Mr Bach-man: How about a seperate "DCC" Forum?

[rikc9]

Here are some links to DCC groups. If you are limiting yourself to Bachmann forums for DCC, you are limiting your knowledge of DCC. Bachmann forums are ok, but there is Much more info concerning this subject on the 'Net and in greater detail.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DCC4EVERYONE/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bachmann_DCC/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rivarossi_AHM_IHC_Bachmann_Steam_Modelers/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soundtraxx/?yguid=44628248

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NCE-DCC/?yguid=44628248

I did not get any response to a DCC question some months ago concerning my Spectrum 4-4-0 but found very useful info in some of these groups as I converted my Spectrum to sound also using SoundTraxx decoders.

rikc9

[David(UK)]

Perhaps the introduction of the EZ-Dynamis system into the States will engender a more positive response - a centralised source of info for the EZ system really wouldn't go amiss on here with the Bach-man able to pursue some avenues for us.

[Seasaltchap]

David(UK) : This has been played out more than once on this site.

The "Scales" clearly have a slant towards product lines, and the lack of both DCC and OO I see as major omissions on the site.

I see the response entrenched in the cultural divide and national jealousies, where Bachmann is an international organisation, serving the hobby in any of the products across national borders. Being a US site should not enter into it. It is first and foremost THE ENGLISH speaking site of the message board for Bachmann - to the world at large, and I think Bachmann in the UK should help sponsor it, if that is what is required.

What I think is needed are moderators as on other Boards, specialising on this Board for both DCC and OO "Scales".

[gcodori]

gcodori,
The Bachmann I/O port ...  not Lenz XpressNET protocol. 

Do we have confirmation that this is true?  Would Lenz create a whole new protocol only for Bachmann?  Or would they simply make it not pin compatible by using a 8-pin connector versus a 4-pin connector?  Perhaps they use a different voltage instead of 12v to make it not compatible, but even that can be overcome with a simple adaptor with a transisitor back to 12v.

Seems like a lot of work on Lenz part for a discounted DCC system.   I would have figured that they would simply take the Lenz Compact and remove features.

Using the method I explained previously would find out for sure (If I owned an EZC unit).  I myself am building the DIY Lenz system called NanoX featured on the site I referenced which features the Lenz throttle.  I would recommend it to anyone looking for a simple but feature full Lenz compatible system with optional PC interface.

[the Bach-man]

Dear Davis,
As of this morning, there were 7,902 posts on the site, many worthwhile and eminently readable and enlightening;many ... not so much...
Each post has been read by me once; many have been read numerous times.(BTW, Chris, only one poster has been banned, and that was last week. Some threads are deleted when they devolve into negativity, and that may be the case with yours).
To add another forum, particularly one in an area where I am an admitted neophyte, would add little but extra time every night. There has been no DCC post, as far as I know,  missed in a scale-specific forum, and, until I have more information on Dynamis than you or I can get from the link, there is no point in adding a forum to say "click on the link"...
As I learn more, and more information becomes available from the UK, I'll consider it again.
Have fun!
the Bach-man