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Offline Guus  
#1 Posted : 14 October 2005 22:31:21(UTC)
Guus

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Hi all,

Maybe this might interest all of us who want to replace old motors and relays with a modern five pole motor and decoder.

It's on Märklin's website:http://www.maerklin.de/produkte/sonderaktionen.php

Best regards
Guus
Kind regards,
Guus
Offline 5HorizonsRR  
#2 Posted : 14 October 2005 22:35:01(UTC)
5HorizonsRR

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Forgive me for not speaking a word of German but that looks very interesting. What is it?
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Offline Guus  
#3 Posted : 14 October 2005 22:39:47(UTC)
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Hi John,

It's a five pole motor with digital decoder for models with an old drumtype collector motor.
According to their information it's an inexpensive way to digitalize certain older types of locos.

Best regards
Guus
Kind regards,
Guus
Offline Davy  
#4 Posted : 14 October 2005 22:48:40(UTC)
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A cheaper nr 60901 version for 39,95 euro.
Only the nr is now "60760 Hochleistungs-Antriebsset"
In the shop bis 30 november.

Automatic systeem recognizing
For Trommelkollektormotor
80 addresses which can be adjust outside.

I want one.May be two our three.biggrin[:p]
M-track with a CS2.
Offline steventrain  
#5 Posted : 14 October 2005 22:56:42(UTC)
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Good price,but i dont need it because all my loco are digital/c-shine.
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Offline john black  
#6 Posted : 14 October 2005 23:07:40(UTC)
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Thanks, Guus Smile - guess I must get one for my Grandson's "new" E200 (still Delta)
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Offline perz  
#7 Posted : 14 October 2005 23:31:47(UTC)
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Nothing about whether the decoder is regulated or not.
Offline 5HorizonsRR  
#8 Posted : 14 October 2005 23:46:30(UTC)
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Oooo. I Like the price. I bet its just a ESU lokpilot with the Marklin hard parts. I might need to do some converting....
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Offline Davy  
#9 Posted : 15 October 2005 00:02:28(UTC)
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I hope the normal price will be no more then 50 euro. May be Marklin will get smart? I also hope they will come with the decoder they put in the hobbylocs for a very nice price. Our may be it is the same decoder?
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Offline frost242  
#10 Posted : 15 October 2005 00:44:21(UTC)
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Thanks for the tip :)
Offline Noel Loganathan  
#11 Posted : 15 October 2005 01:51:31(UTC)
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Here is a summary of this sets' features:

retrofitting set for HO locos with mechanical reverse unit and 3 pole motors
external adjustment is possible?
light switchable
acceleration/braking delays are adjustable.
automatic system recognition
80 different addresses can be set
with motor and small parts

for 39.95 Euro can be a bargain. Will be available this month.

Hope this helps


Cheers from Down Under

Noel
Noel
Offline 2ndChancer  
#12 Posted : 15 October 2005 03:04:05(UTC)
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Hi all,

It's listed at 32,18 euro in lokshop.

Many thanks
ChanCool
Offline RayF  
#13 Posted : 15 October 2005 10:56:20(UTC)
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Would the addresses etc. be able to be set with a 6021?
Ray
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Offline DasBert33  
#14 Posted : 15 October 2005 11:43:51(UTC)
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Why don't they have a similar action for disc collector engines... Most of my 3 pole engines have disc collectors, the drum collector engines are newer ones.

Bert

Offline Gregor  
#15 Posted : 15 October 2005 12:35:36(UTC)
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What surprises me most is the sentence "Basteln Sie mit". This is the first time I see Marklin actually encouraging people to install a decoder, instead of the usual warnings about warranty loss if not installed by professional dealer...

Gregor
Offline perz  
#16 Posted : 15 October 2005 12:56:55(UTC)
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Still nothing about whether the decoder is regulated or not. I wouldn't buy this kit unless somebody could confirm it is really a regulated decoder. Adjustable acceleration/brake delay does not necessarily mean a regulated decoder.

It is likely that this is a LokPilot-derivative, i.e. regulated, but who knows? We could ask Märklin but we already know what they will answer:

Quote:
[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Dear Madam / Sir,

Thank you for your above mentioned letter and your interest in our modelrailway assortments. Within our comprehensive services we are prepared to answer all correspondence in a professional manner.

During the peak season we continuously receive many inquiries from Maerklin and Trix enthusiats from all over the world. Due to the range of our seasonal marketing and service activities please accept, however, that handling of your concern will take about six to eight weeks. Therefore you are kindly requested to contact either your local dealer or our distributor who will gladly advise you. Our international homepage www.maerklin.com offers links to all Maerklin companies distributors and authorized dealers in the world.

Please let us know in case your problems could meanwhile have been solved by our recommendation. Otherwise your letter will be answered in chronological order. We regret that the today’s situation does not allow an immediate response. We, of course, will make every endeavour to convince you of a good and quick service as soon as possible.

Thanking you for your understanding and wishing you still lots of pleasure with the preparations, planning and the realization of your Maerklin layout we remain

Yours sincerely

Gebr. Märklin & Cie. GmbH
Customer Service
D 73037 Göppingen
Holzheimer Straße 8

Offline Maxi  
#17 Posted : 15 October 2005 17:12:58(UTC)
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Quote:
[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by RayPayas
<br />Would the addresses etc. be able to be set with a 6021?


I would assume yes to this, how ever there would be specific steps to follow or unexpected results would follow.

To my knowledge all new decoders which can be programmed externally on a Marklin system via a 6021 will be done through address 80 (these decoders have no dials or switches on the decoder board to set). Which means if you have more than one locomotive with this type of decoder on the track then all the decoders will respond the to programming sequence.

The locomotive with the decoder you want to program really should be on a seperate track which is isolated from the rest of the layout and all commands which are sent to this isolated track should not appear on the rest of the layout. The other option is to remove all other locomotives from the track before performing the programming sequence.

When programming the deocders it is wise to write down the final settings for each decoder you program so that if something goes wrong you can refer back to the values and reenter them (as it happened to me since I forgot that I hade a second locomotive on the layout and it got reprogrammed when it should not have, I did have the values written down and the fix was quick and simple).
Offline Davy  
#18 Posted : 16 October 2005 16:14:25(UTC)
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The decoder is not regulated. But the loc will drive with the new five star engine a lot better.
M-track with a CS2.
Offline frost242  
#19 Posted : 16 October 2005 16:34:18(UTC)
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erm... Can someone explain what is a regulated decoder ? :/
Offline Maxi  
#20 Posted : 16 October 2005 16:57:09(UTC)
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Quote:
[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by frost242
<br />erm... Can someone explain what is a regulated decoder ? :/


A regulated decoder refers to the ability of the locomotive maitaining speed when pulling a number of railcars up or down a grade.

Without load regulation the locomotive would slow down when travelling up a grade and speed up when travelling down a grade.

With load regulation the speed of the locomotive is more consistent when going up or down a grade.
Offline frost242  
#21 Posted : 16 October 2005 17:02:14(UTC)
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Ok, thanks a lot Maxi.
Offline Sander van Wijk  
#22 Posted : 16 October 2005 17:49:48(UTC)
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I'm sad to hear that it's not a regulated decoder. Anyway, it's almost worth buying just for the motor parts. I think it's not a problem to use the decoder for a shunting loco for example. Since for these locos the major characteristic is power while running low speed.
Sander
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Offline perz  
#23 Posted : 16 October 2005 21:04:35(UTC)
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Quote:
[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:I think it's not a problem to use the decoder for a shunting loco for example. Since for these locos the major characteristic is power while running low speed.


I would say the opposite. It's at low speed you see the most advantages with load regulation.
Offline Sander van Wijk  
#24 Posted : 16 October 2005 21:53:25(UTC)
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OOps... Guess you're right...
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Offline DasBert33  
#25 Posted : 16 October 2005 23:15:11(UTC)
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Where does the info about it being load regulated come from?

Offline Sander van Wijk  
#26 Posted : 16 October 2005 23:22:33(UTC)
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Quote:
[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by DasBert33
<br />Where does the info about it being load regulated come from?




Good question. I would also like to know that. (Not that I doubt your source, Davy, but anyway...)
Sander
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Offline Tony  
#27 Posted : 17 October 2005 10:50:13(UTC)
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Hi guys - interesting news.
I am no expert regarding decoders[:I], but I would be surprised[:0] why Marklin would supply a decoder these days without load regulation - especially since all the other decoder kits (from 60901 - 60904/5) for older locos have load regulation??confused
Regards Tony
Offline foumaro  
#28 Posted : 17 October 2005 17:14:46(UTC)
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Offline kgsjoqvist  
#29 Posted : 17 October 2005 18:23:36(UTC)
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Well, for that price it's worth trying. I have 2 delta locos with drum collector, certainly the perfect victims for experiments... Especially since I can use the Delta decoders to upgrade a couple of my older locos!
K-G / H0 and Z model train user
Offline Davy  
#30 Posted : 17 October 2005 19:42:41(UTC)
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Quote:
[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by kgsjoqvist
<br />Well, for that price it's worth trying. I have 2 delta locos with drum collector, certainly the perfect victims for experiments... Especially since I can use the Delta decoders to upgrade a couple of my older locos!


I had the same idea, upgrading the Swiss delta loc out a starterkit and a delta E19.
I have two sets in order. Smile
M-track with a CS2.
Offline Guus  
#31 Posted : 17 October 2005 22:54:35(UTC)
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Hi all,

It's been suggested in a German forum on Märklin that the decoder is identical to a ESU-LokpilotII.
The question remains however whether M has implemented all options of the original ESU decoder.Supposedly the load regulation on this decoder can be deactivated!
Well I hope I haven't created more questions than answers [:I].

Best regards
Guus
Kind regards,
Guus
Offline dudok12  
#32 Posted : 27 October 2005 13:40:33(UTC)
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Hi all,

Has anyone seen this decoder in a shop yet? I ordered 2, but I am not happy with the idea that these decoders lack load regulation... This could mean they drive as poorly as delta's, with clearly visible jumps in speed, ugh. They only difference I can think of would be that the motor has more pulling power.

I hoped the decoder would be similar to that in the Fire brigade starter set V100, which has a jumper-less decoder with only switchable lights, but it does have load regulation...

IB since 2000. Latest loc aquisition: 37554 BR 55 a long time ago...
Offline hmsfix  
#33 Posted : 27 October 2005 15:47:33(UTC)
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Hi,

To get an impression how the high propulsion motor works if there is no load regulation simply run a fx lok (with 6090x decoder, x=1,2,3,4) in analogic AC mode. Then there is no load regulation possible even for load regulated loks. I tested this with my F7 and the PA.

My feeling is that the behaviour is not as good as in the digital mode where load regulation is active. For the F7 (converted with 60903 set), tractive power in AC mode is not much better than for a lok with Delta or conventional AC motor. However, the PA also runs fine in analogic AC mode.

I have my doubts on a conversion with the 60760 set, but probably it depends on the lok.

Hans Martin
Offline Davy  
#34 Posted : 27 October 2005 17:05:54(UTC)
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A loc with a five star engine will drive better at lower speed in AC mode. I know this because a lot of mine five star locs have driven on a AC clubtrack.
M-track with a CS2.
Offline dudok12  
#35 Posted : 27 October 2005 21:18:40(UTC)
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My biggest problem with the absence of load regulation is that there are 'speed jumps' visible when a loc accelerates. This is because the speed steps in the digital world are discrete. AFAIK load regulation smoothes the transition from one speedstep to the next, as if the lok has infinite speed steps.

BTW, I have asked the folks from Marklin, the Netherlands, to confirm that this cheapo decoder is without load regulation. I will post the reply once I have it.
IB since 2000. Latest loc aquisition: 37554 BR 55 a long time ago...
Offline Timaximus  
#36 Posted : 27 October 2005 22:16:45(UTC)
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I ordered 2 (one reserve) for upgrading a "Start set" loc with DELTA.
I can't throw gifts away, can I? biggrin
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Offline perz  
#37 Posted : 27 October 2005 22:45:32(UTC)
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I think the worst problem with locos without speed regulation is that if you set them to run at low speed, you can not be sure they run at all.
Offline Hoffmann  
#38 Posted : 28 October 2005 00:38:28(UTC)
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Hi all,

Marklin U.S. states that this decoder is load regulated ( when asked are you 100% sure ??????? ).
My Contact said if a decoder has acceleration and brake control it is load regulated.
When I receive the first one I will program it with the ESU loc-programer and find out.

Martin

P.S. So far over 15 000 (fifteenthousend) of this Kit have been ordered
marklin-eh
Offline perz  
#39 Posted : 28 October 2005 00:56:18(UTC)
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Quote:
[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:My Contact said if a decoder has acceleration and brake control it is load regulated.

A good reason to not trust him/her. There are several Märklin models with adjustable acceleration and brake delay but without load regulation.
Offline perz  
#40 Posted : 28 October 2005 01:18:27(UTC)
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Anyway, Märklin now actually claims it is regulated, on their faq pages:

http://www.maerklin.de/faq/show...;sb=5&o=&fpart=1

I think this is official enough.
Offline kgsjoqvist  
#41 Posted : 28 October 2005 17:35:33(UTC)
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Quote:
[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by perz
<br />Anyway, Märklin now actually claims it is regulated, on their faq pages:

http://www.maerklin.de/faq/show...;sb=5&o=&fpart=1

I think this is official enough.


I think there is a confusion about what a regulated decoder can do. The term "load regulated" is often used - but in fact "speed regulated" is more accurate. In Märklin FAQ page it states that this decoder is regulated, since it has accelaration and brake delay. This is a major difference from Delta decoders.

But truely "speed regulated" or "load regulated" decoders should also handle some kind of feedback from the motor. If the train climbs a steep grade, the decoder notices that the speed decrease - as a result there is less current. Then the decoder should give a little more power to keep a constant speed. Downhill the situation is opposite.
K-G / H0 and Z model train user
Offline Davy  
#42 Posted : 29 October 2005 00:04:44(UTC)
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I think it is just the same decoder, which Marklin puts in her new hobbylocs.
M-track with a CS2.
Offline steventrain  
#43 Posted : 29 October 2005 11:22:16(UTC)
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Yeah,it can use for all hobby locos!
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Offline dudok12  
#44 Posted : 29 October 2005 22:21:54(UTC)
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I was assuming/guessing it would be the same decoder as currently used in the V100 from the Feuerwehr set. Downside is that this decoder is very sensitive to dirty rails... If it is this decoder, this thing has load regulation, as it pushes with all its might when stopped with your finger at slow speed. A delta just halts with this test...

IB since 2000. Latest loc aquisition: 37554 BR 55 a long time ago...
Offline dudok12  
#45 Posted : 21 November 2005 14:15:52(UTC)
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According to Maerklin Webnews (11/2005), the first 60760 sets will be delivered in a few days, but demand is high. It may take some weeks before every dealer has them. Meanwhile, the instruction leaflet can be found on the Insider pages.
http://www.maerklin.de/clubs/insider/

IB since 2000. Latest loc aquisition: 37554 BR 55 a long time ago...
Offline Olav  
#46 Posted : 24 November 2005 14:06:59(UTC)
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I have 20 on order for €29,95 a piece :)

Best regards

olav
Offline GabrielS  
#47 Posted : 29 November 2005 15:51:03(UTC)
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HiSmile!

I dont think the 60760 decoder is identical to a ESU-LokpilotII.
At the site http://stummi.foren-city...t-noch-ner-funktion.html it is a picture of the decoder. This decoder dosnt look as an ESU decoder.

Best regards
Gabriel
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Offline Davy  
#48 Posted : 29 November 2005 18:05:34(UTC)
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The man has tested also some things. It does not have a alzheimer effect. It is a decoder out of the hobby class serie.
biggrin
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Offline Hemmerich  
#49 Posted : 06 December 2005 19:42:39(UTC)
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Well, not completely correct.

The retrofit decoder is very similar to the one in #37510, but really "almost" identical to that of #36880. And without any doubts, these decoders all have load regulation. That information was available from Märklin for some time already, thus there was't really any need to rip off the cover from the 60760; neither was it any secret that this decoder would have at least one extra function - which is used at the upper named model to switch the blinking roof light. Smile

However, the supplier is the same as for the decoders in the Hobby Locos. There was also never anything said about this retrofit decoder being supplied by ESU, except by some people who didn't know much about it.

Regards,
Lutz

PS: pics of the 36880 decoder below.

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Offline perz  
#50 Posted : 06 December 2005 21:43:02(UTC)
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Lutz,

Can you read the type code on the processor (the 14-pin component on the upper picture)? I can see it is a Microchip (TM) component, it would be interesting to know which one.
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