Description

The LokSound by ESU DCC Decoder JST Adapter board allows the popular six-output ESU 21 MTC LokSound and LokPilot decoders to be easily added to your favorite locomotive. For use with Athearn and other makers. Great for locomotives with front and rear headlights and front and rear flashing ditch lights. In order to accommodate for this in DCC six function outputs need to be used. As eight and nine-pin DCC plugs only allow for 3 and 4 outputs respectively, this new adaptor board will allow easy conversion to our six-function decoders. Four outputs feed though the nine-pin plug and two more on solder pads.

As Athearn and other manufacturers often use 1.5 volt bulbs it is often easier to use the supplied resistance in the Motherboards for those lights. This new adaptor board also includes 1.5 volt light resistance for the additional two outputs that do not already go through the nine-pin JST plug. ESU decoders also include the ability to dim the outputs to match perfectly the onboard resistance with the adaptor resistance if needed. There are also solder bridges for bypassing this resistance if bulbs are not used. In addition, there are extra common pads and solder pads for speakers directly on the adaptor board.