Enhancing Your Layout Operations with DCC Components
Steve BarkleyDescription
A digital command control system will transform your layout and make it easier to operate. If you are considering upgrading your layout with DCC components, then you may want to do some research prior to installation. If you are completely new to DCC systems, you’ll want to check out a quick overview provided by modeler and DCC expert Steve Barkley. In this video, Barkley demonstrates some advanced components you can add to your DCC system.
Digital Command Control Components
Adding DCC components to your layout may sound intimidating, but they can be easily installed with the proper instruction and guidance. When Barkley first read about computer control for model railroads, he thought he would never do it. Now, he’s not only incorporated it into his layout, but he’s an expert on the subject matter. Everything he has done on his layout has been accomplished by using off-the-shelf DCC components that you can purchase from any well-equipped hobby shop or by mail order.
Follow along as Barkley demonstrates how a computer can be integrated into your model railroad operations. He explains what his PC allows him to do and how it has changed the operations on his model railroad.
Now lets look at some advance components that you can add to your DCC system that add advance features and in my opinion make your layout more fun and easier to operate. The first of these is a pc. What does a computer allow me to do? It allows me from the computer screen to throw switches anywhere on my layout. And it also allows me to tell where a train is on the layout.
Later I was able to add signals to layout and I used the computer to run the signals on my layout just like you would run on a real railroad. Computer control when I first read about it, I said I would never do it. I'm surprised that I've done it but everything that I have done on my layout now is done using off the shelf components that you can purchase from any well equipped hobby shop or by mail order.
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