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Digital Command Control

Digital Command Control (DCC) is a standardized communication protocol for the control of model railways. Products conforming to DCC standards are therefore compatible regardless of manufacturer, enabling interoperability between all model railways running DCC. The standards and recommended practices that define DCC are developed by the DCC Working Group…

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System components

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  • PID Proportional–integral–derivative controller

Communication protocol

Advantages over analog control

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Digital Command Control

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Triples47
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
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Digital Command Control

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related to history · 28
Digital Command Control → Arnold, DCC Standard, Digital, German, Germany, H0, Hornby Railways Zero, In, Keller Engineering, Lenz, Lenz Elektronik GmbH, Model Railroader, Märklin, Märklin/Lenz, NMRA, NMRA Command Control, NMRA Convention, NMRA DCC, NMRA/DCC, NMRA/DCC Working Group
related to Further reading · 18
Digital Command Control → April, DCC, EMAP Active, Grainger, Hersham, Hornby Magazine, Ian Allan Publishing, ISSN, January, May, Mike, Model Rail, No, OCLC, Peterborough, Phil, The Way Ahead, Wild

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dcc command control digital model system power decoders locomotive nmra locomotives station signal protocol märklin standards throttles track lenz standard

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additional throttlesinstance ofDCC does not specify the protocol used between the DCC command station and other components0.80text
Digital Command Controlrelated to Further readingWild0.60section
Digital Command Controlrelated to Further readingMike0.60section
Digital Command Controlrelated to Further readingApril0.60section
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Digital Command Controlrelated to Further readingHornby Magazine0.60section
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Digital Command Controlrelated to Further readingHersham0.60section
Digital Command Controlrelated to Further readingIan Allan Publishing0.60section
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Digital Command Controlrelated to Further readingOCLC0.60section
Digital Command Controlrelated to Further readingGrainger0.60section

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