Qdecoder - Review and Turtorial

In this video we do a quick review and tutorial about Qdecoder which was requested by several users.
We show how to program a Qdecoder using QRail and QProgrammer

[@untouchedarc2827]

Does someone know how to connect to the Märklin CS3? I'm just having issues to know witch wire goes where... thanks for your help!

[@thetrainroom]

You can connect both track and power the CS3, but it is recommended to connect the power terminal to a seperate 12-16V DC supply.

[@untouchedarc2827]

@@thetrainroom so basically I connect the "Gleis" to the brown and red from the tracks, and then I connect the "Trafo" to a Power supply 12-16V?
And then how does the connection work? Do I need something else or it registers as a DCC comuter? And on witch cv do I find it?
Thank you very much!

[@Rubiman51]

Hallo!
Wie programmiert man denn einen Lokdecoder? In den Dokumentationen habe ich nichts gefunden 🤷‍♂️?

[@thetrainroom]

Das Ding ist nur zum programmieren von QDecoder. Für einen Lokdecoder kannst du genau so gut deine Zentralen verwenden.
Leider gibt es keinen universellen programmer, und jeder Hersteller kocht sein eigenes Süppchen.

[@Rubiman51]

@@thetrainroom Aber die Werbung verspricht diese Lokprogrammierung (DCC) und sogar die Loksteuerung!

[@m00n22NL]

Thanks for video, what’s your opinion now? Still losing configuration and any additional info about MFX support? Looking to use the qdecoder and mafen signals together with Marklin CS3 and iTrain. Thanks in advance!

[@thetrainroom]

I have connected them to and old Märklin Booster which doesn't support Railcom and MFX return channel. I didn't tried it again, as the solution now works. The configuration lost was solved. There is a locomotive address for programming and it is set to default 3, which is an issue when programming a locomotive with 3. I have put another address, so it never lost configuration again. Also a couple of FW updates came along.

[@m00n22NL]

@@thetrainroom wow! Thanks for quick response!

[@brunoineichen1735]

no mfx support, but it works very well with CS3 and Itrain

[@HenrikScheel_]

Does it intergate with Itrain or Traincontroller?

[@thetrainroom]

It behaves like a regular accessory decoder. I had no problem to integrate it in Rocrail, so iTrain or Traincontroller should not be a issue. I know one gut who is using it with Traincontroller.

[@brunoineichen1735]

yes it does. I also have Itrain, Traincontroller gold and they work very good with Qdecoder