meatloaf Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Ordered one of these last night as they are roughly half the price of the Bachmann / zimo decoders ive been using. https://railsofsheffield.com/products/Dapol-imperium6-imperium-6-plux22-8-function-decoder Has anyone used one of these? Are they any good? Was thinking of using it in a new Bachmann 47 or 37. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 No replies, but the decoder arrived so ill answer myself Tested in a class 20 as it was the easiest to swap the decoder out of. Out of the box there was no accelleration or decelleration set, unlike the with the Bachmann/zimo. Set both CV3 and 4 to 5 No brake button as the Bachmann/zimo has Runs ok but dosent seem as smooth as the Bachmann/zimo, but then again its half the price. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerzilla Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 The F2 brake button seems to mainly be a Bachmann/Zimo feature, although I have a factory DCC Farish 24, some years old, which has the same brake functionality on F7. That uses a Soundtraxx decoder, so some others do it too. If you post the manufacturer and version codes, someone on here may know if a brake function can be enabled. The documentation that comes with decoders is normally useless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 A brake button can be set on ESU decoders too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 To update i installed the decoder into a Bachmann 121 today. Runs a treat - much smoother than in the class 20. Also all the light functions work as expected. Seems like a decent budget decoder and ill probably buy more of these instead of the Bachmann ones for my none sound fitted locos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIK Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Hi, Regards prices Zimo budget decoders are now up to £25 but seem to be out of stock in the UK. Have Dapol published how to use the CVs on the decoder yet?. Regards Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpendle Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, NIK said: Regards prices Zimo budget decoders are now up to £25 but seem to be out of stock in the UK. They are out of stock worldwide and that will always be the case as they are now obsolete. The new Zimo MN non sound decoders are starting to arrive in shops in Germany so they should arrive elsewhere soon. I expect these will be at least 30 quid. Regards, John P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepetty Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 11/03/2023 at 12:50, norman said: A brake button can be set on ESU decoders too. All Legomanbiffo (ESU) decoders have this on F5 (Active Brake) But it can be remapper to 2 at a small cost. Charlie (Legomanbiffo-DCKits) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Charlie Why not set the standard key as F2 for the brake which is logical as even NCE controllers can then use the brake function. Or alternately provide simple instructions of how to swap F5 to F2 without cost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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