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Hardware

Digital system

Verwendung

The digital system establishes the connection between the PC and the model railway.

• digital system
• setting up a digital system
• replacing the digital system
• delete digital system (One of two digital systems is replaced)
• Systems and devices for control with Traincontroller

Digital centers

communication processes between digital system and TC

• Configure IP address with permanently connected hardware
• TC -- Model Railway Layout: "Knowledge" and Communication
• Connection to the digital system is disconnected
• Digital systems .... a comparison
• Which digital systems are supported by Traincontroller?
• Is there a comparison table between the individual digital control centers?
• Changes when changing the digital system
• Error codes when opening a connection to the digital system
• network connection TCP or UDP
• Delete digital system
• Digital voltage difference central - booster

Control panels with SX protocol

• Setting the course at program start
• SX - Bus power supply
• SX - Bus cabling

Hardware manufacturers

The list of hardware manufacturers is by no means complete. Manufacturers are listed as soon as there is at least one TC wiki article/experience report related to TrainController.

CdB: CAN-digital-Bahn

• CdB Hardware failure

ECoS - ESU

• ECoS Central - Calibration of locomotives
• Creating MFX locomotives in the locomotive database
• TC takes over locomotive which is controlled manually with the ECoS central unit
• Programming ESU hardware with Trainprogrammer
• Connect your tablet to the ECoS 4.0 via WLAN
• Switching Items - Address

LDT - Littfinski DatenTechnik

• Turntable Decoder Programming
• Establishment of the LDT-HSI88
• Basics of using Littfinski signal decoders

Lenz

• train tracking and Lenz Digital Plus
• Switching from Lenz LZ(V)100 to LZV200

Loconet

• Loconet feedback and display after TC start
• Loconet messages delayed Digikeijs DR4088LN

Märklin

• Märklin CS2

• connection CS2 and TrainController
• Monitor signals and switches on Märklin CS2?
• Changes when switching from 6021 to CS2
• CS 2 - classification in the category
• CS 2 and CS 3, Headlights on locomotives flicker

• Märklin CS3

• Märklin CS 3 and Traincontroller
• Märklin CS 3 import of locomotive data
• CS 2 and CS 3, Headlights on locomotives flicker

PIKO

• PIKO Smartbox

Rautenhaus

• Rautenhaus RMX

Roco

• Z21 - WLan connection
• Z21 - WLan activation code
• Z21; Attention when connecting the boosters 10806 and 10807 Caution: risk of short circuit!
• Roco Z21 Detector
• Roco feedback module 10787; Programmierung
• Programming the Roco 8-way switch decoder with TamsEasyControll
• LDT DB-4 combined with Roco MultizentralePro
• Digikeijs DR4088RB-CS programming combined with Z21
• Rocomotion interface 10785
• MultimausPro; Expansion to 29 locomotive functions
• Roco Multimaus brakes switch circuit
• Roco CV change values; parental control
• Firmwareupdate Rocomotion 5.9

Uhlenbrock

• Intellibox I

• Problems with resetting the IB and driver installation

• Intellibox II

• Intellibox II: S88 feedback device
• IB II - incorrect display of the direction of travel

Stärz ZS2

• Help Staerz ZS2

Tams digital systems

• Tams‎‎

Viessmann

• Viessmann Comander, this is supported by TC?
• Viessmann semaphore

YaMoRC (Digikejs)

• Digikeijs products
• address assignment Loconet - XPressnet
• Boostermanagement width DR5033

µCon-s88-Master FW 1.6

• Interaction µCon-s88-Master FW 1.6 and TC 8.0
• Network connection TCP oder UDP

Zimo

• Zimo MX 1 over USB-RS.232-Converter
• ZIMO MX8S in TC configure?

Model railway-PC

The Railroad & Co. software family supports the Windows operating system.

PC-Hardware

• computer with multi-core processor
• Changing computers, what should I do?
• USB Hub
• Connection problems under Windows 10
• USB drivers for Windows 64 Bit
• USB COM in Windows 11
• Smart App Control blocked TC

screen resolution monitor

• screen resolution scaling monitor

USB stick

• USB stick in delivery state
• My USB stick doesn't work anymore, what should I do?
• Problems with Windows Update

+SmartHand

+SmartHand is a hand control system for model railways that was specially designed for use with TrainController.

+SmartHand Classic

• What is the difference between +Smarthand and a hand controller from the digital control center?

+SmartHand Mobile

• What hardware is required for +SmartHand mobile?
• Network configuration for +SmartHand mobile

feedback detectors, occupancy detectors, contact detectors

Blocks and detectors

• Momentary detector or permanent detector; a comparison
• block with three detectors
• Maximum section length with occupancy detector

Detector

• Establishment of the LDT-HSI88
• Establishment of the HSI-88 for three-wire
• Feedback with Märklin C-and-K-track
• 8-way IR track occupancy detector for S88
• Reporting axles, feedback for wagons

RailCom

• Identification of several vehicles in a block (via RailCom)
• Train control with RailCom
• RailCom - Train identification - locomotive direction
• RailCom with two decoders
• Identification of unregistered locomotives

Decoder

Preparing locomotives for TC

• Decoder braking delay
• Decoder speed profile - Setting minimum, average and maximum speed
• Recalibration when replacing the control unit

Switches

• frog polarization of switches
• Double crossing switch with two drives
• Monitoring of the switch position does not work, why?
• Monitoring the switch position with RailCom

Signals

• Basics of using Littfinski signal decoders!

Turntables, transfer tables

• Ich möchte eine Setting up a transfer table, how does it work?
• Turntable with TC-Silver
• Turntable Decoder Programming
• Minitrix transfer table 66540
• transfer table with locomotive decoder
• 7686 Turntable Programming englisch! (TC70G)
• Digikeijs 5052 - Turntable Programming
• Configuration of a turntable with DSD2010 from Sven Brandt
• Märklin-Turntable Programming

Booster

• Boostermanagement with DR5033 Version TC 9
• Boostermanagement with Uhlenbrock Power4 Version TC 9
• Digital voltage difference central - booster
• Roco Dual Booster over CAN-Bus

Other Hardware

• Roller test bench
• External control panel with TC
• Driving + Signaling analogue vs. digital (basics)
• Switching inductive loads, such as switch coils using limit switches
• Light barrier; is there an instruction manual?
• Rail cleaning wheel cleaning