Massoth College of DCC

3 Day Seminar / Workshop DCC 101

With 3 trainers present work-groups will have 4 attendees max! per group. This is DCC 101.
Each attendee will operate his "personal" Navigator.

Subject:
You are attending a 3-day seminar/workshop. Three trainer specialists will be present throughout the event:
Klaus - the Massoth and LGB® Specialist,
Al - the general G-Scale specialist and top repair and installation craftsman, and
James - the eBay specialist for LGB® and G-Scale layout professional.
Bring your own loco and learn professional maintenance, installation and trouble shooting. Enjoy steep discounts for all (Massoth) products purchased throughout the 3-day seminar.

Objective:

  • Safe handling of DCC equipment and DCC operations
  • Operate the DiMAX system smoothly and with confidence
  • From LGB® MTS to DiMAX
  • LGB® trains now and then, determining basic collector's value of an LGB® loco, car or set
  • Exercise troubleshooting safely
  • Install decoders in your own loco professionally
  • Exercise basic PC controlled layout operation
Time Table - Hourly Schedule:

1st Day
9:00 - 10:00 AM Introducing your trainers: Klaus D. Stork (Massoth Electronics USA), Al Messinger (Messinger Model Works) and James E. Shourt (Shourt Line by Soft Works).
Welcoming you, the attendees, general proceedings, your expectations and requests for the seminar, specialty wishes re LGB® or G-Scale.
 
10:00 - 10:30 AM General Introduction into DCC
 
10:30 - 10.45 AM Coffee Break
 
10:45 - 12:30 DiMAX hands-on training and operation
 
12:30 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
 
1:30 - 4:30 PM DiMAX Basics, hook-up, primary functions, configuration and programming, initial operations with the Navigator, hands-on layout operation utilizing DiMAX
 
4:30 - 5:00 PM Your questions and your expectations for the 2nd day
 
5:00 PM End of 1st Day

2nd Day
9:00 - 9:30 AM Your questions, your requests
 
9:30 - 12:00 AM Advanced DiMAX operations, secondary functions, Navigator limits. Hands-on operation

Decoder operation (Massoth motor decoder family, motor/switch decoders, function decoders, Massoth Modules (Reverse Loop, Braking, Feedback). Hands-on operation

Massoth decoders compared to other G-Scale decoders, compatibility to other DCC systems, compatibility with G-Scale locos, installation recommendations and tips.

Decoder programming with PC module and Navigator, hands-on operation

MTS decoders, LGB® decoders and their future

Other manufacturer's decoders and compatibility to the DiMAX system
 
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
 
1:00 - 3:00 PM LGB® MTS system I, MTS II and MTS III LGB® loco info: install into a Mogul vs. install into a Stainz. Maintenance of your LGB® trains LGB® Mogul vs. Bachmann/ USA Trains Mogul. Value of your LGB® collection - determine what LGB® train/loco you actually have. How to improve the value of your collection.
 
3:00 - 5:00 PM Massoth XLS sound decoders, introduction, compare to other G-Scale sound decoders (Phoenix, QSI, Zimo, et.al.)
 
5:00 - 5:30 PM Your questions and requests for the 3rd day
 
7:00 PM BBQ at the Southeastern Railway Museum, Duluth, GA ( check www.srm.duluth.org to get more info about the Museum and its stock)

3rd Day
9:00 - 9:30 AM Your questions, your requests
 
9:30 - 12:00 AM XLS set-up, DiMAX automatic functions, Hands-on operating the layout

How to open a Mogul

How to install your own decoder

Work on your own loco
 
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
 
1:00 - 3:30 PM Switching Yard competition

And the award goes to.......
winners, prizes, honorary mentioning, booby prize.
 
3:30 - 4:30 PM Did we meet your expectations, more questions, requests for written material and documentation.
 
4:30 PM The End