gwrcollet Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Does any body know if Gaugemaster DCC30 Prodigy DCC Accessory Decoder will work on other dcc syestems ? ECoS? if not can you sergest a simlar one with volt free change over contacts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpendle Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 As long as the DCC30 meets NMRA standards (and there's no reason it shouldn't) then it should work. Regards, John P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwrcollet Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Thanks John It is stated on it that it is meets NMRS standards so I will give one a try, will post results later. regards Bryan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelcliffe Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) Yes it works. But the Gaugemaster chip is not going to support RailCom. You need primarily European made decoders for that. (Gaugemaster rebadge other maker's DCC stuff, there decoders seem to come from two primary sources). So, at a minimum, the auto-identification stuff that the ECoS can do won't work. At worst the chip is sufficiently old in design that it runs erratically on a RailCom signal, so you'll have to turn off RailCom in the ECoS. I'd not put up with the "at worst" having bought an expensive system which uses RailCom. The "at best" may be liveable with. Edited March 23, 2021 by Nigelcliffe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwrcollet Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) Thanks for your comments, The gaugemaster decoder does work ok with railcom turned on, I have run some loco's fitted with loksound v5 decoder they will only run on ECoS wih railcom turned on and there seams to be no problems, these are different to the old ones, they are not fitted with relay for volt free contacts Edited March 31, 2021 by gwrcollet update Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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