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Offline Arbeithuber  
#1 Posted : 20 December 2010 01:33:19(UTC)
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Hi there, can someone tell me how to test a 6080 decoder without installing into Loco?
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Offline river6109  
#2 Posted : 20 December 2010 04:34:08(UTC)
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In the eighties dealers had a test equipment case with the following components:

1.) decoder connection box
2.) control unit.
with the control unit you had the opportunity to test the decoder, k 83, k 84 as well,

without these components you cannot test the decoder if its going forward or backwards although you could test the light function but this only would work for one direction only.

So the short answer is without having the above equipment, no you can't test the decoder without installing it.

John


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Offline DaleSchultz  
#3 Posted : 20 December 2010 05:08:38(UTC)
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I placed 4 16V lights in a piece of wood (an old broom head in fact)

one represented motor forwards, one motor reverse
one f0 forwards the last, f0 reverse

connect as if connecting to the loco motor and lights.
connect pickup and ground to decoder. Remember to connect the ground to the lights too.


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Offline river6109  
#4 Posted : 20 December 2010 05:24:21(UTC)
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DaleSchultz wrote:
I placed 4 16V lights in a piece of wood (an old broom head in fact)

one represented motor forwards, one motor reverse
one f0 forwards the last, f0 reverse

connect as if connecting to the loco motor and lights.
connect pickup and ground to decoder. Remember to connect the ground to the lights too.




Dale,

Your principal is the same what Märklin used in an upmarket display box.

I conceed it can be done.

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Offline Arbeithuber  
#5 Posted : 21 December 2010 00:57:39(UTC)
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river6109 wrote:
In the eighties dealers had a test equipment case with the following components:

1.) decoder connection box
2.) control unit.
with the control unit you had the opportunity to test the decoder, k 83, k 84 as well,

without these components you cannot test the decoder if its going forward or backwards although you could test the light function but this only would work for one direction only.

So the short answer is without having the above equipment, no you can't test the decoder without installing it.

John


John, thanks for your reply, I will now setup a unused Marklin Motor with croc clips so one can connect the decoder easy. thanks again.
Are you a Marklin dealer? I need some Marklin parts.
Regards

Willy
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Offline Arbeithuber  
#6 Posted : 21 December 2010 01:04:59(UTC)
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DaleSchultz wrote:
I placed 4 16V lights in a piece of wood (an old broom head in fact)

one represented motor forwards, one motor reverse
one f0 forwards the last, f0 reverse

connect as if connecting to the loco motor and lights.
connect pickup and ground to decoder. Remember to connect the ground to the lights too.



Thanks for that will try to do just that, will report back

Regards

Willy
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