Model Railway Forum

An alternative route to DCC control is to use a SPROG controller in conjunction with a computer running JMRI software. This has the advantage of being relatively cheap and using a large screen, as opposed to the NCE small panel. JMRI will also link to a smartphone so that you are not tied to a wired...

DCC Concepts has a guide to CVs here https://www.dccconcepts.com/manual/zen-black-decoder-manual-part-1-cvs-and-setup-only-v12/ . It's for their Zen Black decoder so not all CVs will apply to other decoders. The official NMRA list is at https://www.nmra.org/sites/default/files/standards/sandrp/pdf/s...

I use JRMI on a laptop linked over my home computer network to an Android phone running the Engine Driver app. Very easy to set up and use.