This is the system James is talking about, I'm surprised he hasn't mentioned it in his posts:
http://ringengineering.com/index.html Not quite a "pure" variable DC system, being that its a radio-based system using a fixed DC voltage. (The same thing TMCC does with AC.) Rich G(ajnak) --- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote: > > Hi James; > > I'm assuming you mean DCC sound, since there are no real "systems" for sound > under straight DC (although some DCC sound decoders will produce a minimal > subset of sounds under DC). > > In HO, Mike's Train House offers trains with their proprietary control system > which will operate under DCC. So sound systems are somewhat compatible > between DCC and DCS (the MTH system). I don't see why Mike's would abandon > this for SHS trains. This leaves Lionel as the outlier, but they have already > discussed adding some level of DCC compatibility. > > For that matter, Lionel TMCC/Legacy and MTH DCS are control systems similar > in concept to DCC, just proprietary rather than a common standard as DCC is. > It isn't quite like going back to Lionel/Gilbert AC with the > forward/neutral/reverse sequence. > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Fri, 8/24/12, JAMES SLEETH <aztecfan@...> wrote: > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
