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Offline BigJeffyLawd  
#1 Posted : 27 December 2012 22:46:54(UTC)
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I have a marklin mobile station 2 and I was wondering can it control DCC. I think it can but does anyone have any experience or know how to set it up on two rail eg hornby. Thanks BigGrin
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Offline kbvrod  
#2 Posted : 27 December 2012 23:46:11(UTC)
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Hi Jeff,all

Yes.

And No.

Dr D
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Offline tulit  
#3 Posted : 28 December 2012 00:13:53(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: BigJeffyLawd Go to Quoted Post
I have a marklin mobile station 2 and I was wondering can it control DCC. I think it can but does anyone have any experience or know how to set it up on two rail eg hornby. Thanks BigGrin


Yup you can force it into DCC mode. The ms2 is the same as the one that is available for trix (2rail DCC) just a different color.
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#4 Posted : 28 December 2012 00:26:08(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: BigJeffyLawd Go to Quoted Post
I have a marklin mobile station 2 and I was wondering can it control DCC. I think it can but does anyone have any experience or know how to set it up on two rail eg hornby. Thanks BigGrin


Yup you can force it into DCC mode. The ms2 is the same as the one that is available for trix (2rail DCC) just a different color.


Thanks, thats what I thought, anybody any experience with it?
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#5 Posted : 28 December 2012 00:51:34(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: BigJeffyLawd Go to Quoted Post
I have a marklin mobile station 2 and I was wondering can it control DCC. I think it can but does anyone have any experience or know how to set it up on two rail eg hornby. Thanks BigGrin


Yup you can force it into DCC mode. The ms2 is the same as the one that is available for trix (2rail DCC) just a different color.


Thanks, thats what I thought, anybody any experience with it?


Hi Jeff,all,
No,I can give it a go and see,...?



Do the DCC stuff with an NCE Power Cab.

Best, Dr Dirt
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Offline 3rail4life  
#6 Posted : 28 December 2012 04:11:54(UTC)
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Hello, All

It is really easy, press shift + setup, enter mobile station menu ,select loco protocol, and choose DCC. The same for accessory protocol.

I was surprised see to a mixed mode for locos mfx, dcc, mmII. I would try it but I don't want any of my mfx locos to get confused with that crazy two rail language LOL

Gordon
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Offline H0  
#7 Posted : 28 December 2012 07:59:26(UTC)
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I would try it but I don't want any of my mfx locos to get confused with that crazy two rail language
I'm using DCC, mfx, and MM - and the only decoders that get confused in my experience are very old Lenz decoders (that came with old Roco locos, no cure) and not so old Uhlenbrock decoders (that came with not so old Roco and Piko locos, changing a few CVs will cure them).

Since two rail and three rail locos use the same decoders and the same motors, it's only logical to use the same controllers.

Two rail normally uses a lower track voltage (can be changed by using a different power supply), but the standard power supply should be OK for all H0 locomotives.
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Offline Goofy  
#8 Posted : 28 December 2012 09:23:19(UTC)
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I use 2 rail Tillig Elite code 83 with MS2.
MS2 is perfect for smaller railway layout in both 2 and 3 rail system.
MS2 can been use for MM,mfx and DCC.
I use DCC and MS2 works perfect.
It controls 16 functions for locomotivs and 320 turnouts.
You can control and program all CV adresses with MS2.
Is there i did missed about MS2...?

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DCC = Digital Command Control
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Offline BigJeffyLawd  
#9 Posted : 28 December 2012 13:46:26(UTC)
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Ok, thanks guys, I will attempt to connect it to hornby track and put on my DCC loco and see what happens with the protocols changed
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Offline BigJeffyLawd  
#10 Posted : 28 December 2012 15:01:22(UTC)
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I tried it with Hornby track and a jinty and it worked well BigGrin
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Offline mbarreto  
#11 Posted : 28 December 2012 17:42:27(UTC)
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I also sometimes use it for MFX, MM2 and DCC and it works great. The only thing I think it doesn't do (at least I never did with it) is reading CVs and full configuration from the DCC decoders. Anyway for it's price (in ebay.de) it is a very good controller.

Best regards,
Miguel
Mostly Märklin H0.


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Offline H0  
#12 Posted : 28 December 2012 18:16:44(UTC)
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The MS2 can read CVs and allows full configuration of DCC decoders (CVs 1 through 1023).
Regards
Tom
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Offline mbarreto  
#13 Posted : 28 December 2012 18:24:50(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: H0 Go to Quoted Post
The MS2 can read CVs and allows full configuration of DCC decoders (CVs 1 through 1023).




I knew it can configure CVs, but didn't know it can also read. I will try it during the weekend.

One thing that is good is for the MS2 to "know" how many speed steps the loco is configured with, otherwise the acceleration and deccelaration is not smooth (and there maybe other problems, I think). So, one interesting thing is the MS2 read the decoder config and configures itself for the loco. Taking speed steps as an example, after reading the full configuration of the decoder, MS2 could be configured automatically for the correct number of speed steps for the specific loco. I think this is not possible, and I always configure manually the speed steps in MS2 for each DCC loco.

Best regards,
Miguel
Mostly Märklin H0.


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Offline Goofy  
#14 Posted : 01 January 2013 09:21:20(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Goofy Go to Quoted Post
I use 2 rail Tillig Elite code 83 with MS2.
MS2 is perfect for smaller railway layout in both 2 and 3 rail system.
MS2 can been use for MM,mfx and DCC.
I use DCC and MS2 works perfect.
It controls 16 functions for locomotivs and 320 turnouts.
You can control and program all CV adresses with MS2.
Is there i did missed about MS2...?

ThumpUp


And of course...it has back up light in the display window too!

H0
DCC = Digital Command Control
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