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DCC Terms
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DCC Components
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Accessory Decoder, Auto Reverse, Command station, Computer Interface, Consists, DCC Booster, DCC Ready, Decoder, Digital Packet, How Digital Command Control Works, Multifunction Decoder, Power Supply, Speed Steps, Throttle, XPressNet
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General
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Address Partitioning, Ammeter, Analog Control of Model Railroads, Bus, Cab, Can Motor, Command Control, Coreless Motors and DCC, DCC, DCC in a Box, DMM, Distributed Power, Frog Juicer, Jump Port, LCC, Layout Command Control, Locomotive, Motor, Multiple Unit Consisting, Original Equipment Manufacturer, Phase, Power Bus, Programming Track, Pulse Width Modulation, Rail Size, Serial User System Interface - SUSI, Slots, Standard Dimensions, Turnout Motors, Turnouts with Digital Command Control, Voltage Drop, Zero Stretching
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Mobile decoder
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Analog Conversion, Back EMF, Decoder Connection Method, Digitrax Transponding, Ditch Lights, Dither, Energy Storage, FX Lighting, Functions, High-Frequency Decoders, Kick Start, Lenz USP, Lighting Effects, Locomotive Interface, Momentum, Multifunction Decoder Assisted Consisting, NMRA Connector, NMRA DCC Plug for Multifunction Decoders, Power Conversion, Programming Lock, Quartering, Silent Drive, Snood, XOR
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Non-DCC
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Primary DCC Components
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Short Definition
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The People, Idea, and Technology powering the NMRA's Layout Command Control(TM) (LCC).
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What is OpenLCB?
OpenLCB refers to a set of protocol standards developed as a non-proprietary Layout Control Bus, but also to the people, ideas, and technology behind them.
What is the Purpose of OpenLCB?
OpenLCB is designed as a separate, generic non-proprietary control bus which is positioned next to and designed to take the load off your throttle bus. It is a bi-directional data bus that can send and receive data. It can be used to control layout signalling, lighting, sound, and animation. It can interface to traction control systems in a unified manner.
A selected subset of protocols has been accepted by the NMRA as the LCC Standard.
OpenLCB Capabilities
OpenLCB is transport agnostic - which means it is designed to communicate across multiple different transports, such as Ethernet, CAN, RS485, RF and WiFi.
OpenLCB is traction agnostic - that means it is designed to work with multiple track control systems, including DC, DCC, Marklin, etc. It has a Traction Protocol which is unified so that throttles can use any traction system.
OpenLCB can connect to legacy control systems, and therefore it protects your investment.