John_Hughes Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Some North American locos come fitted with 9-pin sockets; I use Lenz decoders as standard, but it seems very hard to find out if they actually make 9-pin decoders. So, two questions - do Lenz indeed make them, and what is the product code if they do? And failing that, who else makes a good and suitable decoder? Can we please avoid Bachmann here... Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2012 No idea about whether Lenz have any with the JST 9 pin connector. I use the TCS T1 in my US locomotives. This has 2 functions, the T4 and T6 versions have 4 and 6 functions. I believe there is a Digitrax decoder also available with the 9 pin option. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Lenz Gold used to come with the JST 9-pin connector on the decoder board. Haven't bought one for years though, but the current dimensions of the Gold + at roughly 6mm thick most likely indicate that they still do, as that's the maximum thickness of my earlier Golds, which is over the housing of the JST socket. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Not sure if there are any current European decoders that use a JST connection. Just about every US brand does though. Digitrax, TCS, NCE, MRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Lenz has made decoders with JST connectors in the past. The Gold, 1025, 1014, 113XF, and 102XF have all been available in this form (with a -JST suffix on the model number), but they currently do not appear to make a decoder with a JST socket. See the out of production section here http://www.lenzusa.com/1newsite1/Manuals.html#locomotivedecoders Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hughes Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Thanks to all for their suggestions; I've now bought a TCS 9-pin decoder, and will see how it goes this evening and report back later. (Off to Llangollen Gala tomorrow!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hughes Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Thanks to all for their suggestions; I've now bought a TCS 9-pin decoder, and will see how it goes this evening and report back later. (Off to Llangollen Gala tomorrow!) Great day at the Gala, but ruddy cold! And the TCS chip is fine; does the job needed with no fuss at all, just needed a little resetting of the CVs. Thanks, guys! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.