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Ive been thinking about switching to DCC-EX are there any issues that I should be aware of?

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I guess first question is are you a coder at all? Going open source like this you will need to probably get your fingers dirty in some coding to make things work past pre done stuff.

 

jeff

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I don't really see myself doing anymore than out of the box stuff unless I dabble in automation.

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Then I would stick to the out of the box control systems for now. Dcc overall requires getting more techie than dc even with out of the box systems. Highly configurable systems require you to go down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass.

 

jeff

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It's too late to turn back now. I'm tired of NCE and I'd rather go down the rabbit hole.

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If you stick to proven, supported hardware then DCC-EX is very much plug and play, no prayers needed.

It's not out of the box, and wasn't designed to be as the hardware is open as well as the software, but with 'standard' hardware the installer works to take away all the configuration setup you would have to otherwise do yourself.

There is support for all manner of options, and this is where the rabbit holes are.

Automation with Ex-Rail does come with a learning curve, but so does iTrain.

If you already have an Arduino sitting in the drawer doing nothing, then you obviously have the inclination to try DCC-EX.

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17 hours ago, bc6 said:

It's too late to turn back now. I'm tired of NCE and I'd rather go down the rabbit hole.

 

There are factory options besides NCE.

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The DCC-EX team have just released v5 of their command station software which now includes a Track Manager function. This allows for the control of both DCC and DC trains from the one command station with full automation if that tickles your fancy. It certainly tickles mine.

https://dcc-ex.com/index.html#

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I am following up with these releases too. The DCC-EX team is doing an outstanding job. I have not used that software yet but I plan to test it soon.

Marc

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