DiCoStation (DirectCommandStation)
Command Station for the USB-Interface with the digital formats DCC and Märklin-Motorola plus three s88 Feedback Lines!
DiCoStation with USB- and Booster Connection
If you wanted to monitoring and control your model railway with a PC-Software you had to implement in the past a command station with integrated PC-Interface or an additional external interface suitable to your command station.
The DirectCommandStation (DiCoStation) offers now a low-cost command station which will work without any push-buttons and speed regulator because this functions will be taken over from the PC-Model Railway Software.
The DiCoStation contains a 1.1/2.0 Full Speed USB-Connection to the PC. All USB-Units require a so called USB-Unit Driver Software which can be found at the section Downloads for the DiCoStation.
Via the 5-poles Boosterbus-connection is it possible that up to 10 DigitalBooster DB-2, DB-4 or compatible Booster can supply the required capacity to the rails and to accessory decoders such as Turnout-Decoders with digital informations.
The DiCoStation creates as multiprotocol-central-unit the data formats Märklin-Motorola and DCC which can be available as mixed formats as well.
The DiCoStation contains additionally the connections for three s88-Feedback Lines for up to 496 Feedback Contacts.
Correct connection of the s88-standard feedback cables of all three feedback lines to the DiCoStation: Right hand and at the middle an interference-free twisted s88-standard bus cable from our delivery program. Left hand a ribbon-cable from Märklin or other manufacturer.
With the adapter Adap-HSI-s88-N is it possible to connect s88-Feedback Modules such as RM-88-N, RM-88-N-O or RM-GB-8-N directly via the screened Patch-Kabel to the DiCoStation in accordance to s88-N. For this connection shall be the Adapter Adap-HSI-s88-N simply plugged onto the three 6-poles pinbar of the DiCoStation.
Features of the DiCoStation
- The DiCoStation supports up to 16127 DCC-Loc addresses with up to 126 driving steps and 28 functions. For the Motorola-Operation there are with reference to the implemented decoder up to 255 addresses with 28 driving steps and 8 functions possible.
- The DiCoStation will support within the DCC format 2048 turnout addresses. For the Märklin-Motorola-Data Format will be 320 turnout -addresses supported.
- Software-Updates for the DiCoStation can be carried out directly from the PC via the USB-Interface.
- The DiCoStation can be operated with any Model-Railway-Software which supports the data-protocol (P50) of the Märklin-Interface 6051 (only Märklin-Motorola-Data Format) or even better the extended data-protocol (P50x) of the Intellibox (Märklin-Motorola- and/or DCC-Data Format). Therefore is the Software DIGITAL-S-INSIDE 2 (DSI 2) required. For the first installation can be found the demonstration software within the next section.
- For the permanent operation of the Software DSI 2 will be an activation code required. This code can be purchased from Company modellplan under www.modellplan.de.
- If you already use the Software DSI 1 for your DiCoStation you can purchase from company modellplan under www.modellplan.de an Update to DSI 2.
- The DiCoStation plus Software DSI 2 can operate under Operating Systems Windows 10 (32- and 64-Bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-Bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-Bit), Windows Vista (32- and 64-Bit) from Service Pack 2 and Windows XP from Service Pack 3.
- The finished module in a case comes with 24 month warranty.
- Each DiCoStation will be supplied together with a detailed Handbook for the Installation of Hard- and Software. Those Handbook can be found within the next section.
- The Digital Command Station DiCoStation will be supplied as tested finished module in a case incl. USB-Connection Cable. Suitable assembly material for the installation can be found under accessories.
Downloads
Instructions regarding this article can be found here: Downloads DiCoStation.
Instructions for all LDT-Components can be found here: Overview Downloads.
Sample-Connections
Sample-connections regarding this article can be found here:
Sample-Connections DiCoStation (3-rail conductor) and
Sample-Connections DiCoStation (2-rail conductor).
Sample-connections for all LDT-Components can be found here: Overview Sample-Connections.
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DiCoStation software compatibility
The below table indicates which model railroad software supports the DiCoStation:
 Brand | Company/Internet Site |  DiCoStation support |
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| Railroad & Co. | Freiwald Software www.freiwald.com | yes |
| Railware | Railware Andrea Hinz railware.de | yes |
| WIN-Digipet | Dr. Peterlin www.windigipet.de | yes |
| Koploper | P. Haagsma www.pahasoft.nl | yes |
| railX | W. Schwickardi www.railX.de | yes |
| RocRail | wiki.rocrail.net | yes |
| DDL - DigitalDirect for Linux | www.vogt-it.com/OpenSource/DDL/ | not yet |
| iTrail | www.berros.eu/itrain | 2.1 |
| ModellStw | www.modellstw.eu | yes |
Subject to technical changes and errors.
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