MTL EMD FT - decoder options

[rogergperkins]

I have just started with DCC after 30+ years in n-scale. 
So far I have only found one option for decoders for two pair of MTL EMD FT A/B units.
These decoders were located by a simple Google search:  DN163M0 (0 = zero).
Any experience with these or other viable options? 
Thanks.
These are fine running engines in B&O and were purchased when MTL introduced them a few years ago.

[spookshow]

That's the only one that I know of. Installation is about as easy as it gets; no disassembly required -



Cheers,
-Mark

[spookshow]

You can give them the same address (CV1) or you can assign them to the same consist. Either way accomplishes the same thing.

-Mark

[elnscale]

Purchased 3 of the 4 decoders needed to complete to conversion to DCC.  Before I left for the railroad show, I tried to get the body shell off one of the B units without success.  I took that as an omen that I should hire someone to do the installation. 

Hi Roger, you should be able to pry that off. Just takes a bit of working and should not be a reason to "farm" out the installation. Like Mark says, these are about as easy as it gets.

As he also says, you can program them as the same number or different and then consist them. Personally, I almost always like to use the road number as the decoder address. That way there's never confusion. However, with drawbar attached units (meaning it's a pretty permanent consist) or with numberA and numberB road numbers (and these are normally drawbar units), I make an exception.

Let us know how you got on.