{"id":3713,"date":"2019-11-20T12:34:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.massoth24.de\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2019-11-20T12:34:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T11:34:53","slug":"grundlagen-umbaumoeglichkeiten-je-nach-lokausruestung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/grundlagen-umbaumoeglichkeiten-je-nach-lokausruestung\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics: Technology-dependent back-fitting possibilitys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<article id=\"top\" class=\"wikitext clearfix\">\n<div id=\"page-data\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<p>You ask us consistently, what is the best back-fitting for a loco.<br \/>\nRemove the existing electronic completely, partial or remain it?<br \/>\nSadly we can\u2019t give a global answer, while there exists to many versions.<br \/>\nAlthough we will show you here an overview, which back-fitting type is the right one.<\/p>\n<p>First of all you have to check your available place in your loco.<br \/>\nYou don\u2019t need a useful interface, when you are not able to assemble a loudspeaker.<br \/>\nIn this case helps only a removing of the old electronic before you make a compromise on the sound.<br \/>\nImportant criteria for \u201cremove\u201d or \u201cremain\u201c are following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Place requirement for back-fitting are enough\u00a0?<\/li>\n<li>Reasonable interface available\u00a0?<\/li>\n<li>Connection of light-cable, Pulsed smoke unit, &#8230;possible also direct on decoder\u00a0?<\/li>\n<li>Original soundmodule available\u00a0?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a common listing of most used LGB electronics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locos without digital interface (Year of construction appr. 1968 &#8211; 1996)<\/strong><br \/>\nYou should always remove the basic electronic.<br \/>\nIn most cases there are used diodes or condensers, who are not digital usable.<br \/>\nThe illumination should be easy reconnect to the decoder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locos without digital interface with sound (Year of construction appr. 1974 &#8211; 1996)<\/strong><br \/>\nYou should also always remove the basic electronic.<br \/>\nIf the sound has a clock generator on the axis, you can connect the sound direct on track.<br \/>\nAlternative you can switch it with a relais over an F-output.<br \/>\nYou should in no case connect it direct on the F-output, while in most cases the peak current is too high.<br \/>\nSounds without clock generator are not usable in digital mode!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locos with simple 6pol. interface (Year of construction appr. 1996 &#8211; 2004)<\/strong><br \/>\nDecoder can be connected with enclosed 4 colored gear-cables directly on the 4 or 8 pins. Additionally<br \/>\nyou need the 6pol. Interface-cable (Massoth 8150602) for Light and Function.<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: red;\">VERY IMPORTANT\u00a0: DIP-Switches on LGB-PCB to OFF (If not, your decoder will be damaged)!<\/strong><br \/>\nIf the loco is equipped with sound, it is recommended to make a P-update for faster function triggering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locos with direct-decoder interface for 55021 (Year of construction appr. 1998 \u2013 to date)<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can easily connect the Massoth eMotion L-Decoder direct on it.<br \/>\n<strong style=\"color: red;\">VERY IMPORTANT\u00a0: DIP-Switches on LGB-PCB to OFF (If existent)!<\/strong><br \/>\nFor assembling of a sound decoder you can soldering directly the cable on the connector.<br \/>\nThis is the most used interface, when there was less place in the loco.<br \/>\nTherefore it is useful, to remove the PCB to get more place.<br \/>\nYou can find the assignment of the connectors <a class=\"wiki external\" href=\"http:\/\/wiki.massoth.de\/tiki-index.php?page=Connection+to+XL%2FXLS+at+directinterface+%28e.g.+Sax.+IV%2Fk%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Locos with onBoard-decoder (Year of construction appr. 2002 \u2013 to date)<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you want to back-fitting a sound, it is useful to remove the decoder.<br \/>\nTwo decoders in one loco making often problems on programming.<br \/>\nAlternatively you can back-fitting a pure sound module (e.g. from Champex-Linden).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locos with 10-pol. DCC-Interface (Year of construction appr. 2004 \u2013 to date)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is a easy to use interface. All important functions are switchable beyond that.<br \/>\nOnly remove the analogue bridge and plug the 10 pol. cable (Massoth 8150501) with your decoder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locos from other Big Train manufacturers<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile we don\u2019t know what technology is used, we can not give common hints for it.<br \/>\nMaybe you can find a proper back-fitting plan for a special loco in our examples.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You ask us consistently, what is the best back-fitting for a loco. Remove the existing electronic completely, partial or remain it? Sadly we can\u2019t give a global answer, while there exists to many versions. Although we will show you here an overview, which back-fitting type is the right one. First of all you have to check your available place in your loco. You don\u2019t need a useful interface, when you are not able to assemble a loudspeaker. In this case helps only a removing of the old electronic before you make a compromise on the sound. Important criteria for \u201cremove\u201d&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[136,139],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3714,"href":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713\/revisions\/3714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.massoth.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}