LGB new to this DCC help?

walkerart said:
Well chaps …. The emotion L has arrived.
Sadly my lovely dog Houston 13:5 years passed away Friday.
And that’s awful Ashe liked to follow the train with a look of disgust….xx

So I’m reading the instructions and if you have any advice re speed setting and so on let me know xxx
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Sorry to hear about your dog, I lost Poppy my Goldie in February and understand the pain you will be going through.
 
PhilP said:
Sorry to hear about Houston, they become 'family' very quickly..

From what has been said, you should be good to go, I believe?

PhilP.
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Thanks Phil I’m sure he would be pleased at it goes passed his little grave.
You guys have been wonderful… I feel confident with the decider choice. Think I may rebrand the loco Houston express xxx

Going tomorrow to get it put in.
I’m guessing Theo wires that say are track are positive negative to the pick ups and the same for motor.
X I had James set down the lights and smoke to 5v
Hope that’s good.
Going to get a lesson in programming it…..

H couldn’t have been loved more he lived like a princess and made great friends two came round today with flowers and cards xxx
 
dunnyrail said:
Sorry to hear about your dog, I lost Poppy my Goldie in February and understand the pain you will be going through.
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Bless Poppie. They just lift us up.
And the amount of steam train trips he took made me smile together.
Part of the reason to be in the garden with the train is our chums inc dog ones. Xx
 
notofthiscenturyTim said:
You can add sound to the Massoth eMotion L decoder for £50 by connecting a sound module via the SUSI connector on the decoder and connecting the loco's speaker to the module.

I've used the mXion SX6 module in three locos. Ordered direct from the manufacturer in Germany. It's tiny and fits easily into the boiler.

www.mxion.de

SX6 16 Bit SUSI Sound, 640 sek. Speicher, 40 Einzelgeräusche Puffer 3W - mXion Modellbahntechnik

SX6 Soundmodul mit Spezialstecker für unsere Lokdecoder der DRIVE-Serie als auch für das SSM zum einfachen Einstecken von Lautsprecher, Taktkabel, Reed, uvm. Die 2 Stecker (SUSI-Kabel und Spezialkabel) können einfach in unsere Lokdecoder eingesteckt werden. Mit 3W Class-D Audioverstärker...
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This great news chum. Is it still available as James said they are starting to stop making seperate sound decoders.
 
walkerart said:
Thanks Phil I’m sure he would be pleased at it goes passed his little grave.
You guys have been wonderful… I feel confident with the decider choice. Think I may rebrand the loco Houston express xxx

Going tomorrow to get it put in.
I’m guessing Theo wires that say are track are positive negative to the pick ups and the same for motor.
X I had James set down the lights and smoke to 5v
Hope that’s good.
Going to get a lesson in programming it…..

H couldn’t have been loved more he lived like a princess and made great friends two came round today with flowers and cards xxx
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Could maybe do a Houston Station - Slaters do lettering packs - https://slatersplastikard.com/assets/pdfs/AlphabetFlyer.pdf
1113 - 13.5mm high station nameboard lettering (scale 12” lettering in “G” Scale)

The Wiring should all be handled by the pins that why we recommended the decoder we did.
 
walkerart said:
This great news chum. Is it still available as James said they are starting to stop making seperate sound decoders.
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That's news to me. Do you mean Massoth are stopping making separate sound modules?

The mXion SX6 SUSI sound module is made by Micron Dynamics which is a different company from Massoth. mXion sound profiles are licensed from Dietz/Uhlenbrock.
 
craigwrdouglas2 said:
Could maybe do a Houston Station - Slaters do lettering packs - https://slatersplastikard.com/assets/pdfs/AlphabetFlyer.pdf
1113 - 13.5mm high station nameboard lettering (scale 12” lettering in “G” Scale)

The Wiring should all be handled by the pins that why we recommended the decoder we did.
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That’s a cute idea…. And a great tip… he would like be that and as he now his little grave on the proposed line… perfect xxx

A Houston station is a great idea. Oh wait I named him this so I could yell over the park…” come in Houston Houston come in… ❤️”

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notofthiscenturyTim said:
That's news to me. Do you mean Massoth are stopping making separate sound modules?

The mXion SX6 SUSI sound module is made by Micron Dynamics which is a different company from Massoth. mXion sound profiles are licensed from Dietz/Uhlenbrock.
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Hi it’s what James mentioned… I don’t think it’s straight away but I guess the market may be changing as new locos are bought with it all built in.
I’m new to this so I can only learn and it was a point made that sort of makes sense.
Like I say it’s not straight away.
 
John Russo said:
For your next decoder you might consider a Massoth eMOTION LS Sound Decoder. Gartenbahn has it listed at ₤145. It will provide driving, lights, smoke and sound. you can select from many sound ooptions.

Info on it shown here: AllAboutLGB: Massoth eMOTION LS Sound Decoder

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The emotional L will do the lights and smoke just not the sound.
In the end we decided this is my first loco and yes a bit basic
So we decided to learn on this one as my base loco and when I go to the next one take that step.
I’m told I can expand to an extra sound decoder…. Although that may be changing.
So for £62 I can learn and see how to expand.
Still very excited as my car rages have lights so to see them lit up fully will be great.
Got great advise from you guys so not going buffer yet
As someone pointed out find the weak bits on the layout before you buffer.
That makes so much sense.

Going to spray up my loco to looked weathered and get on with buildings x
I’m sure Houston will be watching
 
walkerart said:
The emotional L will do the lights and smoke just not the sound.
In the end we decided this is my first loco and yes a bit basic
So we decided to learn on this one as my base loco and when I go to the next one take that step.
I’m told I can expand to an extra sound decoder…. Although that may be changing.
So for £62 I can learn and see how to expand.
Still very excited as my car rages have lights so to see them lit up fully will be great.
Got great advise from you guys so not going buffer yet
As someone pointed out find the weak bits on the layout before you buffer.
That makes so much sense.

Going to spray up my loco to looked weathered and get on with buildings x
I’m sure Houston will be watching
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Sorry
Carriages

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So ext question.
I have a caboose with green red wing lanterns
How do I light them and the caboose?
I have lights in my carriages with metal wheels I assume it’s a similar idea but is there a kit?
Hope you are all well
 
You can feed power from the socket on the rear of a loco.

You can add pickups and wiring to the coach (or coaches)

You can fit a small battery holder, switch and lights to the coach.

All the above have their pros and cons.

PhilP.
 
walkerart said:
So ext question.
I have a caboose with green red wing lanterns
How do I light them and the caboose?
I have lights in my carriages with metal wheels I assume it’s a similar idea but is there a kit?
Hope you are all well
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This is one of the ways that you can pickup from track, you just plug into the pins on the axle.

Metal wheels with pickups
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Ball Bearing Wheelset, 2 Pieces

These innovative LGB wheel sets are equipped with ball bearings to decrease friction so that your locomotive can pull longer trains. In addition,…
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US Marker light:
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American Marker Light, 18 Volts, 2 Pieces

For lighting up your American train at night. Install these lanterns on your LGB 4065 series, 4075 series, and 4079 series cabooses. Bulbs and…
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There are probably cheaper ways to do it however.
 
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