I was recently at the Intermodelbau Show in Dortmund and MTB have introduced some new point motors. They still produce the MP1 but the MP3 has been replaced by the MP4 (has a new lower cost motor and the connector has been changed to a similar type as used on the MP10). The MP10 continues as a low profile replacement for Tortoise motors (same footprint). But they have also introduced digital versions of the MP4 and MP10, called DP4 and DP10. Being digital means you don’t need a separate switch decoder to drive the motors. They simply use the DCC messages on your track or accessory bus. These will result in a lower price point if multiple motors are needed (don't need the separate switch decoder modules).
Thanks for the details Bob. I was aware of the MP4, but not the D4 & D10. Those sound interesting, I’ll need to explore how they fit in with my existing environment. While multi-format point motors will work with iTrain, I’m not sure what that means for manually driving trains with my Lodi-Con. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
HI Bob. While the DP4 and DP10 have their own decoder built in, I think using DCC commands is best for controlling trains only especially if you are using the Lodi system.
Hi How did you configure the reverse loop in iTrain I am getting wron polarity message despite having an auto reverse (by LoDi)unit that allows my manually run trains without shorting the track? Andrew with Z21 , Digikeijs railcom detection setup , DCC point motors and iTrain
Sorry for the delay....hopefully my video on the KSM answered your questions, but ultimately it was very simple. Isolate the reverse loop and connect the positive and negative feeds to one of the blocks in my block detection unit. I made sure the dip switch for the KSM LED was off, at drawing power for it made my system think the block was occupied. If you are getting a polarity issue, have you tried reversing the positive and negative wires between the block detection unit and KSM? If you are getting the polarity issue in iTrain - I never used to get this, but recently I have it all over my layout (and I've checked that nothing is wired incorrectly). To fix this, I've told iTrain that the loco has polarity=unknown (instead of positive or negative). This immediately "fixes" the issue (more of a workaround tbh!) I hope that helps!
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I will be watching this one closely!
Thanks for watching!
I was recently at the Intermodelbau Show in Dortmund and MTB have introduced some new point motors. They still produce the MP1 but the MP3 has been replaced by the MP4 (has a new lower cost motor and the connector has been changed to a similar type as used on the MP10). The MP10 continues as a low profile replacement for Tortoise motors (same footprint).
But they have also introduced digital versions of the MP4 and MP10, called DP4 and DP10. Being digital means you don’t need a separate switch decoder to drive the motors. They simply use the DCC messages on your track or accessory bus. These will result in a lower price point if multiple motors are needed (don't need the separate switch decoder modules).
Thanks for the details Bob. I was aware of the MP4, but not the D4 & D10. Those sound interesting, I’ll need to explore how they fit in with my existing environment.
While multi-format point motors will work with iTrain, I’m not sure what that means for manually driving trains with my Lodi-Con.
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
HI Bob. While the DP4 and DP10 have their own decoder built in, I think using DCC commands is best for controlling trains only especially if you are using the Lodi system.
@@NEC_Amtrak that's any interesting comment. Can you expand on why?
Hi How did you configure the reverse loop in iTrain I am getting wron polarity message despite having an auto reverse (by LoDi)unit that allows my manually run trains without shorting the track?
Andrew with Z21 , Digikeijs railcom detection setup , DCC point motors and iTrain
Sorry for the delay....hopefully my video on the KSM answered your questions, but ultimately it was very simple.
Isolate the reverse loop and connect the positive and negative feeds to one of the blocks in my block detection unit.
I made sure the dip switch for the KSM LED was off, at drawing power for it made my system think the block was occupied.
If you are getting a polarity issue, have you tried reversing the positive and negative wires between the block detection unit and KSM?
If you are getting the polarity issue in iTrain - I never used to get this, but recently I have it all over my layout (and I've checked that nothing is wired incorrectly). To fix this, I've told iTrain that the loco has polarity=unknown (instead of positive or negative). This immediately "fixes" the issue (more of a workaround tbh!)
I hope that helps!