Comments for modelrail.otenko https://modelrail.otenko.com Trains, computers, vintage, retro, model railways... the lot... Sat, 02 Mar 2024 08:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Comment on Eizan Dentetsu (叡山電鉄) Kirara 900 Decoder Install by Marc M. https://modelrail.otenko.com/dcc/eizan-dentetsu-%e5%8f%a1%e5%b1%b1%e9%9b%bb%e9%89%84-kirara-900-decoder-install/comment-page-1#comment-57467 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 08:32:54 +0000 http://www.otenko.com/modelrailnew/?p=73#comment-57467 In reply to stevenh.

Yes, I think a second decoder for the rear lights will be simpler in this case as long as I can find a basic function only controller that will play nice with DCC-EX.

I live in California and haven’t had a chance to ride the real thing, but I did see and enjoy your photos of it. And the monkey slowing things down a bit. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment on Eizan Dentetsu (叡山電鉄) Kirara 900 Decoder Install by stevenh https://modelrail.otenko.com/dcc/eizan-dentetsu-%e5%8f%a1%e5%b1%b1%e9%9b%bb%e9%89%84-kirara-900-decoder-install/comment-page-1#comment-57461 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 22:22:19 +0000 http://www.otenko.com/modelrailnew/?p=73#comment-57461 In reply to Marc M..

Marc, am glad to be able to help!
Wiring up the rear carriage isn’t fun and, in hindsight, I’d just buy a secondary decoder for the rear lights.
The Eizan Dentetsu is still one of my favourite railways in Japan and I hope you’ve had the chance to ride it!
Steven.

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Comment on Eizan Dentetsu (叡山電鉄) Kirara 900 Decoder Install by Marc M. https://modelrail.otenko.com/dcc/eizan-dentetsu-%e5%8f%a1%e5%b1%b1%e9%9b%bb%e9%89%84-kirara-900-decoder-install/comment-page-1#comment-57459 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:57:10 +0000 http://www.otenko.com/modelrailnew/?p=73#comment-57459 I know this is many many years later since you posted this, but I totally appreciated find this. I just got this train a few days ago a could not figure out how to get the shell off. Your photos clued me into where *specifically* the shell clips were and was finally able to open it up!

I am in the process of changing it to DCC like you did, so that is my next task, to find a DCC controller from the current selection of stuff on the market.

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Comment on Reveal MusicSTAR MIDI Piano Keyboard by Jose https://modelrail.otenko.com/retro/reveal-musicstar-midi-piano-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-57360 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:29:09 +0000 https://modelrail.otenko.com/?p=7541#comment-57360 In reply to stevenh.

Perfecto Amigo, lo que voy hacer intercalar un Diodo o bien una resistencia para bajar la intensidad del voltaje.
Gracia por tu respuesta y recomendación, Saludo

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Comment on INTERLINK – Reverse-Engineering the Protocol by Nils https://modelrail.otenko.com/retro/interlink-reverse-engineering-the-protocol/comment-page-1#comment-57359 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:39:16 +0000 https://modelrail.otenko.com/?p=7994#comment-57359 Have a look at this: https://github.com/sarahemm/ruby-interlnk

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Comment on Reveal MusicSTAR MIDI Piano Keyboard by stevenh https://modelrail.otenko.com/retro/reveal-musicstar-midi-piano-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-57356 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 01:31:16 +0000 https://modelrail.otenko.com/?p=7541#comment-57356 In reply to Jose.

Although it says 9v on the outside, it’s running a standard 7805 regulator inside and so 12v should be fine. I don’t have the keyboard any more, and so can’t check if the capacitors smoothing the 7805 are 12v rated?
I can only recommend 9v though! As per the unit.

MIDI to USB will work fine with this.

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Comment on Reveal MusicSTAR MIDI Piano Keyboard by Jose https://modelrail.otenko.com/retro/reveal-musicstar-midi-piano-keyboard/comment-page-1#comment-57355 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 01:11:38 +0000 https://modelrail.otenko.com/?p=7541#comment-57355 Hoy 13 de febrero compre uno, debo de conseguir el Interfaz MidiUsb, el adaptador 9V, o sera que pueda usar uno de 12V.? y luego lo probaré en Windows 11 con un DAW llamado Reaper. haber si funciona, saludos

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Comment on Commodore 64: Serial Interface to Arduino by Jane Morong https://modelrail.otenko.com/electronics/commodore-64-serial-interface-to-arduino/comment-page-1#comment-57239 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 23:28:27 +0000 http://modelrail.otenko.com/?p=4908#comment-57239 In reply to stevenh.

Absolutely! I wonder if that’s part of why you had trouble with the 64 freezing when you’d send certain characters — Novaterm was acting like that. Your comment box has a limit so I had to cut this fact from the first one, but several other, more modern devices worked prior to the swap and still did after — I could surmise that modern RS232 devices have some way to detect and compensate for this, but dad’s packet TNC from 1986 just couldn’t.

As we say on the ham bands… 73s! (A general pleasant sign off wishing the other operator a good day!)

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Comment on Commodore 64: Serial Interface to Arduino by stevenh https://modelrail.otenko.com/electronics/commodore-64-serial-interface-to-arduino/comment-page-1#comment-57238 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 22:14:09 +0000 http://modelrail.otenko.com/?p=4908#comment-57238 In reply to Jane Morong.

Thank you for following up on this. I’ve gone ahead and re-worked the original circuit diagram to make sure the pins match up. As you mentioned, it was just a fluke that things worked on my end as I didn’t need the extra circuitry!

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Comment on Amiga 1200: PCMCIA Wireless Networking by Isra https://modelrail.otenko.com/c64amiga/amiga-1200-pcmcia-wireless-networking/comment-page-1#comment-57237 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:57:38 +0000 http://modelrail.otenko.com/?p=4817#comment-57237 Hello! Thanks for the tutorial. Which pcmcia card do you use exactly please?

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