Model Railway Forum

The controller starts up with a "20" followed by a "30", so I presume I have a version that can set the CV numbers.
However, nowhere in the instruction booklet is there a procedure as to how to set the CV numbers, only specific attributes such as Acceleration etc. Is there more information anywhere ...

I have a Hornby R8213 DCC controller, which works perfectly with factory fitted Hornby DCC lcocs.
However, if I try and control a N gauge Dapol Pacer unit (straight out of the box), with factory fitted DCC, I get steps in the speed. At about 10 o'clock on the Hornby controller knob, the speed ...

Brian,
Well, there are commercial units for model railway use .. CTI do one, as do MRCS in the US, and there's also traintraxx. The trouble is they all seem very expensive, especially if one is wanting to do train detection at many points in a layout. Is it a chicken and egg situation? I think in ...

New to here .. so hello to all.
No layout at present, have to get the RTR stuff down from the loft that we had when the kids were young.
Always been interested in signalling, and where the trains are on the layout, and RFID seems a good solution.
Can't find any topics on RFID, so looking for people ...