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<h1>Getting Started with DecoderPro®</h1>
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<h2>What hardware do I need?</h2>
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<p>You will need, a means to connect between your computer and the track on which the
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locomotive rests, that will take serial instructions and generate DCC packets on the rails.
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At a minimum, a command station/booster (your DCC system will probably suffice), an
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additional hardware interface to send commands from your computer to the command station
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(this could be as simple as a serial cable), and a programming track set up according to the
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manufacturer's instructions.</p>
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<p>For some systems, you will also need an additional hardware interface to send the commands
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from your computer to the command station, and from there on to the decoder in the
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locomotive. For a Digitrax system, for example, you will need either the <strong>PR3
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programmer</strong> or a <strong>LocoBuffer</strong>. The <strong>PR1</strong> device from
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Digitrax is a stand-alone programmer and is <span class="ACCENT">not</span> usable with this
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software.</p>
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<p>For those who do not have any DCC hardware yet and are considering purchasing a DCC
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locomotive and want to use DecoderPro to program it consider the SPROG II USB. It has all the
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electronics in one package with enough output to run a locomotive. It comes complete with the
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USB cable, power supply, instructions and JMRI on disk. All you need in addition, is the test
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track.</p>
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<p>You will also need, of course, some locomotives with the decoders installed which you can
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program.</p>
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