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Offline Melbourne marklin  
#1 Posted : 17 February 2019 04:06:26(UTC)
Melbourne marklin

Australia   
Joined: 04/11/2018(UTC)
Posts: 57
Location: Victoria, Melbourne
Hi good people of the forum, is there a way on digital that you can runs two loks together as one?
So if I wanted to pair a Re 4/4 and an Ae 6/6 on the one consist with a big freight load behind?
thanks
A newbie to this hobby, All Marklin HO, Swiss only, across all eras, largeish 5m x 4m layout in planning, small table top training table in operation.
Offline Donb  
#2 Posted : 17 February 2019 05:02:06(UTC)
Donb

Canada   
Joined: 03/04/2013(UTC)
Posts: 288
Location: Fraser Valley
Hi,

You certainly can, but your controller would need to support that capability.
Which controller do you have?

Cheers!
Best Regards,
Don
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CS3, ( Commander is now retired) , C track and Z scale, mostly DB/DR and SBB, SJ
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Offline Melbourne marklin  
#3 Posted : 17 February 2019 08:07:46(UTC)
Melbourne marklin

Australia   
Joined: 04/11/2018(UTC)
Posts: 57
Location: Victoria, Melbourne
Hi Don at this stage I just have a MS3 60657. Thx
A newbie to this hobby, All Marklin HO, Swiss only, across all eras, largeish 5m x 4m layout in planning, small table top training table in operation.
Offline costing  
#4 Posted : 17 February 2019 08:48:30(UTC)
costing

Switzerland   
Joined: 20/08/2018(UTC)
Posts: 157
Location: Geneve, Geneva
I'm not sure how this can be done in mfx, but with dcc (if decoders support it) you could set the consist address the same for both, and add a new loco with that address (a third entry). Or set the main address to the same value. But you should also speed-match them (top speed, acceleration curves). It takes a bit of fiddling with the decoders' settings, should they support it.

Cheers,

.costin
JMRI on RPi & DCC++ / C-track / Marklin, Roco, ESU, Bemo locos / Christmas car collector
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Offline costing  
#5 Posted : 17 February 2019 09:34:35(UTC)
costing

Switzerland   
Joined: 20/08/2018(UTC)
Posts: 157
Location: Geneve, Geneva
And I found the recent article I saw on this: https://model-railroad-h...9-01/electrical-impulses , even if the tools would differ at least you get an idea of what parameters to look for.

Cheers,

.costin
JMRI on RPi & DCC++ / C-track / Marklin, Roco, ESU, Bemo locos / Christmas car collector
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Offline amartinezv  
#6 Posted : 17 February 2019 10:33:16(UTC)
amartinezv

Spain   
Joined: 25/08/2004(UTC)
Posts: 320
Location: Madrid,
Hello

There are two ways to do it, the 1st as you've already been told from the digital central but you have to configure the two decoders with values as similar as possible which can be more or less complicated.

The 2nd way is to manage the model with a computer and its control program, for example in my case the RR&co, in this case you simply create a train with several locomotives and the program sends the corresponding orders to the locomotives of the train according to their own speed curves, in such a way that the two or more locomotives advance at the same speed.

In any case märklin recommends that the fastest locomotive goes ahead.

Best regards
Antonio Martínez
marklin, IB, era 3, Train controller
www.raildigital.es/davidruso
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