RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6 (edited) Hi all. I've just fished this TCS decoder out of my stash but I can't remember which one it is. It's 15mm x 9mm x 3mm Possibly M1 or M3 but different to the current iterations of this decoder: Any Ideas? Edited March 6 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIMorrison Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Keith, I picked up a loco with a TCS decoder and TCS identified the decoder from CV. I also found a page buried in their website that should the value by decoder type. Sorry I can point you at the right link (I may find it later) but at least you know that the info is out there - just hard to find! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted March 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6 The DCC decoder page is on the JMRI website - https://www.jmri.org/xml/XSLT/pages/DecoderId.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 6 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6 (edited) 15 minutes ago, RFS said: The DCC decoder page is on the JMRI website - https://www.jmri.org/xml/XSLT/pages/DecoderId.html Unfortunately JMRI comes up with about 30 variations on the TCS theme, that's where I started. They used the same firmware in many varied spec decoders. Edited March 6 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 6 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6 It's different to this TCS decoder which I think is also a M3: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 6 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6 Another non TCS, this is single sided: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIMorrison Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 This is an M1P which seems to have the wires in the same place - though coming out the other end. M1P-3.5" | TrainControlSystems (tcsdcc.com) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 6 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6 4 hours ago, WIMorrison said: This is an M1P which seems to have the wires in the same place - though coming out the other end. M1P-3.5" | TrainControlSystems (tcsdcc.com) They have changed over the years as the ones I have were bought over a long period. They are probably M3 as they have 3 functions instead of two as on the M1 (an extra green wire) I want to know the current rating of the ones I have, as the change of components might have changed the motor rating. I want to use one in a US diesel and they are nice and compact for claimed H0 decoders, I have a clear space of 19mm x 19mm without doing any chassis surgery, no other decoders I have apart from a Lenz Silver Mini will fit but it's only rated 600mA total. Or I could buy new ToM 8 pin decoder as that is small enough TCS were my chosen decoder originally but weren't too good when it came to precision stopping with Train Controller due to hysteresis on speed profiling. e.g. speeds were higher at the same setting when decelerating compared to accelerating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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