Identification sought please

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image.jpeg hi , removed this from a locomotive today , can anyone identify it please , is it a decoder as I have just trawled the net and can't see anything like it .many thanks
 
Yep, DG583, the plug'n'play pins make it an AR (ie. for Aristocraft) I like these decoders. What have you used instead in the loco - upgraded to sound perhaps?
 
Removed body to see if anything was amiss , found this , ,removed it as I have no digital equipment to try it ,
 
Ok different tack , what controllers can I use to try this for function , it was bought second hand and tried with a Dimax Navigator but would not respond , I think the decoders dead , I bought this loco as non functioning
 
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Trekk said:
Ok different tack , what controllers can I use to try this for function , it was bought second hand and tried with a Dimax Navigator but would not respond , I think the decoders dead , I bought this loco as non functioning
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Confused, you have no digital equipment (post #6) but then tried a Dimax Navigator? What was the Navigator attached to? If you have a Navigator (with a Massoth Base Station) you can read the decoder. If that is the case then the decoder is probably set to a number that you do not know.
JonD
 
Out of interest, what loco is it? Usually with the plug'n'play decoders in Aristo or Bachmann locos you'll need to replace the decoder with a dummy bridging plug (or even a full board) in order for it to run on DC.
 
It's a 66 , yes noticed that as I read the owners manual , don't have one so going to swap it over from the other loco to see if I can get it to run on an analogue track
 
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Confused, you have no digital equipment (post #6) but then tried a Dimax Navigator? What was the Navigator attached to? If you have a Navigator (with a Massoth Base Station) you can read the decoder. If that is the case then the decoder is probably set to a number that you do not know.
JonD
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Owner before me tried it on a DCC Set up, but couldn't get the loco to move , I purchased as a non runner , this will probably end up Radio Controlled
 
Trekk said:
Owner before me tried it on a DCC Set up, but couldn't get the loco to move , I purchased as a non runner , this will probably end up Radio Controlled
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Ok so you do not have DCC. Think about Battery, I have been in Garden Railways a long time. Currently a mix of DCC, Battey and Live Steam.

If I were starting out new I would be seriously looking at Battery Radio Control. Plus Live Steam if you want it later.

Just think it through.
JonD
 
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