but the Dapol version at their price its just a ripoff. I actually never considered that so thanks... I have a class 150 and an HST that need 2 decoders each, so I could chuck a decent one in the engine end and a cheaper one in the dummy ...

I sincerely hope all that is not too confusing. Absolutely not, makes perfect sense to me... so my current locos all take 6 pin decoders and have directional lighting but, as far as I know, no other special features so 2 functions is fine and both are used for that. If I popped in a Zimo 6 function...

Thanks both - the MX617N sounds like it would be perfect for my needs and price-wise matches up with the lower end of the ones I listed in the first post. I guess I should ask the next question as I don't fully understand it - my current decoders are 2 function and those Zimo's are 6 function, as fa...

Great, thanks for the advice - I'll take a look at the Zimo's as well

Hi Mountain, it was me and it'll be for DCC I think I'll be ok with the wiring for DCC, it was more for a sanity check before I decide on the final layout and wiring then find it doesn't quite work the way I expect it too... at least being DCC I just need to make sure there will be power to all sect...

Hello, I'm in need of some 6 pin decoders for my N gauge locos. My other locos are using the older Bachmann 36-558A's and I've had no problems with them so far - but that may be because I've just really started with DCC (had the decoders for around a decade but nothing to control them with). Looking...

Ironduke wrote:Neither Anyrail nor XtrackCad have this feature.

That's disappointing, I would have assumed one of them would have added it as a feature in the last decade

Thanks guys! I did try searching for myself but I couldn't remember any details on what I posted :D Back then I was just planning my first layout which, due to life reasons, never came to fruition... but I'm back and more determined to actually get one done. John, I also tried the advanced search bu...

Thought I should post the obligatory new person post... although I'm not technically new here, I did have an account around 2010 but I cannot for the life of me remember the username or email address I signed up with.

Anyway... hi!

Andy

Hi guys, Quick question about all those design packages out there (AnyRail, SCARM, XtrkCAD etc.) - are there any that allow you to add in the electrics like bus wires, droppers etc. to check if every part of the track will be suitably powered? I'm sure there is but I've yet to find it by googling li...