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OK, I answered by own question by testing it out. Works fine connecting the rear "out" socket of the UTP to the rear of the Alpha panel with a 6wire "flat" NCE RJ-12 cable!

A question please to those in the know. I have an NCE Ph-Pro system running Cobalt digital ip slow point motors. I want to extend by cab bus from the UTP panel (original equipment with the ph-pro) and have bought a DCCAlpha-Panel universal Command bus extension. OK my question is ... the rear RJ12 s...

I wonder if anyone on the forum can help with info on setting up a Switchpilot extension. I have a Switchpilot servo decoder which I am successfully using to operate Peco 75 electro frog points. I am using a Switchpilot extension plugged directly to the SP servo unit to operate the live frog. I am r...

It is amazing what you can find and re-use. My layout has four 6ft x 2ft baseboards. I got a large amount of free 10mm plywood from a very large discarded packing case from a tile warehouse. A also got a lot of 6ft lengths of timber for the baseboard supports from discarded pallets used to transport...

Thanks for the replies. I am only using the first 3 terminals on my cobalts; the first 2 for the DCC bus and the third one for the frog. I have no remote switches (or wiring) so don't see where I could fit the diodes. I will try re-setting then reprogramming the one ip motor concerned to see if that...

Context I am returning to model railways after 40 years and am building a layout using Peco 75 track, electrofrog points, DCC Cobalt digital IP motors and NCE Procab control. All the equipment is new. I did a lot of reading and researching before starting and feel I am getting to grips with DCC and ...

I will be interested to see which decoder/speaker/soundfile you go for. Oh, and how it all fits in the 14XX. I have one that I'd like to do.

Looks fantastic. Great workmanship.