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Motherboard replacement - useful or waste of time and $$?
DavidD_OKC:
A 21 pin LM4S would take RailPro to another level.
I'll be in touch about making an order Bill. I think I would like to try these to see if it's worth the effort.
William Brillinger:
My message to Ring:
--- Quote ---Have you ever looked at the TCS motherboards?
If you designed a new flat package for the LM with a downward facing 21 pin plug, your LM would be instantly compatible with this product and your customers could have instant access to a simpler installation on a lot of models without the need for you to develop or produce these kinds of products.
I would encourage you to look at this idea, you could easily remove the fear that many people have about "hard wiring" and remove a mental barrier that people have to migration to RailPro.
There is a whole lineup of options made to fit different locomotives:
Diesel: http://tcsdcc.com/Zen/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=97_123
Steam: http://tcsdcc.com/Zen/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=97_122
Installation example: https://www.tcsdcc.com/Customer_Content/Installation_Pictures/HO_Scale/Atlas/GP40%20Sound/Atlas%20GP40%20_WOW121-Diesel%20and%20AK-MB1.html
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And a reply from Ring:
--- Quote ---As the 21 pin becomes more and more common it makes us more and more likely to make a module with a 21 pin connector. Thanks for the information.
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DavidD_OKC:
That's very promising Bill. Thanks for contacting Ring directly.
William Brillinger:
Anyone interested in seeing a 21 pin decoder from Ring should also contact them.
G8B4Life:
--- Quote from: William Brillinger on January 12, 2018, 11:12:51 AM ---As the 21 pin becomes more and more common it makes us more and more likely to make a module with a 21 pin connector. Thanks for the information.
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How much more common does he need to it be? Even stalwarts of the 9 pin (DigiTrax) have added two 21 pin decoders to their line. In fact the 21 pin is becoming so much more popular (thanks largely to ESU LokSound) that all the major US decoder manufacturers have added the 21 pin to their lineup. TCS way back I don't know when and NCE and DigiTrax in last year. That's a pretty big message to me.
Back to the OT, looking at this further, while the motherboards are good by using a generic 9 to 21 pin adapter to use them with an LM you won't get the Keep Alive functionality, and will have to mod the board to use functions 5 and 6 and the speakers unless you wire them as per a normal hardwire.
- Tim
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