Set 01 Overview 2
DIGITAL plus
Introduction to Lenz GmbH
Welcome to the world of DIGITAL plus and to Digital Command
Control.
Lenz Electronic has been developing electronic components for
industrial applications for more than 15 years. Since 1980, we
have been developing for and supplying to the model railroad
industry. Our goal has been to supply compatible systems,
simple to use, low in cost and developed for the future.
The compatible command control system, developed by us in
1980, and patented 5 years later, is the basis for the command
control systems of different manufacturers worldwide. It is the
only command control system that allows the use of decoder
equipped locomotives on conventional layouts, and integrates
the use of conventional locomotives without additional equipment
into digital operations. In 1994 The National Model Railroad
Association established standards for Digital Command Control.
These standards were based on the early work performed by
Lenz GmbH.
DIGITAL plus, ROCO 'DIGITAL is cool', 'Arnold digital', 'Märklin
Digital=' and since 1995 also LGB all use the same signal format
at the track. The compatibility of all these systems ensures the
free use of locomotive and accessory decoders of all these
brands.
Lenz GmbH as the leader of Digital Command Control products
has many firsts to its credit.
We have introduced the simple programming of the locomotive
decoder. Locomotive addresses and properties can be set,
adjusted and changed without opening the locomotive.
In 1992, in conjunction with ROCO, Salzburg, we developed a
connector for locomotives which allows a simple conversion to
digital operations.
We have also introducded the first DCC back emf decoder to
provide you the modeler with the smoothest slow speed control
that is technically possible.
