Just entering the world of DCC with Cobalt and NCE Power Cab combination. Your video is excellent and taken the scales off my eyes ( or was that just a glazed look!!). Much appreciated.
What an awesome instruction video. I have an NCE Power Cab, and my mind was exploding trying to get my head round the written instructions. Thank you, Brian, your explanation is perfect.
Hi Brian Thabk you so much for this video I have the nce power cab and will be buying these point motors on Thursday and it is so easy from your video to program these motors. Peter from Birmingham
The instructions with the Cobalt motor and the MRC (or Gaugemaster) Prodigy Advance didn't work. I watched your video, followed the directions, and the setup went quickly and perfectly. Thanks for posting this video; it was a HUGE help in getting my layout working.
Just purchased NCE power cab, and followed your video to program colbalt motors, complete success, thank you for this helpful video.Did try with Hornby Elite, so long winded and also hit and miss.
Hi Brian have problem, how do you wire up a peco diamond crossing with the new dcc cobalt digital ip point motor for dcc.? this is an insulated point ?
Hi Brian, I watched your video few times and an excellent video. But I own Hornby Elite controller and recently I bought a Cobalt Digital IP slow motion pont motor for the first time to fit to my digital layout. As the point motor comes self centered, I tried to decenter it by following their instructions, but it do not work. When contacted Hornby Customer services, they only told me that the Elite and the point motor are compatable. Any advice is appreciated to solve the problem.
Brian how would you get two point motors working to gether ,dcc cobalt IP digital and program it into nce power cab.Do you have to take the small spring out of the point.
Hi Give both Cobalt point motors the same address number and they will move together when that address is entered. Yes, its recommended to remove the over centre spring from points to allow the slow motion of the Cobalt movement to be used. The over centre spring is not needed with Cobalts as the Cobalt holds the point blades closed to the stock rail.
LEDs can be powered from the Cobalts Terminal 3 using the DCC power or form the change-over set of contacts using a separate power source. The Cobalt leaflet shows how this is achieved. Don't forget LEDs are polarity conscious devices and must be connected the correct way around or they wont work and normal 2 to 4 volt LEDs will need a resistor in series with one lead too.
WARNING: If these Point motors have Cobalt magnets (from the USA) they are mildly Radio-Active, and are not likely to meet British stringent safety requirements !!!!
Just entering the world of DCC with Cobalt and NCE Power Cab combination. Your video is excellent and taken the scales off my eyes ( or was that just a glazed look!!). Much appreciated.
What an awesome instruction video. I have an NCE Power Cab, and my mind was exploding trying to get my head round the written instructions. Thank you, Brian, your explanation is perfect.
Hi Brian
Thabk you so much for this video I have the nce power cab and will be buying these point motors on Thursday and it is so easy from your video to program these motors.
Peter from Birmingham
The instructions with the Cobalt motor and the MRC (or Gaugemaster) Prodigy Advance didn't work. I watched your video, followed the directions, and the setup went quickly and perfectly. Thanks for posting this video; it was a HUGE help in getting my layout working.
Thank you for this excellent (and simple for us beginners/Luddites when it comes to anything electrical!) demonstration. Mine now works! Stay safe
Excellent video, wish it had been here before I struggled with my motors.
Just purchased NCE power cab, and followed your video to program colbalt motors, complete success, thank you for this helpful video.Did try with Hornby Elite, so long winded and also hit and miss.
So glad I found this most helpful video - many thanks.
Nicely done.
A lot of button pushing to change a point,any chance you can show a system that you can use momentary buttons without the NCE hand controller please?
Hi Brian have problem, how do you wire up a peco diamond crossing with the new dcc cobalt digital ip point motor for dcc.? this is an insulated point ?
Hi Brian, I watched your video few times and an excellent video. But I own Hornby Elite controller and recently I bought a Cobalt Digital IP slow motion pont motor for the first time to fit to my digital layout. As the point motor comes self centered, I tried to decenter it by following their instructions, but it do not work. When contacted Hornby Customer services, they only told me that the Elite and the point motor are compatable. Any advice is appreciated to solve the problem.
Brian how would you get two point motors working to gether ,dcc cobalt IP digital and program it into nce power cab.Do you have to take the small spring out of the point.
Hi
Give both Cobalt point motors the same address number and they will move together when that address is entered. Yes, its recommended to remove the over centre spring from points to allow the slow motion of the Cobalt movement to be used. The over centre spring is not needed with Cobalts as the Cobalt holds the point blades closed to the stock rail.
will do this, now how to wire up the motor, can you have leds on this system would be nice.
LEDs can be powered from the Cobalts Terminal 3 using the DCC power or form the change-over set of contacts using a separate power source. The Cobalt leaflet shows how this is achieved. Don't forget LEDs are polarity conscious devices and must be connected the correct way around or they wont work and normal 2 to 4 volt LEDs will need a resistor in series with one lead too.
Any chance you could do this with eLink and Railmaster...? its got me stumped
OK Brian can you do a video showing how to wire up the leds, just got the nce db5 power booster to had more power to track.
WARNING: If these Point motors have Cobalt magnets (from the USA) they are mildly Radio-Active, and are not likely to meet British stringent safety requirements !!!!