ups......i forget.......So much thanks for thoose videos ...i have learned so much from you!...best regards from Germany
@DriverDTrains
7 ай бұрын
And I'm so glad you're enjoying the videos and find them helpful! Thanks again! DD
@mgar2112
7 ай бұрын
Fantastic series. Thank you for doing this. I often refer others to your videos. Do you think you might do a video on stacking motor shields?
@DriverDTrains
7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind comments. I really appreciate the support. I'll have to look into stacked motor shields at some point in the future. : ) Thanks again! DD
@rolftammen4482
7 ай бұрын
Goodday......i think the Motor Shield from Hans Tanner/ IOTT will be a good idea too..........thats from USA and shipping will be less expensive
@DriverDTrains
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind comments! I do want to try out Hans' IBT-2 motor shield board sometime. I also want to try the DCC AUX board with the IOTT stick on it or possible a Red Hat Shield. So many things to try! : ) When I do I will certainly make a video about it. Thanks again! DD
@BriansModelTrains
7 ай бұрын
Looking forward to seeing you use a physical throttle and some more automations. Best to Scratchy C!
@DriverDTrains
7 ай бұрын
Thank you again for your kind comments, and you know Scratchy-C always appreciates the love. I will definitely make a video with some of the different physical throttles I have used with DCC-EX & JMRI, as well as some more videos on automations. So many things to talk about! : ) Thanks again! DD
@stephanweinberger
7 ай бұрын
@16:15 that's what wire ferrules are for... never use stranded wire directly in any sort of screw terminal, but crimp on ferrules.
@DriverDTrains
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind comments. That's a great tip! I've used ferrules in plenty of other applications but not in one like this. I've ordered a new crimping tool and will report back on the results in a future video. Thanks again! DD
@donaldkormos5529
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your DCC-EX videos ... always fun to learn and experiment. I started with the LCD display (4 lines) but have switched to the white OLED display (7 or 8 lines). You might want to give it a try ... much easier to read. All the best ...
@DriverDTrains
7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your kind comments! Yes it is fun, and model railroading offers a lot of opportunity for, shall we say, trial and error. But it is satisfying to find and correct those errors and learn along the way. That's a great suggestion about the OLED; I will definitely need to give that a try sometime. Thanks again and enjoy! DD
@aves3348
Ай бұрын
please let me know what that neat little plastic box is that you put your command station in? Many thanks.
@DriverDTrains
Ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind comment! That is actually an electrical receptacle box cover I got from a home improvement store. I actually made a short video about it that you can find here: kzitem.infoAhs7553fCso Thanks again and happy railroading! DD
@pietersnackaert
7 ай бұрын
Could you also make a video on how to connect a pca9685 to your arduino with servo's, your videos are clear while other people leave parts out. Which means I wasn't able to get it to work.
@DriverDTrains
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind comments. Yes, I do plan to do some videos on turnout control, including using PCA9685 modules to control servo motors (for turnouts or other features). As I mentioned in the video, there are a few other things I want to cover first, so it may be a little while before I get to that. Sorry you haven't been able to get it to work yet. There's both a hardware and a software component, and the software is probably the tricky part. In the meantime, hoping you are able to get it to work. If not, look for the videos in the future. Thanks again, DD
@pietersnackaert
7 ай бұрын
@@DriverDTrains yeah i was able to find it after some time, i bought the pca9685 on wish, because it was cheap... turns out its i2c adress was on 0x03 which me and a mate from the model railway club figured out, but it wouldnt communicate with the board, i had 2 of them and it wouldnt work, well a couple days ago i bought ones from the store i bought my mega and motor shield and they instantly worked, i had everything down except for the wish hardware.
@rwissbaum9849
Ай бұрын
How often do you recommend updating the software in a DCC-EX system?
@DriverDTrains
19 күн бұрын
Thank you for your comment and question. How often you update DCC-EX depends on how well it's working for you, and whether you want any of its newer features. They have really added a lot of features to it that I have not had a chance to test out yet. The nice thing is, you can keep as many versions on your computer as you like; it only takes a minute to send the code to the Arduino. Where it gets tricky is if you make a lot of modifications to the code; then you have to keep track of that to update the sketch each time. But otherwise it's really no trouble to try out different versions and go back and forth between newer ones and older ones. But the bottom line is that if what you have is working and doing everything you want, there's really no need to change it. Hope that helps. Thanks again and happy railroading! DD
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