Switching from Digitrax to NCE wiring question.

[Black Diamond]

Once I disconnect the DCS 100 from the power bus and loconet cables, can I just plug the those power bus wires into the NCE system and with the former loconet (Rj12) cables into the new NCE cab bus panels and be ready to go?

[RBrodzinsky]

Yep. Just note that if you had any accessories that were dependent on the LocoNet data stream, they will no longer receive it.

[Black Diamond]

Groovy. Thanks--no accessories, just trains running around and around and around....

[mmyers]

Watch out with those loconet cables. Digitrax UP3 and UP5 panels are not compatible with NCE's throttle bus. They short pins 2 and 5 which are "ground" common on loconet. NCE uses one of those for ground and the other for 12+ volts. Not good if shorted on NCE.

[RBrodzinsky]

The CABLES will be fine (they are just straight through (pin 1 to pin 1) 6-conductor cables).  But, yes, one CANNOT plug NCE into a Digitrax PANEL.

[Genetk44]

The CABLES will be fine (they are just straight through (pin 1 to pin 1) 6-conductor cables).  But, yes, one CANNOT plug NCE into a Digitrax PANEL.

Very true! I found out the hard way many many years ago😩

[mrp]

The UP3's will work fine. I have several in use, leftover from when I switched from Brand X to NCE.
The UP5's will not work.
The cables may not work, depending on how you did things in the past.
I found that most were fine, but a few did not work.
It is hard to know what I did  10-15 years ago when I first installed Digitrax, but my guess is I used some modular telephone cable from work.
It worked fine with Digitrax but not with NCE. I expect someone out there will know why.

[Black Diamond]

Thanks gang. I got all NCE components so no mixing brands. Wiring it up tonight...Back from a road trip to MN so ready to get going!