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New Hornby decoder
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New Hornby decoder
by Rog (RJ) on Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:07 pm
A new Hornby decoder is coming out. Details on the Hornby site. Link
A happy New Year to one and all
Rog
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by traincliff on Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:29 am
I think all is now revealed. The R8249 is apparently the R8215 v.1.3 that a lot of people - me included - thought was the red spot version. Whatever it is NMRA compliant and so hopefully will be more robust than the current R8215 even though it still only has a load current of 500mA.
My guess is we will now see the R8215 buried but I might be wrong!
Cliff
My guess is we will now see the R8215 buried but I might be wrong!
Cliff
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by poliss on Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:29 pm
I have two types of R8215 decoders. One has a sticker on the back that says R8215-10-162, the other has R8215-13-162. The second one would seem to me to be the R8215 v 1.3.
The NMRA does not list the R8249 as yet. See http://www.nmra.org/standards/candi/warrants.html
The NMRA does not list the R8249 as yet. See http://www.nmra.org/standards/candi/warrants.html
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by traincliff on Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:23 pm
When you look at the link about R8249 it refers to R8215v1.3. i think they are one and the same????
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by Rog (RJ) on Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:10 pm
A bit like saying the Ford escort was the same as a Ford Anglia, or Vauxhall Vectra was the same as a Vauxhall Cavalier. It's aimed at the same market sector (budget decoder), but it's updated.traincliff wrote: i think they are one and the same????
Clifford
I do agree though that the R8215 will disappear, and quite rightly so. I spotted in the list of CVs that there is no support for CV5, surely this CV should be regarded as a "must have" on any new decoder.
A happy New Year to one and all
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by BromsMods on Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:54 pm
Rog (RJ) wrote: there is no support for CV5, surely this CV should be regarded as a "must have" on any new decoder.
...... and CV6 - they go together. I am disappointed that the spec is not higher for a 4 function decoder and that the number of CVs that can be accessed is only 8 (taking 17 and 18 together).
I suppose a number of users will buy them, though, because they are cheap. I just hope it isn't false economy once again, though.
It would be interesting to know what the latest decoder version of R8215 is (in CV7) compared to the version in the forthcoming R8269 (CV7 = 13).
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