Lenz Digital Plus

Precision Digital Command Control

Lenz is one of the oldest and most forward looking of the DCC pioneer manufacturers. Its design, engineering, system architecture and components are the best. Period.

Lenz provided the basis for the National Model Railroad Association's DCC standards by opening its proprietary design to the NMRA standards development process. It has done the same for RailCom: The ability of decoders to talk back to the command unit no matter where they are on a layout.

The company remains one of the major, critical driving forces behind new advances in digital command control.

Lenz products are designed to qualify 100% for NMRA conformity warrants.

An NMRA conformity warrant is your guarantee that the item you buy meets the minimum interoperability and performance standards of the NMRA. That is what lets a model railroader use Lenz decoders on a North Coast, Digitrax, or other manufacturer's system, and vice versa.

While many others rush new ideas and products to market, Lenz components either have, or are in the final steps of the process of getting, their warrant before they go on dealers' shelves.

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TLA is the sole authorized Canadian Lenz upgrade centre and the only Lenz warranty repair centre in Canada.

We have been a Lenz dealer since 1991.

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We provide knowledgeable, reliable service. We have helped convert many layouts to DCC and have operated the Lenz system on our own and other working layouts in regular weekly, very trying and demanding operating sessions. If there is a problem, we have probably run into it - and fixed it.

We keep a stock of most Lenz decoders, the Set-90 and Set 100, the LH90 and LH100 controllers and many other components. We have an excellent working relationship with the Lenz Agency of North America and are normally able to provide rapid delivery of all Lenz products to our customers.

We don't do deep discounts, but our pricing is competitive: at or very near the MSRP at current Canadian/US dollar exchange rates.

We also, in association with Bonnechere Custom Models, are pleased to be able to offer Soundtraxx sound decoders as an additional service to our customers. (See our Soundtraxx page.)

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Decoder Installation

We do decoder installations for our customers. This service is, however, limited only to decoders that we have sold.

The labour charge is a minimum $45.00 per installation.

Any installation that requires more than one hour to complete is billed at $45.00 per hour.

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In Stock

Digital Plus Decoder Programmer

$199.95

The Digital Plus Decoder Programmer can both program decoders and upload new decoder firmware.

DCC features continue to evolve more and more rapidly. One continuing problem has been that existing decoders could not deliver these new features because their firmware could not be changed.

Starting with decoder version 7.0, all Digital Plus by Lenz decoders are designed to be able to be re-programmed. No need, in the future, to buy the lastest decoders and change out those in your locomotives in order to take advantage of the latest DCC developments.

The Digital Plus Decoder Programmer is designed to update decoder firmware with new software as it becomes available.

For decoders already installed in locomotives, firmware updates may be done on the programming track, without removing the decoder.

The Digital Plus decoder programmer can also be used as a full featured NMRA DCC CV programmer using the computer applications supplied with the module.

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The LRC100

RETROFIT your current decoders to make them RAILCOM-capable

Available in packets of five @ $79.95

Individual units @ $16.50

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New Line Throttle Pockets:

The right size for the LH90 and the LH100

Your operators will have no excuse for laying a throttle on the scenery ever again. And you'll never have to worry about throttles dropping to the floor again!

These units are built to last and they look good too.

See pricing below.

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The V 3.6 System Upgrade

Available in Canada.

Please go to TLA's Lenz Upgrade page for costs and details.

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The upgrade enables the LVZ100 system and the LH100 & LH90 throttles to handle F0-F28. Users have the ability to set each to momentary or on off.

For further details you may go to the Lenz website page by clicking Here.

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DCC SPECIALTIES: Products that complement the Lenz line:

The "RRampmeter" - to measure the current being used on your track and how your system is performing. (To see product, click here)

The "Hare" - a plug-in controller for Tortoise switch machines: V.1 allows digital control without an LS100 or an LS150. Also makes multiple route selection with ganged turnouts easy. V.2 does all that. plus feedback for enhanced computer interface control. (To see product, click here)

The "PSX-ARFB" Auto Reverse Module and Block Circuit Breaker, with Feedback. (To see product, click here)

The "PSX-1, PSX-2, PSX-3 and PSX-4 Power Block/District Circuit Breaker, with Feedback. (To see product, click here)

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< Note: All prices on this website are in $Cdn. >

We try to keep our Canadian dollar price at, or close to, the $US MRSP. Usually we succeed, but sometimes the vagaries of the exchange rate, shipping and customs clearance charges force us to go a little over.

(S/O = Special order Item, approx 3 weeks delivery; ToS = Temporarily out of Stock - Resupply expected shortly)

This page last updated January 6, 2012

You can view pictures and the actual specifications of these and other Lenz Digital Plus DCC products at the Lenz Digital Plus website.

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