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Good evening all.
Those of you that have conversed with me before may remember i was asking questions about which high end system i should get having been bitten by the DCC bug by a humbleHornby select. Well, i've just got back from the dortmund exhibition where i picked up an Ecos 5000 for 470 euros (about £320). Not quite the saving i had hoped for but still significant. WOW
what a bit of kit. I've only had a chance to play for a couple of hours but my am i impressed.
Down to the real business, the first thing i want to do is set up some shuttles as far as i can make out all i need is an s88 module such as this one from LDT but i'm not sure that's right. I'm convinced there must be more to it than that, for instance how does my loco know when to start braking etc. Could somebody please explain to me how i achieve this in novice terms. Bear in mind that eventually i want to have full computer control with working signals etc so anything i need to buy now needs to be useable with that goal in mind.
Please don't baffle me with scientific explanations etc at this stage cos i'm still on the steep slope of the learning curve. All help very much appreciated as allways.
BTW - For those that are interested i spoke to the railroad & co guys (freiwald) apparently the latest version of their software (5.81c i think) now supports the Ecos but you need version 1.0.4 of the software which ESU say will be released in the next few days.
Best Regards
Mark
Those of you that have conversed with me before may remember i was asking questions about which high end system i should get having been bitten by the DCC bug by a humbleHornby select. Well, i've just got back from the dortmund exhibition where i picked up an Ecos 5000 for 470 euros (about £320). Not quite the saving i had hoped for but still significant. WOW

Down to the real business, the first thing i want to do is set up some shuttles as far as i can make out all i need is an s88 module such as this one from LDT but i'm not sure that's right. I'm convinced there must be more to it than that, for instance how does my loco know when to start braking etc. Could somebody please explain to me how i achieve this in novice terms. Bear in mind that eventually i want to have full computer control with working signals etc so anything i need to buy now needs to be useable with that goal in mind.
Please don't baffle me with scientific explanations etc at this stage cos i'm still on the steep slope of the learning curve. All help very much appreciated as allways.
BTW - For those that are interested i spoke to the railroad & co guys (freiwald) apparently the latest version of their software (5.81c i think) now supports the Ecos but you need version 1.0.4 of the software which ESU say will be released in the next few days.
Best Regards
Mark