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Hornby has several 'alien' controllers that they use to check compatibility of stuff, but obviously not all makes and models. They have surveyed the many Xpressnet capable devices and note that whilst using the 'standard' do not use the same connector, some are RJ and some are DIN. There may be adapters available to allow use of the dongle with DIN sockets, but to date none have been identified, thus none have been tested. If anyone has found such adapters that work to connect disparate plugged Xpressnet devices that would be helpful to know about.

Treat yourself to a decoder test rig. ESU one is good.

Appendix 6 Auto-calibration page 132.

Is this a census.

Even the basic Hornby R8249 is 4 function - white, yellow, green and flying purple same as most 8-pin decoders. If you want more functions you need more wires.

My bare board rramp meter was over £40 many years ago. That does dcc voltage and current This is it mounted in an old PSU case.

I live in Dereham.

Lghten - the HM7K 21-pin decoder is a 4 hardware function output + 2 logic level outputs, maybe your loco needs a 6 hardware function output decoder. Just spotted it is an 8-pin configuration, so it is limited to 4 hardware function outputs.

Presently 6010 modules works as an accessory decoder, but with the advent of the dongle legacy acc decoders will be operable from the app via a suitable Xpressnet controller. You search for and link a 6010 module just the same as you would a HM7K loco decoder. Here are 4 such modules in place. They show in the control screen as a scrollable selection above the locos ribbon, if selected to show in settings.

Save the image and print that. Duplication leads to errors with one document not matching the other, but I will suggest it goes back as a kind of index for the profile documents.

Latest sound profile listing here ... https://uk.Hornby.com/community/forum/latest-sound-profile-status-367898?ccm_paging_p=1#end-of-replies

Their decoder test rig even uses a tie wrap to hold the motor in just like the ESU one. 😂

I used a 1/4" stereo jack and socket on my DIY turntable both as a pivot and to pass power to the bed and a set of leds that indicated bed phase (DCC polarity). How I did it shows here ...

I have a TXS decoder in a couple of Electrotren locos and as stated F0 is not enough to get all lights working, I also need one of the higher functions F21 to F24. I forget which, as they also do the headlights as well as tail lights. All this should be written in your loco blurb.

Whilst my moral principles are agin offering advice for LiaisDCC knock-off products, you could try putting another single resistor in the common blue feed to the board from the decoder. Try 1K or higher until the level of brightness is satisfactory.

There is an ongoing glitch (see Hornby.com forum) in that either the long address does not write to the decoder from the app (in fact if you reload a profile even tho' the address is showing in the app you have to rewrite it) or the values written into CVs 17/18 do not match the written long address. That is still being fixed. In the meantime see if a full power cycle of all devices clears its mind. @Bob83a and @Kris The new list of profiles will be announced soon (see Hornby.com forum). It will have the much requested Class 20, a DMU or two, as well as Lion and as seen in the International range catalogue TXS will also be supporting international locos.

Customer support - what seems to be wrong with your decoder sir. Punter - it doesn't work since I cut it in half. CS - I am afraid that is outwith the warranty sir.

Simplistically there are 3 ways to consist. In the decoder, in the controller or by software such as Railmaster, etc. Each has their own pros and cons and not all methods are possible as they can be hardware related.

Hornby Power bank has 3 x 1F super caps in series, a transistor, a diode, three resistors in parallel, a zener diode and another resistor on its pcb. Charging is also controlled by further components on the decoder and is triggered from the decoder MCU after a time lag.

If you chop off the Ae the decoder will not be able to talk to the app, hence no updates of firmware or sound profiles. If you want to bin the OTA bit then you may as well go with a different make sound decoder loaded with your preferred profile.

Previous talk about excessive run-on into the 'bush' after a derail, reminded me that my layout has a removable section for access, sensibly fitted with a power interrupt isolating the track sections either side of the gap when open, which of course my Hornby power bank (PB) equipped locos with their long non-adjustable run-on totally ignore. The same thing happens if a derail of another loco trips track power, these PB locos carry on regardless until the on-board charge is depleted.

To put it in Noddy terms - the controller shouts out number 3 move it. All number 3s will move. The controller shouts out 667 put your lights on and only 667 reacts. Unless you are running say a power car and dummy there is no need to have decoders with the same address, nor is there any need to have a decoder on address 3 after you have tested it is working out of the box. As your controller is capable of writing any address short or long without drama I suggest you give each loco a suitable associated number

The subject of a separate Ae has previously been discussed in various forum, but the design of the next generation is already set with an improved Ae sizing. Jenny Kirk has done comparative installations and found that she could get these decoders into almost all her locos and she noted that the 21 pin variant is smaller than some big name decoders. Ref her channel for those details. Ref running on DC, this is well covered in the decoder manual and recommended for moderate steady state running-in purposes only, for the reasons stated. General stop/start running is not recommended due to need for the decoder to boot/reboot at each throttle on/off/fwd/rev selection making for poor control, the same forvany decoder equipped loco on DC. Added to this is the chance of some DC controller waveforms spiking a decoder at high throttle setting.

Be aware that the need for a booster depends upon traffic density on a layout. If you split the layout into power districts without taking account of this you can end up no better off - e.g say if all your traffic is still in a large depot yard.

Confused - you will be... If you never alter the default short address by only writing a long address then you will readback value 3 from CV1. Similarly if you never write a long address then a conversion of the values found in CVs 17/18 (values 192/100) will give you the default long address which oddly is 100.