Hi,
I was an NCE user and still am on my exhibition layout (that may change soon). ?I had lots of conversations with James from DCC Automation about this, he said the same thing and he was right. ?I took the jump bought a DR5000, it was not a completely smooth transition as I had a lot of other legacy items in the mix. ? One of the issues was the Powershield power protection units. ?I had two covering two districts, well the DR5000 was just too good and beat them every time for short-circuit protection.
After a further discussion with James I bought a booster (a 5033) and set the booster for the track and the DR5000 feed for the assessories and it works a treat. ?The system is that quick with its protection that the sound on my locos often does not die and restart completely on a short. ?
I also had an issue with the way the ESU programmer locked the addresses but that was easily resolved. ?Just make sure you use the DR5000 to write you addresses and it work a treat.
So in conclusion I have a very modern setup which has allowed me to control from the computer, an iPad or iPhone also a handset. ?It has allowed me to integrate the computer to trial iTrain which was fantastic. ?Due to iTrain restrictions ?I am using JMri to control the entire route setting and allow the iPad as a driver with two throttles. ?
I an very happy with the change, James is a fantastic guy he will help at any time to resolve any issues.
regards
Doug
