Can I add a Williams FM Trainmaster to my DCS/TIU remote??
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Unless you upgrade it to PS-2 or PS-3 you can only run it in controlled voltage mode or variable track voltage. Will need to have an auxiliary voltage supply(small watt transformer) to the DCS base and track power and use track 1 or track 2.
Lee Fritz
That would be Variable track #1 or track #2 outputs on the TIU. 
OK, Var 1 or Var 2 tiu outputs. Will it work with the DCS remote? If so how to "add the engine"?
Yes, you control the variable outputs using the DCS remote. You don't "add" a conventional engine, rather you hit the TR button and select which variable channel you want to control. Then the thumbwheel varies the voltage. Default is starting at 5V, but you can configure the starting voltage in the remote if you want a lower starting voltage.
Barry should be along soon to tell you this is all described in detail in his book. 
He's right, it is all in his book.
John,
Barry should be along soon to tell you this is all described in detail in his book. He's right, it is all in his book.
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This Locomotive is a "Train Master" not a Trainmaster. "Train Master" was the Fairbanks-Morse trade name for this locomotive.
A Trainmaster is a middle management company officer on a railroad.
Dude, the engine cannot be added to the remote, like a DCS loco can be. The remote can merely control the voltage to the track and cause the bell and whistle to blow, just as any other conventional loco. All locos on the track will respond. All will be just as it is when you run conventional from a transform er, except that you have walkaround control, which is a great addition to a conventional operation .
RJR posted:Dude, the engine cannot be added to the remote, like a DCS loco can be. The remote can merely control the voltage to the track and cause the bell and whistle to blow, just as any other conventional loco. All locos on the track will respond. All will be just as it is when you run conventional from a transform er, except that you have walkaround control, which is a great addition to a conventional operation .
I have used the variable voltage control in the past but forget how to do so as I have moved since I last used that feature. I know you must power the DCS base with a small transformer then use track 1 or track 2 outputs with the regular transformer you have.
Lee Fritz
Dude,
These gentlemen are giving you the correct skinny, you do not enter your conventional engines as you do your P2/P3 engines, definitely pick up Barry's DCS O Gauge Companion, Barry spells out the exacting instructions on how to set up your TR mode for running your conventional engines with the hand held remote control, my favorite way is using the Side Receiver via the Z4K. Lots of great information in Barry's Book, and if you are a visual type learner, pick up the OGR Video Guide to DCS, Rich Melvin does a great job with the visual instruction on this OGR video disc also.
PCRR/Dave
DCS TR mode for running older Conventional Trains like this original K-Line Coke Train, makes your layout come alive with DCS Remote control operation.
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This Locomotive is a "Train Master" not a Trainmaster. "Train Master" was the Fairbanks-Morse trade name for this locomotive.
A Trainmaster is a middle management company officer on a railroad.
I believe Lionel started using the wrong term "TRAINMASTER" back in 1954 with their first Train Master engine and it stuck with most of the rest of the model train manufactures ever since.
