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CT Elektronik

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Soundtraxx

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TCS-Train Control Systems

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SoundTraxx Decoder Features Comparison


 

VS.
Brand                        
Series Econami Tsunami2
Model E
C
O
-
1
0
0
E
C
O
-
2
0
0
E
C
O
-
P
N
P
E
C
O
-
2
1
P
E
C
O
-
4
0
0
T
S
U
2
-
1
1
0
0
T
S
U
2
-
2
2
0
0
T
S
U
2
-
P
N
P
T
S
U
2
-
2
1
P
T
S
U
2
-
4
0
0
Motor Current (amps) 1 2 2 1 4 1 2 2 1 4
Maximum Track Voltage 22 22 22 22 26 22 22 22 22 26
Speaker Impedance (ohms) 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Audio Amplifier (watts) 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 3
Function Outputs 4 6 6 6 6 4 6 6 6 6
Voltage-Regulated Outputs     ●         ●    
Number of SKUs 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 4 6 6
 
Lights                    
Hyperlight Effects 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
 
Sounds                    
16-Bit Sound, 12 Channel ● ● ● ● ●          
32-Bit Sound, 16 Channel           ● ● ● ● ●
Steam Sounds 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+
Diesel Sounds 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+
Electric Sounds 40+ 40+ 40+ 40+ 40+ 40+ 40+ 40+ 40+ 40+
Selectable Whistles/Airhorns ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Whistles 16 16 16 16 16 60 60 60 60 60
Airhorns 16 16 16 16 16 40 40 40 40 40
Selectable Prime Movers/Exhaust Chuffs ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Articulated Chuff and Wheel Slip ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
7-Band Equalizer ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Adjustable Reverb           ● ● ● ● ●
Automatic Sounds ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Fireman Fred           ● ● ● ● ●
Fireman Ed           ● ● ● ● ●
Fueling, Steam Heat, Cab Chatter Sounds           ● ● ● ● ●
Dynamic Digital Exhaust ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Adjustable Steam Cutoff           ● ● ● ● ●
HEP Mode, Straight-to-8           ● ● ● ● ●
Auto-manual Engine Control ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Cam Output Support                    
Adjustable Exhaust Tone ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
 
Motor Control                    
Dual-Mode ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Hyperdrive                    
Hyperdrive2 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
3-Point Speed Curves (CVs 2,5,6) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
User-adjustable Speed Curves ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
 
Features                    
DCC Compatible ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Short and Long Address ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Advanced Consist ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Full Reset ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Number of Functions 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28
Flex-Map Function Mapping ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
CurrentKeeper Support ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
CurrentKeeper Quick-plug   ● ●   ●   ● ●   ●
 
Connecter Format                    
Hardwire/Squid Cable ● ●       ● ●      
NMRA 6-pin (NEM651) Wired                    
NMRA 6-pin (NEM651) Integral                    
NMRA 8-pin (NEM652) Wired                    
NMRA 8-pin (NEM652) Integral                    
NMRA 9-pin JST                    
21MTC (NEM660)                    
21MTC (NMRA)       ●         ●  
PLuX22 (NEM???)                    
Universal Screw Terminal         ●         ●
HO Universal AT-Style Board     ●         ●    
HO OEM Replacement                    
N OEM Replacement                    
Model Specific                    
 
Typical Scale                    
Z ●         ●        
N ●         ●        
HO   ● ● ●     ● ● ●  
S   ● ●   ●   ● ●   ●
O   ●     ●   ●     ●
G           ●           ●
   

 
VS.
Brand SoundTraxx                                
Series Mobile Tsunami2 Tsunami  
Model M
C
1
Z
1
0
2
P
6
M
C
1
Z
1
0
2
S
Q
M
C
1
H
1
0
2
P
8
M
C
2
H
1
0
4
A
T
M
C
2
H
1
0
4
O
P
M
C
2
H
1
0
4
P
9
T
S
U
2
-
1
0
0
T
S
U
2
-
2
0
0
T
S
U
2
-
P
N
P
T
S
U
2
-
2
1
P
T
S
U
2
-
4
0
0
T
S
U
-
7
5
0
T
S
U
-
1
0
0
0
T
S
U
-
A
T
1
0
0
0
T
S
U
-
B
W
1
0
0
0
T
S
U
-
G
N
1
0
0
0
T
S
U
-
I
M
1
0
0
0
T
S
U
-
K
T
1
0
0
0
Motor Current (amps) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Maximum Track Voltage 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 26 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
Speaker Impedance (ohms)             8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Audio Amplifier (watts)             1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Function Outputs 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 2 4 4 4 4 6 4-6
Voltage-Regulated Outputs                 ●         ● ● ● ● ●
Number of SKUs 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 4 6 6 18 28 14 4 7 3 8
   
Lights                                    
Hyperlight Effects 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 20 20 20 20 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
   
Sounds                                    
16-Bit Sound, 12 Channel                       ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
32-Bit Sound, 16 Channel             ● ● ● ● ●              
Steam Sounds             50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 30+ 30+          
Diesel Sounds             50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 50+ 30+ 30+ 30+ 30+ 30+ 30+ 30+
Electric Sounds             40+ 40+ 40+ 40+ 40+              
Selectable Whistles/Airhorns             ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Whistles             60 60 60 60 60 5-8 5-8          
Airhorns             40 40 40 40 40 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Selectable Prime Movers/Exhaust Chuffs         ● ● ● ● ●              
Articulated Chuff and Wheel Slip             ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
7-Band Equalizer             ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Adjustable Reverb             ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Automatic Sounds             ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Fireman Fred             ● ● ● ● ● ● ●          
Fireman Ed             ● ● ● ● ●              
Fueling, Steam Heat, Cab Chatter Sounds       ● ● ● ● ●              
Dynamic Digital Exhaust             ● ● ● ● ● ● ●          
Adjustable Steam Cutoff             ● ● ● ● ●              
HEP Mode, Straight-to-8             ● ● ● ● ●              
Auto-manual Engine Control             ● ● ● ● ●              
Cam Output Support                       ● ●          
Adjustable Exhaust Tone             ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
   
Motor Control                                    
Dual-Mode ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Hyperdrive ● ● ● ● ● ●           ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Hyperdrive2             ● ● ● ● ●              
3-Point Speed Curves (CVs 2,5,6)           ● ● ● ● ●              
User-adjustable Speed Curves ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
   
Features                                    
DCC Compatible ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Short and Long Address ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Advanced Consist ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Full Reset ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Number of Functions             28 28 28 28 28 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Flex-Map Function Mapping             ● ● ● ● ●              
CurrentKeeper Support             ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●        
CurrentKeeper Quick-plug               ● ●   ●              
   
Connecter Format                                    
Hardwire/Squid Cable   ●       ● ● ●       ● ●          
NMRA 6-pin (NEM651) Wired                                    
NMRA 6-pin (NEM651) Integral ●                                  
NMRA 8-pin (NEM652) Wired         ●                          
NMRA 8-pin (NEM652) Integral     ●                              
NMRA 9-pin JST         ● ●             ●          
21MTC (NEM660)                                    
21MTC (NMRA)                   ●                
PLuX22 (NEM???                                    
Universal Screw Terminal                     ●              
HO Universal AT-Style Board       ●         ●         ●        
HO OEM Replacement                             ● ● ● ●
N OEM Replacement                                    
Model Specific                                    
   
Typical Scale                                    
Z             ●                      
N ● ●         ●         ●            
HO ● ● ● ● ● ●   ● ● ●   ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
S         ● ●   ● ●   ●   ●          
O               ●     ●              
G                       ●                

 

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