Last year Märklin released an entire new family of decoders. One decoder to fit them all, so to speak. The decoder family comes in easy to install packages with the tools needed to re-fit older locomotives. The decoder speaks DCC, so you can easily use it with your DCC system.
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Time has passed and Windows 8 is now a reality and have been for a while. Release previews have been available over a year before the final release. None the less, there are still no drivers available for Lenz LI-USB on Windows 8 - or Windows 7 for that matter. This article describes how to get the Lenz LI-USB to work with Windows 8 and Windows 10.
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Finally ESU has announced the new version of their prime decoder, LokPilot. This new version will have several improvements, but first of all it will support the new PluX plug. This is good news for all Roco and PIKO fans.
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Lenz Elektronik GmbH has not released any 64-bit drivers for their LI-USB interface. This means that if you own a computer with a 64-bit platform and a 64-bit operating system, you are unable to use your LI-USB hardware. I took matters into my own hands and created a set of drivers myself.
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