Dear Roy,
Actually, DCC is hi-frequency AC. But, to operate with AC, you must
have a DCC system.
Best,
Don
Roy Inman wrote:
> Don,
> Is the Locomatic system still the only one you offer that will work on AC?
> Or does the DCC with Tsunami work with AC as well? D
> I suppose that this is a dumb question to the electronics gurus on the
> list,
> and I apologize for taking up bandwidth, but if I don't ask I ain't gonna
> find out.
> Cheers :)
> Roy Inman
>
> From: Donald Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:don%40showcaseline.com>>
> Organization: S Helper Service Inc.
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:don%40showcaseline.com>
> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:04:44 -0400
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:jnr59%40aol.com>
> Cc: [email protected] <mailto:s-scale%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} SHS 2-8-0 Sounds comparison
>
> Dear Jack,
> We get this questions quite frequently. We offered DCC in our
> switchers since they were offered almost 10 years ago. All engines with
> sound have been offered for DCC or LocoMatic. DCC has been steadily
> increasing the portion of our engine market. One surprise with the
> pre-ordered 2-8-0s is there were as many ordered with DCC as DC no sound
> (AF comp. and code 110 combined). For code 110 engines, 95% of them
> ordered with sound, and selected the Tsunami DCC. We have had more
> customers purchase our Lenz DCC system since listening to the Tsunami
> DCC 2-8-0 than any other project. The sounds and motor control in the
> Tsunami was a huge advancement for Soundtraxx. Another improvement is
> that these are bi-mode, they will operate on straight DC. This is a
> huge advantage over the previous DCC sound decoders from Soundtraxx. As
> far as sound go, the DCC system allows for many more possibilities than
> LocoMatic. The Tsunami has 8 whistle choices embedded in the board,
> random sounds like fireman shoveling coal, water stops, oil can and
> ratchet wrench, are activated each time the engine stops. Automatic
> signals where the whistle blows the appropriate number of times each
> time the engine starts (direction dependent) and stops. The nice thing
> about DCC "CVs" is that they can be turned off or on, and for sound,
> volume can be increased of decreased.
> We selected LocoMatic sound when we offered our first road engine,
> the F3. It was the only system available that operated on both AC and
> DC. It is a far simpler and less costly system than DCC. Some of the
> diesel sounds were not available on our F unit with DCC sound decoders.
> For most of our customers, we feel that DCC is a bit more complicated
> than they would want to spend the time learning.
> As far as sound differences, this is a very personal decision. We
> have posted the DCC Tsunami sounds on our website. I am sorry we do not
> have the 2-8-0 LocoMatic sounds posted. But, the best thing about all
> of our engines are plug and play. Another sound or motor control system
> easily can be installed into any of our engines. So no matter what
> choice you make today, it can be upgraded in the future.
> Best regards,
> Don
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:jnr59%40aol.com> <mailto:jnr59%40aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Andy/Group,
> > Just wondered how the DCC Tsunami sound compares to the standard SHS
> > Locomatic sound especially the whistle and steam/chugging sounds?
> > Anyone on this list
> > have both and have compared/contrasted?
> > Would it be possible to keep the Locomatic control and install just the
> > Tsunami sound...........pardon the electronic ignorance here folks.
> >
> > Jack Riely
> >
> >
> > .
> >
> >
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