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atdj1997		#1 Posted : 16 April 2020 22:01:40(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/04/2020(UTC) Posts: 2 Location: Syddanmark, Vejle		Hi! Just got the DR5000 in today, and starting using it with my C-Track system.... Unfortneadly I cannot get my Marklin trains to get to work... Im aware of that I might not can use the Delta Trains with DCC Control, but the MFX should work as I know? I use the 16V PSU that comes with the DR5000, can I not use this as it is DC and not AC? (It works fine with my ESU train, and I could get some power on the NYC Train) Im having a other with ESU Decode, that works fine. The trains im having is: 1x New York Central "Alco PA", from the startset No:29575 (Mfx/Dipswitch 10-pin decoder) 1x DR160 from startset no; 29820 (MFX - No Dipswitch) 1x BR 50 DB from startset no; 29820 (MFX - No Dipswitch) 1x 12x from startset no; 29805 (DELTA - Dipswitch) 1x Small train (DELTA - Dipswitch) Trying with the NYC train, with diffrent DipSwitches, but nothing has worked - tried some diffrent tabels for the "Adressing" bush nothing worked... And the same with DR1600, I tried to set the address thru CV, with no success... Pls give me some sort of hint about what to do... Im know that some of the trains won't work with DCC, but some of them might? Cheers


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JohnjeanB		#2 Posted : 16 April 2020 22:31:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,130 Location: Paris, France		Hi AFAK Märklin make MFX since many years (12 years?) but only very recently (2 to 3 years?) included decoders that may accept DCC (only if the settings are good). All recent M locos understand DCC and so the mSD3 and mLD3. Sorry but it may be that quite a number of your locos can only MM2 and MFX. Your DR5000 can only DCC but no MFX, MM2 I think. Sorry for the bad news PS I checked all your numbers and none (Checking on Märklin wedsite) can DCC) Cheers Jean
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bph		#3 Posted : 18 April 2020 00:26:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/08/2018(UTC) Posts: 996		Hi Since the DR5000, apparently does not speak MM or mfx, I suggest you try to return the controller and gent one that at least can handle mm in addition to dcc the protocol. Most likely you can run all your Marklin on MM, but if possible, get a controller that also can do mfx. here is a list of digital centrals https://modellbahn.mahrer.net/technisches/zentralen/ Your other option is to upgrade the non dcc decoders, in all your locomotives. Or you can hope that they release an update (in the future) to the DR5000 so it can handle mm and mfx protocols….. Hope you manage to sort this out best of luck.

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atdj1997		#4 Posted : 18 April 2020 01:17:18(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/04/2020(UTC) Posts: 2 Location: Syddanmark, Vejle		Originally Posted by: bph Hi Since the DR5000, apparently does not speak MM or mfx, I suggest you try to return the controller and gent one that at least can handle mm in addition to dcc the protocol. Most likely you can run all your Marklin on MM, but if possible, get a controller that also can do mfx. here is a list of digital centrals https://modellbahn.mahrer.net/technisches/zentralen/ Your other option is to upgrade the non dcc decoders, in all your locomotives. Or you can hope that they release an update (in the future) to the DR5000 so it can handle mm and mfx protocols….. Hope you manage to sort this out best of luck. Thanks for the input! Im getting more and more aware of getting the DR5000 wasn't the right choice for me..... Im looking into a C2 og C3 now, so I can get my "old" trains to work within this... Thanks for your time! Really appearance this! Cheers from DK


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