I applaud you for doing this.  It seems it is the non employee entrepreneur that do this type of work to help others.   Will send an e-mail requesting the file.  Thank you, G

WOW, great stuff! 

THANK YOU!

That's nice work there.

At York I mentioned to both Dean and Mike they need to give us some updated information.  Nothing new in over 8 years and since then they have the LionChief line and the Uber boards that have taken over with no info at all.

 

Thanks

Jim

Okay! woke up this morning my inbox is full of requests for the files. Looking back at the ones I posted they aren't up to my standard of quality. 

What i'm thinking is for you guys to get the best quality image (that's not compressed) Is to convert the Original file too a PDF form like GUNRUNNERJOHN did with the Jpegs. I want you guys to have the BEST quality. I will Email you all that responded with this PDF. Ill also post the PDF on this page.

Thanks in advance. Great resource! 

I salivate over receiving the higher quality graphics.

I'm not a tech, but that looks like a lot of work and I compliment you for taking the time to document all of this. I am sure many will really appreciate your efforts.

Okay! I have added the file to the original attachments its the original files converted to a PDF like I mentioned before. those who emailed me will be getting the PDF file shortly.

That PDF looks a bunch better than the one I did, I'll go delete mine so people don't get the sub-standard copy.

BRAVO! 

Most of these diagrams are Greek to me; I am not a repair tech. But I applaud you for doing this and more so for sharing it with others FOR FREE! 

 

Thank you!!!! 

Nice work.  I recall it was a couple of OGR guys that got the MTH DCS system working better too, such as the magic lightbulb.

Dennis

Fantastic work. Thank you for sharing.

JGL

This is just awesome! Thanks for sharing. I just keep dwelling on those pinouts for programming use...if teenage hackers loved trains as much as iPhones, these RSL cards would have been jailbroken by now, and we would all have apps letting us upload custom sounds...

THANKS great work. The PDF file is great.

GregR posted:

This is just awesome! Thanks for sharing. I just keep dwelling on those pinouts for programming use...if teenage hackers loved trains as much as iPhones, these RSL cards would have been jailbroken by now, and we would all have apps letting us upload custom sounds...

One day someone will figure it out. Its not that difficult once you know what those pins are for....

Mr Bruk, I thank you a thousand times!  Great resource!  Thanks so much; Falcon70

Lots of work and appreciated by all.

 

thank you,

 

Marty

Thank you for all your hard work on these.

Thank you all for the extremely positive feed back! Definitely makes me feel like I didn't waste hours of my life working on this. 

I want this to be a group thing. I want to try and make this the standard "go to" guide for us. I can update, change, delete, create and add-on, to improve this guide.

If you guys find anything you think is resourceful in your repair journeys or some trouble shooting info we can add to the "Un-official Guide" please shoot me an email. I want us to spread the information around as much as possible so we as the consumer can overcome the head scratching of trying to figure out Lionel's LEGACY RCMC Electronics. (since they are not much help)

Maybe one day we can crack the programming code for the RCMC and RailSounds Lite 

Everyone refer your fellow members and colleagues to this feed. Once again thank you for the responses. I'm always an email away.

Thanks so much for posting this!!! It must have been very time consuming putting these together ,in the way you did.You solved a problem Lionel does not want people to know how to solve,I believe.I wrote you an e-mail,please send me an original copy of the files as you stated you would above.Thanks and Happy Holidays !!!

Some serious work went into this, I suspect it'll be very useful as I work on these units.

Awesome!  Great work, thanks much!

Id like to get my hands on a Vision Big Boy one day and do a diagram on how that's all hooked up. Currently that thing is packed full of newer boards that will end up being used in later models. It would be nice to understand how all the serial data lines are routed.

Bruk posted:

Id like to get my hands on a Vision Big Boy one day...

Keep your hands off my locomotive!

There is a lot of wiring, very neatly done I might add.  Did you ever see this thread:

AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE LIONEL VISION LINE BIG BOY, TONS OF PICTURES

Are there pictures of the MTH DCS system board. this is awesome

Lowes2win posted:

Are there pictures of the MTH DCS system board. this is awesome

That sure would be helpful!  I have a dead MTH PS-3 engine currently sitting on my workbench with a disconnected wire...looks like a broken solder joint.  

I'm a pretty handy guy and certainly not afraid to make a repair attempt.  Problem is I don't know where the wire is supposed to be attached...LOL!!

I hate the thought of shipping the engine somewhere for what MAY be a very simple fix!

CNJ #1601 posted:

I hate the thought of shipping the engine somewhere for what MAY be a very simple fix!

And $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ !!

CNJ #1601 posted:

Lowes2win posted:

Are there pictures of the MTH DCS system board. this is awesome

That sure would be helpful!  I have a dead MTH PS-3 engine currently sitting on my workbench with a disconnected wire...looks like a broken solder joint.  

I'm a pretty handy guy and certainly not afraid to make a repair attempt.  Problem is I don't know where the wire is supposed to be attached...LOL!!

I hate the thought of shipping the engine somewhere for what MAY be a very simple fix!

Joe, Post a picture of the wire and we can tell you where it goes.  G

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Bruk posted:

Id like to get my hands on a Vision Big Boy one day...

Keep your hands off my locomotive!

There is a lot of wiring, very neatly done I might add.  Did you ever see this thread:

AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE LIONEL VISION LINE BIG BOY, TONS OF PICTURES

I did see it, It makes me want to go into more depth of the wiring. 

I'd love to see you publish something like this for the VL-BB, just not quite enough to ship you a $2000 locomotive to take apart!

gunrunnerjohn posted:

I'd love to see you publish something like this for the VL-BB, just not quite enough to ship you a $2000 locomotive to take apart!

I wasn't expecting anyone to actually offer one up

I know, it was just too good an opening to miss.

Well done. Thank You!!

Got it in my files thanks for your time and dedication. Great resource.

Don

That is awesome.  Better than most professional graphics and resources I have seen.

aussteve posted:

That is awesome.  Better than most professional graphics and resources I have seen.

Its amazing what you can do in  Microsoft PowerPoint/Excel

Thank you! Truly, thank you!

Fred

Thanks Bruk , I'm looking forward to looking this over well. If this kinda stuff was more readily shared by them, I would likely be more involved with command operations instead of trying to forget what I know.....knew...you know . At least now I might be someday willing to take a baby step on some models sometime. K-line is the past, open source the future. It won't happen overnight, but things like Bluetooth & Arduino could really put a hurt on them long term imo. Maybe not day one, but sharing info eventually is expected before I'll ever "love" the makers of the new stuff again. A nice Christmas present

I found a New Variation of the RCMC know as the "BEMC" Today in the new LEGACY 0-8-0 with wire tether and my guess is also in the LEGACY Heisler's  (parts page confirms it).....Ill have to start work on a diagram for this variation now. The radio board is not mounted to the RCMC but wired externally. I found it to be a similar set up common to the Vision CC2/Challenger/2-10-10-2's. No flywheel Encoder. I've heard all the talk and dislike about this set up. Lets keep those opinions off this thread. PLEASE.