Hi,
I'm a new member, I've just had my interest in model railways re-kindled as I'm setting up a trainset for my 7 year-old. But this is turning out to be a bit more than just a trainset and I've been fascinated with this DCC thing and have read quite a lot here and elsewhere.
My question concerns the DCC decoder, and I understand that you can set the maximum speed (important to stop a 7 year old playing scaletrix with the locos). But I see that Hornby decoder in the loco and the hornby "select" controller don't mention this setting.
So my question is this - does the Hornby decoder have CV5 within it?
If it does have a CV5, can it be programmed externally (somehow)? and will the new CV5 setting be in effect with the Hornby "select" controller?
Are there any stand alone programming devices?
A lot of questions that assume the previous questions are true - but I'm just wondering whether I'm locked into the "select" way of doing things or whether I can break out in some way.
Fabben
I'm a new member, I've just had my interest in model railways re-kindled as I'm setting up a trainset for my 7 year-old. But this is turning out to be a bit more than just a trainset and I've been fascinated with this DCC thing and have read quite a lot here and elsewhere.
My question concerns the DCC decoder, and I understand that you can set the maximum speed (important to stop a 7 year old playing scaletrix with the locos). But I see that Hornby decoder in the loco and the hornby "select" controller don't mention this setting.
So my question is this - does the Hornby decoder have CV5 within it?
If it does have a CV5, can it be programmed externally (somehow)? and will the new CV5 setting be in effect with the Hornby "select" controller?
Are there any stand alone programming devices?
A lot of questions that assume the previous questions are true - but I'm just wondering whether I'm locked into the "select" way of doing things or whether I can break out in some way.
Fabben
