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DCC to LocoMatic Conversion

LocoMatic 10-button Universal Sound Controller

To do this conversion, you must use the LocoMatic board specific to the F3. Do not use the LocoMatic board of an F7, as they are not the same.

For multiple-units (MU) hook-ups, you will need two sets of MU cables to connect between the engines. An alternative to the MU cables is to find an F3 LocoMatic board, for each engine in the planned consist.

Don Thompson recommends only using the Dallee 10-button Controller, because otherwise operation of the engines is not ideal. His advice is that, since these parts were created around the year 2000, it might be cheaper and easier to buy a DCC system than to try to find the LocoMatic boards, unless you already have them.