Post by scanrail on Nov 6, 2018 12:14:44 GMT -5
Hi friends,
For those who want to digitize AZL's Rail Diesel Car I found an interesting solution. Actually there's no dedicated decoder for this vehicle except Digitrax and TCS solutions (still with some soldering work), but they don't offer extra functions like sound or interior lighting. By the way, I wonder why AZL do not cares about interior lighting in their passenger rolling stock like many other manufacturers in other scales - it would be great to have at least possibility of installing such upgrade kits (remember Rokuhan products).
Not so long ago Rokuhan announced A059 universal DCC interior lighting board that not only switch headlights and taillights, but can also work as a locomotive decoder too. It's quite unique solution due to its features and size. In addition, it is quite cheap. PCB can be reduced to many different sizes by cutting various number of segments. The smallest size fits in small German rail bus (Marklin 8831) and old passenger cars with the same size.
After cutting one segment A059 decoder perfectly fits in AZL RDC. Easy wiring and very little soldering work allow to convert RDC to DCC very quickly. 5 remaining LEDs after cutting PCB are enough for smooth interior lighting. After wiring decoder can be easily attached to the shell with 1 mm thick double-sided foamed adhesive tape. No need to continue the story, just look at the pictures.
Regards,
Alex
For those who want to digitize AZL's Rail Diesel Car I found an interesting solution. Actually there's no dedicated decoder for this vehicle except Digitrax and TCS solutions (still with some soldering work), but they don't offer extra functions like sound or interior lighting. By the way, I wonder why AZL do not cares about interior lighting in their passenger rolling stock like many other manufacturers in other scales - it would be great to have at least possibility of installing such upgrade kits (remember Rokuhan products).
Not so long ago Rokuhan announced A059 universal DCC interior lighting board that not only switch headlights and taillights, but can also work as a locomotive decoder too. It's quite unique solution due to its features and size. In addition, it is quite cheap. PCB can be reduced to many different sizes by cutting various number of segments. The smallest size fits in small German rail bus (Marklin 8831) and old passenger cars with the same size.
After cutting one segment A059 decoder perfectly fits in AZL RDC. Easy wiring and very little soldering work allow to convert RDC to DCC very quickly. 5 remaining LEDs after cutting PCB are enough for smooth interior lighting. After wiring decoder can be easily attached to the shell with 1 mm thick double-sided foamed adhesive tape. No need to continue the story, just look at the pictures.
Regards,
Alex
