Posted on 25-6-2025 by Dennis
Perhaps this situation sounds familiar: You have a digital decoder on your workbench, and you'd like to test its functionality before undertaking the complex installation in the locomotive. But how do you test it?
The professional test bench helps: The professional test bench easily connects to your digital control unit or the LokProgrammer. This allows you to test any decoder without the influence of various factors from a locomotive. To make it as easy as possible for you, the professional test bench is equipped with valuable features. All common interface sockets for "small meters" are available for connecting the decoder. It doesn't matter which decoder you have: Simply connect the decoder - you're done! And locomotives without interface connectors can be connected with a few cable clamps.
A high-quality bell-shaped armature motor with flywheel mass is used in combination with direction LEDs to control the motor power. An LED monitor informs you about the functions of the front and rear light outputs and the function outputs AUX1 through AUX6. For testing LokSound decoders, we've included a 20mm speaker. You can choose whether the built-in speaker should be disabled or have 100 ohms or 16 ohms – the professional test bench is perfectly compatible with any generation of ESU decoders!
Expansion
Using a newly introduced expansion socket, you can optionally add the Profi Test Bench Expansion Board to your Profi Test Bench: You can easily connect and test our large railway decoders. With all these features, your Profi Test Bench will quickly become an indispensable tool in your workshop!