Just an Update to the video on Prices and Availability. The NCE Power cab was hard to find 2 years ago, but you could get it at around £150. Now its £210 minium. Still a good price in my opinion. That being said, I have also had the pleasure of owning a Dynamis Ultima as well as a Power Cab and I've got to say I love the Dynamis, 5amp supply straight out of the box, Wireless (ive not had any dropouts and I'm in a room with lots of sun light so infared should be an issue but never has been), the controller is light and compact without feeling cheap, it looks like it was designed by someone not 50 years old, and it is very simple to use, I've found the Ultima the go to for beginners and seasoned DCC people alike, its just more intutive over the Power cab. The Dynamis is £200 new from a variety of places, and the add-ons are cheaper and easier to configure and understand and aquire. The NCE is good (I love mine for getting really into the decoders) but for playing trains and moving around and showing people DCC the Dynamis Ultima is by far the better product. Maybe its because I'm a bit younger but the Ultima just has a friendlier and thoughtful design.

Nice, thank you.

Quick question: if I change the address of my loco on the main using this technique, will it mess with any other locomotives on the layout? I can only run my equipment at my local club and don't want to mess up the locomotives of it and other members

looks to me like they both shaky going over so many points, I will go with the Hornby simple because of colour but I already have and Ref and grey Parcel sector version, that will do for me. But I have just seen the Branch line version, lovely livery Black top light blue with s white strip, very smart 😃😃

My city of Birmingham has this issue . Sound comes on then it moves when commanded then stops, and sound stops, I’ll give this a try

To have all my diesels ticking over on shed is fabulous, The power cab is brill.

Done this on program track and everything seems to work,but when I put it back on my layout,sound works ,but it will not move? Any suggestions,loco is a rapido model.

I'm constantly getting "cannot read cv". (on Hornby Class 40 tts loco)

Hi John, do you know if the NCE Powercab is capable of say creating a series of functions to play out in a sequence such as a train in a station opening the passenger doors, getting the whistle from platform staff through to the guards bell or buzzer to move the train and then get an on board announcement such as where the train is going to.

Just looking around net for solutions: my dynamis has suddenly stopped working ,basestation wont recognize the handset and switch on the power.. ive tried new handset, even borrowed another bastation. Now heres the thing- i tested it elsewhere in model shop and another household and it switches on.. Why does it not work in my household.? Nothing has changed.. ever come across this? Im absolutely flabahgasted..

I started panicking when I thought it took a UK power supply then I was looking all over over Amazon for one of those But then I realized, and looked back on Amazon and saw it’s just a standard United States thank goodness

These instructions don’t work with the NCE procab, can you advise how I gain access to functions 10 onwards please

thank you for this video help me out alot.

Looks nice. It's just a shame that it is almost impossible to buy in the Netherlands. It still wants to be at model railway fairs. But the price is higher than for a ready-made model

Definitely prefer the Bachmann!

Thanks so much!

thank you mate

Hi. I have an NCE powercab and recently I have spots on my track where the train stops. Lights flash then it goes again. Can you help?

kadees work very well when set up correctly with some exceptions. On short wheelbase UK stock, the kadee magnet is too long and it is almost impossible to stop a train anywhere near the magnet without it activating a coupling and disconnecting. Smaller/shorter magnets are requred (like the little discs mentioned above) . They also do not like the UK small radius curves (try longer versions) and do not couple well on a curve. A big advantage is to uncouple, then gently back onto the waggon and push it to the desired position on a siding, (that is, if contacted while still on the magnet they do not couple up but lock open).

Excellent alot better than silent running, Thankyou for your tips on NCE controller I'm building a TMD layout no rolling stock, But the sound of multiple diesels on shed is rather nice.

I have a real problem with my power cab it reads con where loc should be when I select loc number 3 and nothing happens but if I select loc with long number it works any idea hoping you can help Paul

on my hand set it dose not read loc it reads con ??????

I think I have a problem with my nce hand set when I got a new loco put it on the track and went through the normal program and it just read CON???? and no go is there some thing wrong with my hand set

One of the hardest parts I have found with Parkside is working out how the sides and end meet with the floor. You just skimmed though this so not very useful. You also put the stripe at the non-opening door end on one side, which would suggest an attempt to rush through the build.

Excellent tip, thank you.

Really lovely - I'm inspired to try something similar. What kind of size are the baseboards you've used since you're doing it in 4mm instead of 7mm?

Well done but PLEASE call the Ammeter by it's correct name, it is not an ant meter, it is an AMMETER

Like this layout, run round loop, outside station platform makes for an interesting track plan..well done, going to do this in N, in a couple of box-files..

As an American im glad you bought an American product, Thank you, And, Hello from the U.S.A.

Hi with regard to you NCE DCC can controller am I correct in thinking this came with an American voltage power supply, or is it a multi voltage power supply. Thanks

I have an NCE Powercab and a Peco turntable fitted with a Locomotech motor kit that is connected to an ESU decoder. It operates almost perfectly. I would love to program CV 4=0 in order to stop the turntable immediately the rails align BUT the decoder continues for a second or two (just like it would do for any locomotive). This is fine for locomotive braking purposes but NOT for operating a turntable. The NCE Powercab simply does not allow for changing CV values for accessory decoders but only locomotives physically sitting on the rails. So I'm at a bit of a loss with accessory programming.

All that's needed now is exhaust smoke

if it's realism, slow running and cheap DCC you're after, you have to look at the Hornby HM7000 app that controls the loco directly using a tablet or phone via bluetooth (you can also run it normally on DCC). You're now going to say, so what's the difference to HM7000 and any other DCC system as far as realism and slow running. Well this is the clever bit, as hornby have designed the decoder to run directly from a dc power supply (not PWM), you need to forget the power supply and run the decoder directly off batteries (8.4 to 12.6v), fitted internally in the loco. Most will now say "you can't put 12v batteries in a loco", and i say yes you can and to show just how small you go with 12v batteries i'm converting an 06 hornby shunter atm. The last bit is the price, £60 for a fully programmable sound decoder.......that's cheap.!!!

Having just purchased a NB j36 with exactly the same running issues I tried these CV settings. A vast improvement in slow speed settings and start off under load. Many thanks 👍

Thank you for your help

I'm looking at getting into the hobby and DCC it what I want with all the sounds and extra features. Although I'll probably be using Hornby's new HM7000 system on my phone, I'll be getting an Elite controller as my grandchildren will be playing with it too. With two simple knobs to control speed etc we can both control a train each at the same time.

Airgun pellets make good weights (you can crush them with pliers to pack more in), Your comment about 'play value' hit a chord, since retiring I have been making up toys to give away and decent toys (as opposed to 'collectables' and 'merchandising') are damned hard to find. I watched this as I'm building a 1:72nd 'space port' and thought the tank could be useful, looks like there are a lot of 'greeblies' in there as well.

Wanted to watch it but loud music keeps coming on! Sorry

Did the Airfix version many years ago

Hi John, I've used your video many times to successfully reset various loco's, but I need some help. Got a new Graham Farish N gauge 2 car DMU with Zimo DCC and sound, interior lights work, sound works but no movement, retailer says do a decoder reset CV8-8. I've tried this several times, but each time after entering 8, screen says "can not read CV". Am I doing something wrong or do you think loco and decoder faulty, now getting a bit desperate. Cheers Dave

I took have since started using kadees, I've found cutting away the sleepers and packing up with 2mm card brings the height of the magnet just right. Of course because our manufacturers couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery the nem standards seem to be used as guide lines only!!! So adjustments of the tails are needed. I've also found kinematic couplings to be troublesome due to " droop" and excessive side play so to get reliable uncoupling i remove the kenematic coupling assembly and glue a short piece of plasticard to the bogie and the glue a nem pocket to this. Goes around radius two curves and negotiates peco stream line ( medium rad) points without problems.

Ho is this loco on slow speeds?

Hello over there, I just placed my order for L.S.W.R Loco

Is there a method to 8ncrease the max speed on the powercab.

Seems a bit cumbersome to me, would be great if they had a newer model with more function keys available I feel 😊

You can not see wot. Button you are pushing in your video

very helpfull

I'd strongly recommend that you put your script/flipchart board/bullet points above, or next to the camera, as you look like you are reading Braille. Good concise presentation though.

I tried the dynamis once, and it didn't connect at all. The lighting caused a real issue as I was in a garage. Had to refund!

Are you ok we haven’t seen any videos in ages hope you are well 👍