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The DCC Pocket Tester is the only
low-cost, portable, reliable, and accurate way to test and verify the DCC
Protocol. The unit is completely powered from the DCC Signal, so no batteries to
change, no power cord to remember, and NO PC required which makes it the
ultimate tester for your toolbox.
Verification Tests
Signal timing
Voltage levels
Packet protocol adherence
Preamble bits
Checksum errors
Packet timing
Packet update rate
Gaps between packets
Monitor
Address utilization
Broadcast counts
Actual mobile and accessory
data packets can be monitored, captured, decoded, and viewed.
Ever tried to calculate the error-rate on a DCC
layout using a DSO? If you happen to have a VERY-LONG record length DSO, and a
lot of time on your hands, you could probably figure out a few packets at a
time. With the DCC Pocket Tester, you just connect the clips to the rails, and
it will monitor 100% of the data on the rails giving you a 100% accurate
bit-error-rate without any sampling and calculating time! An oscilloscope or a
sound card can not monitor 100% of the data, they require sampling and
calculating time, potentially missing bad bits. With the DCC Pocket Tester, not
a single bad bit or packet will be missed. Leave the DCC Pocket Tester connected
to your layout for hours or days, it will count up to 4 BILLION bits, 4 BILLION
packets, and 4 BILLION bad bits without missing a single one! What you get is a
combination Communications Analyzer and Protocol Tester specialized for DCC
Model Railroading!
The firmware used inside the DCC Pocket Tester
is completely upgradeable. All you need is a PC and the special Serial Cable.
Using the included software, connect the DCC Pocket Tester to a Serial COM port
on your PC, and upload a new Firmware Image to the Tester.
New in firmware version 1.4 is the ability to
send ALL DCC packets to the RS-232 Serial Port. This allows an external program
such as HyperTerminal (free with Windows) to display decoded DCC packets right
before your eyes in real-time!
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