DCC Stuff – Some NCE enhancements
This page describes some of the modifications I made to my NCE Powerhouse Pro DCC system.
Battery Charger for Radio ProCabs
This write up
describes how to add a battery charger circuit to radio ProCab’s. The
circuit goes inside the ProCab and recharges the batteries when ever the ProCab
is plugged into the cab bus. For use with NiCad or NiMH rechargeable
batteries.
Click here to download the file in PDF format (Procab.PDF, 746k).
A Diversity Receiver for the NCE radio system
This write up
describes how to construct a second receiver for the NCE radio command
station. This is also known as a diversity receiver and can improve the
radio path reliability by providing multiple radio paths. This is also
part one for the next article below that describes how to make a repeater for
the NCE radio system.
Click here to download the diversity receiver file in PDF format (Diversity.PDF, 604k).
A Repeater for the NCE radio system
This write up
describes how to make a repeater for the NCE radio system. This allows
for multiple command station transceivers to improve the radio path coverage
and to extend range if needed. The diversity receiver article above is
part one to this write up.
Click here to download the repeater article in PDF format (Repeater.PDF, 490k).
A turn on fix for radio ProCabs and PowerCabs
This write up describes why radio ProCabs and PowerCabs can be hard to turn on. After explaining the problem a simple one part modification is shown that will fix the problem. After modification a radio ProCab or PowerCab will power up every time the ESTOP key is pressed.
Click here to download the repeater article in PDF format (Turnon.PDF, 272k).
Last updated – November 24, 2007