Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- glossary:glossary_r [2025/09/18 15:14] – [RailCom] michael_smith
+++ glossary:glossary_r [2025/09/19 08:47] (current) – [RailCommunity] michael_smith
@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 RailCom/Plus allows: the identification of unknown trains; block occupancy; transmission of train information, such as its actual speed; and more efficient 'on-the-main' programming.  See: [[https://www.merg.org.uk/merg_wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=dcc:specs:rcn-217.pdf|RailCommunity standard]] and [[http://www.esu.eu/en/support/white-papers/railcomplusr/|ESU RailCom Plus]].
+===== RailCommunity ======
+RailCommunity is a German organisation made up of primarily DCC decoder manufactures. Due to the fact that the NMRA (original custodians of the Lenz DCC standards) were not passing on the enhancements being made to the DCC system, then making their way into the documented standards at the rate required by decoder manufactures.
+Although the NMRA DCC standards are still active the RailCommunity orginisation was formed to bring the system enhancements and developments quicker so manufactures and customers alike were quicker informed.
+Today the current standards are published by RailCommunity with close involvement with the NMRA, MOROP and BDEF.
+One slight disadvantage is that although the RailCommunity documents are always up to-date they are only published in the German language. Fortunately, Merg has these German documents translated into English and available for members to view here: [[dcc:specs:start|DCC Standards]]
 ===== Raspberry Pi =====