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I've just received a Tillig DBAG BR218 loco which features a PluX12 decoder socket.

My initial researches have failed to find any suitable decoders - what are other people using and where did you get them from?

Cheers.

Regards, Bevis.

Well, if you get really stuck, you can plug in a 6 pin decoder and it will work fine. The 12 pin is a bit of a funny animal. It seems to me that Tillig was a bit quick to go with the 12 as others seen to be going with 16 or 18. I was able to get a couple from CTelectronik (www.tran.at) in Austria. The model number is DC X51-P12.

Search for the BR 189 on this board. It uses the same Plux 12 plug and there should be something in there about a decoder. I believe it's in the Tillig model library.

Hey guys,

the class 189 board is different from the ones in later PluX12 versions. And it's not fully compliant to the rule.

Besides that:
Lenz offers the Silver Mini+ PluX12. It's ok, features all functions of Tillig's locos (at least for the board version without a switch between 6pin- and PluX12 decoder. The loco starts with a hitch, and you can clearly see the speed steps when gearing up.
Tams offers the LD-G-31 in a PluX12 version. I can't tell you anything about that, but heard about a bad service with Tams. The PluX12 decoder Tillig offers is - as far as I know - a Tams product.
Since I'm also trying different decoders at the moment I also ordered a CTelectronic DCX51-P12. I sent it back, because it didn't work like all other decoders, starting with a phenomenon that you could program a long 4digit address, but the decoder didn't automatically accept the bit 5 in CV 29 (switching on the long address). ALL other decoders (even the old Kuehn N025-P) did that. Than you have to set shunting mode and ABC braking together in one CV, causing curious behaviour. For example with ABC braking set on, the loco doesn't move a millimeter. When shunting mode is switched on, it moves... CT "offers" the same service like Tams does - clearly none.
If it is on me, I will try the Zimo MX622 that is about to be released soon. Zimo says they hope for the first quarter 2012. And it will be released in a PluX12 version, too. I have a MX621 in a Kuehn loco, and it's absolutely no comparison to the Lenz decoder. Incredibly smooth start, no visible stepping up. Just a dream.
ESU also offers PluX12 decoders, but not directly attached to the board, but on a wire. They have the LokSound V4.0, LokSound micro V4.0 and LokPilot V4.0 (but not LokPilot micro V4.0). I have a LokPilot micro V4.0 6pin, and it's good. Better than the Lenz, but not as smooth as the Zimo. It already includes RailComPlus, while the others only offer RailCom and can be updated to RailComPlus.