RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2023 Had a delivery from Gaugemaster the other day, and enclosed was a leaflet about their upcoming 'Infinity' system. This appears, if I'm understanding it correctly, to be a move up from the Hornby HM6000 for DC layouts, in that the same system can be used for both DC and DCC layouts, though of course the actual functions are the same. Also, it has a knob, something I have now decided I find preferable to phone-app screen sliders. It occurs to me that, if the system can be used to control both DC and DCC, then it could concieveably be used to control both on the same layout at the same time. To use a DCC loco or locos you would have to stable your DC locos behind isolating sections, and set up a route for the DCC move, but it may be capable of removing what I think is one of the major obstacles to the adoption of DCC by DC layout owners with large fleets of locos to be converted at once, especially a some older locos may be difficult to install chips in. Of course, one can do this trick of stabling DC locos and setting routes for DCC movements anyway, one always could, but this combines the two in a single handheld unit. If this is correct (and I may not have understood the leaflet fully), it will also remove the need for an early decision regarding DCC adoption for new layouts. The next question is cost; the leaflet had no prices for any of the items. Your expert comments and advice will be welcomed, collective! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 13, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2023 Whoa, belay that, just checked the prices, good idea but forget it as far as I'm concerned, bit salty for me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIMorrison Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) Looks like a DC version of the Bachmann Kinesis Edited December 13, 2023 by WIMorrison 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted December 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2023 My initial take is that there are two flavours, DC or DCC, and that it is a very expensive closed system. Makes such as the Z21 and Kinesis look very flexible and VFM by comparison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF96 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 These wireless DC systems tend to be regular DCC decoders equipped with a radio link driving the track operated by a remote controller. Hornby HM6K certainly is. This new DCC system seems to be a simple wireless link instead of the curly wire from the handset to a DCC controller which is talking to the track as normal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIMorrison Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 5 minutes ago, RAF96 said: These wireless DC systems tend to be regular DCC decoders equipped with a radio link driving the track operated by a remote controller. Hornby HM6K certainly is. This new DCC system seems to be a simple wireless link instead of the curly wire from the handset to a DCC controller which is talking to the track as normal. There are two versions, a DC and DCC system ;) Both very expensive, with neither in the cheap bracket Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knapdale Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 There’s more information on the Gaugemaster forum: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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