For the gods of the old stuff

[djconway]

I have a vintage 1996 Digitrax DN93 decoder installed in a Kato SD40.
As a vintage model myself, I have forgotten if I can read this decoder with JMRI, and if there were any problems with 4 digit addresses, as this beast seems only to respond to 2 digit addresses.

It may be time to pull the decoder and put in a more modern one,  but this was my first or second DCC install.

[nstars]

JMRI works fine, but forget 4 digit addresses. The DN93 doesn’t support 4 digit addresses.

Marc

[John]

Early release Digitrax decoders that have 2 digit capability only; these would be: DN93, DN82, DG83, DH83, DH83F, DH8FG, DH84, DH82.


http://www.digitrax.com/tsd/product/DN93/

[djconway]

A little more digging and disassembly -- How can I tell a DN93 from a DN93fx?

JMRI reads CV 7 & 8 as 0

[John]

A little more digging and disassembly -- How can I tell a DN93 from a DN93fx?

JMRI reads CV 7 & 8 as 0

A DN93FX decoder should have CV49-63 available .. the DN93 will not .. 

[djconway]

Thanks for the replies.
I was able to get the loco running fairly well, after removing many years of oxidation on the contact strips and axels.

Quite a evolution of DCC decoders in the 20 years since I did this install..9