08-02-2017, 05:10 AM
Hello Reinhard,
you run just into one of this little purgatories which Mr. Lindner has prepared for not so devotional members of the Esuitic Ordre.
In ironic terms: "I (ESU) am your Lord and Master and you should not have other DCC components than mine!"
In earnest, your problems are outgrowths of marketing politics by ESU to which i have very mixed feelings about. Sadly enough ESU left the fully compatibility to NMRA Standards.
And the MTC21 connector has it's own pitfalls. That is caused in the history of this connector. MTC means Märklin Trix Connector and was developed initially for the Märklin BLDC motors. For this there are some certain connector pins reserved. When you use a standard DC motor these pins are obsolete and may be used (not conform to standards?) for other purposes.
May be this helps to identify the connctor pins: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://morop.eu/downloads/nem/de/nem660_d.pdf">http://morop.eu/downloads/nem/de/nem660_d.pdf</a><!-- m -->
And fortunately for those who do not want ESU, the the Soundtraxx Econami (SX-883004) and the Tsunami2 (SX-885013) are available in PNP form to avoid hassle with the motherboard which also is manufactured by ESU.
My 2 €ents
you run just into one of this little purgatories which Mr. Lindner has prepared for not so devotional members of the Esuitic Ordre.
In ironic terms: "I (ESU) am your Lord and Master and you should not have other DCC components than mine!"
In earnest, your problems are outgrowths of marketing politics by ESU to which i have very mixed feelings about. Sadly enough ESU left the fully compatibility to NMRA Standards.
And the MTC21 connector has it's own pitfalls. That is caused in the history of this connector. MTC means Märklin Trix Connector and was developed initially for the Märklin BLDC motors. For this there are some certain connector pins reserved. When you use a standard DC motor these pins are obsolete and may be used (not conform to standards?) for other purposes.
May be this helps to identify the connctor pins: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://morop.eu/downloads/nem/de/nem660_d.pdf">http://morop.eu/downloads/nem/de/nem660_d.pdf</a><!-- m -->
And fortunately for those who do not want ESU, the the Soundtraxx Econami (SX-883004) and the Tsunami2 (SX-885013) are available in PNP form to avoid hassle with the motherboard which also is manufactured by ESU.
My 2 €ents