
Digitrax vs. TCS decoders
I have Digitrax decoder in 5 of them, and I have the TCS in the other five, and so far I have not had a bit of problems. Based on the tests and operations to date, I can't find any difference between the two …
Model Railroading > TCS Decoder - Trainorders.com
I have a tcs 1527 wow decoder in a locomotive that's been sitting for about 5 months, when I placed it on the mainline it shorted out. I pulled the shell off to check for loose wires and found everything was …
TCS WOWSound Decoders: Sound Startup with Track Power?
I'm mosly an ESU guy and don't have much experience with TCS WOWSound decoders, but recently purchased an N scale Bachmann ES-44 Charger. I noticed that the loco's sound automatically starts …
Kato N scale GP50 decoder - Trainorders.com
Hello fellow N scale model railroaders, I am wondering what TCS decoder I need for the newer Kato GP50. It's the one that doesn't have open pilots or truck mounted couplers.
Model Railroading > Digitrax DH163 Question - Trainorders.com
The TCS A6X is the comparable decoder to Digitrax's DH165AO. Virtually identical in appearance and certainly functions. The problem with the Athearn SD45 is that they do not have the press clips so …
Tsunami2 or WOW or Lok Sound - Trainorders.com
TCS has a very nice installation page where they install their sound or decoders in many different engines and it is very helpful. Take a look They do have the Atlas GP on there.
current keeper, keep alive and capacitor wiring
The TCS part has a blue wire and a black/white striped wire with a 2 pin plug. The Soundtraxx decoder connection is a socket with two pins accepting a plug with two small sockets. Needless to say the …
TCS WOW Sound - Programming the loco address.
Hi all. I'm working with a friend on a WOW sound install, and all has gone well and the decoder is working well. Except that is for programming the locomotive address (4 digit address). I'm running a …
Need help with TCS decoder programming.
I haven\\'t been able to get a couple of my TCS decoders mounted in P2K locomotives to program properly. They operate fine in default "03" mode, but won\\'t accept a new address. I\\'m …
Decoder Installation Issue/ Question - Latest Atlas HO GP40-2- (W)
The TCS DP5 decoder was made "specifically to fit in Atlas Silver Series HO Scale locomotives" . The literature with the decoder does not anticipate the need to deal with a 21 pin board, and the unit is …