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TC9 Gold and speed measuring- Marion or KFP Zeller?
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Offline Scones  
#1 Posted : 19 February 2020 12:17:30(UTC)
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Scones

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I am looking to buy a roller track stand and speed measuring software to calibrate my locos in TC9 Gold.

And as far as I can find, the best choices seems to be either a KFP Zeller stand with Speed-Cat plus och Marion Zeller stand with MAX.

What´s your experience? Which one works best? Or is there any other good option?

Thanks,
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Offline blid  
#2 Posted : 19 February 2020 13:06:07(UTC)
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Some years ago I tried the KFP Zeller and SpeedCat but I didn't get good readings. I had the extra devices to hold the engine in place (even upside down) but the wheels slipped or climbed on the rollers. Maybe I did something wrong, but I went back to measuring on a descent length of feedback track with adjacent feedbacks.
Anyway, the roller track stand can be useful for servicing engines.
OneGauge Marklin and MTH, ESU ECoS 2.1 on LGB tracks. MTH 3-rail 0-gauge, DCS on GarGraves tracks. Z: Rokuhan tracks, analog or DCC+TC Gold.
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Offline pederbc  
#3 Posted : 19 February 2020 17:39:33(UTC)
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I agree with previous post, speedcat is not good enough. I suggest to do it the proposed way. Last year, at the Intermodellbau in Dortmund, There was someone selling a small unit with 2 photocells that was placed over the rail, and together with the manual profiling got very precise results, and much quicker. I have built such a unit myself and it works great. It’s controlled by an Arduino and sends the results to TC via serial. I need some time to document the unit so some day my intention was to publish it here and in the Freiwald forum.

Here’s a picture of it:

7DAD0980-85EB-4429-8845-2FFAD109D2C4.jpeg

Best regards, Peder
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Offline pederbc  
#4 Posted : 19 February 2020 17:48:52(UTC)
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I forgot! Credits due where credits due:

I have built my unit from the ideas presentet by Rudy. You can find great info from his website at:

Http://rudysmodelrailway.wordpress.com

He is also a great inspiror to TrainController and lots of other things. Do visit his site from time to time!
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Offline xxup  
#5 Posted : 19 February 2020 21:25:33(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: blid Go to Quoted Post
Some years ago I tried the KFP Zeller and SpeedCat but I didn't get good readings....


Same here.. And these days the roller stand itself has rusty roller pins..

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