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William Brillinger:
I think I already found Rings answer in the AR-1 Manual:

Warnings
·  Only connect an AR-1 module to an approved Ring Engineering Power
Supply.
·  Never connect a Ring Engineering AR-1 to a DCC power supply. Our AR-1
is only designed to work with Ring Engineering RailPro products.

roofintrash:
Oh well. I may just leave well enough alone. Everything is working perfect right now so I don't need to screw up a good thing.

Prostreetamx:
If you set up all your track power and reversers for DCC you could use both systems at the same time. RailPro uses straight DC and it's power supplies and reverser modules will not work with DCC at all. You could put in both types of reverse units with a few switches inline to swap them out for different supply's. You would only need to purchase a DCC power supply that has a connection to input the DCC control signal for your friend's equipment to work. You would not need a DCC controller yourself if you do not have any DCC equipment. Your Railpro power supplies should not be connected to the track bus at all for DCC operation. I have 3 DCC Trackmobiles that have caused a similar issue for me. I already had them before swapping to RailPro so I am considering powering up the section where they will be operating with a DCC supply that can be switched out for RailPro switchers when needed. It will probably be a long time before RailPro makes a decoder that will fit in those really small Trackmobiles.

roofintrash:
According to the NCE specs, it can use any power supply in the voltage range,ac or dc. Would the pwr56 not play well with it?

Prostreetamx:
You would need a supply that has an input to overlay the DCC control signal on it. I'm not sure how you could do this without a module that would combine those signals. It's possible that the NCE unit produces it's own square wave A/C, DCC signal to the track from a DC source. Everything I have read about DCC is that it requires an A/C source but you can certainly create square wave A/C from DC. The 120v converter in my truck does that. You would see a simulated A/C voltage at the track which RailPro would still work with. You could add a set of switches to bypass the DCC box when only operating RailPro equipment but your reversers would have to be compatible  with whatever track voltage you are running.

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