Skip to search.

Breaking News Visit Yahoo! News for the latest.

×Close this window

Digitrax · Digitrax Users Group Chat List for those who are using the Digitrax DCC system for model railroads.

The Yahoo! Groups Product Blog

Check it out!

Group Information

? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Hear how Yahoo! Groups has changed the lives of others. Take me there.

Messages

Advanced
Messages Help
Messages 188043 - 188072 of 188072   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Messages: Simplify | Expand Author Sort by Date ^
188043 foum58 Send Email May 20, 2013
3:42 pm
... Now allways plug your PR3 into the SAME USB PORT. Do not plug it in to any other port. Marc N Fournier Quebec...
188044 tiddles4x4 Send Email May 20, 2013
3:53 pm
Digitrax SDH164D...
188045 foum58 Send Email May 20, 2013
3:59 pm
My guess is overload or short. Remove decoder and attache command station to decoder using small wire and alligator clips or similar. try a reset while in this...
188046 Clay
eclaysmith Send Email
May 20, 2013
4:26 pm
Hi David, I've just tried resetting the Loconet ID with my DT402 and I'm not sure it had any effect. I believe the manual says use a 402R throttle and I don't...
188047 Ross Kudlick
cnjross2000 Send Email
May 20, 2013
4:43 pm
Clay, A DT402 can be used to change the LocoNet ID, as can a DT100; DT300 or DT400. Regards, Ross Kudlick ... From: Digitrax@yahoogroups.com...
188048 tiddles4x4 Send Email May 20, 2013
5:01 pm
How do I set these? The instructions in the decoder manual and what I am seeing on Sound Loader do not make sense. I am using Bachmann EZ command controller...
188049 foum58 Send Email May 20, 2013
5:03 pm
Apart PECO, I have to say all current production turnouts will be "DCC" friendly or DCC compatible (for lack of a bettre term) and that several store...
188050 foum58 Send Email May 20, 2013
5:24 pm
... Set CV133 to 125 and CV134 to 40. This will give a frequency that is close to drivers 4 per cycle chuff without needing a hardware timing cam. CV133 and...
188051 scanner_49509 Send Email May 20, 2013
5:39 pm
Don, I would be really interested in seeing this. I tried to re-install the decoder over the weekend, and yes when it has the components facing down the...
188052 James McMahon
hotrains... Send Email
May 20, 2013
6:25 pm
Thanks Jim for your best practices.   Jim ________________________________ From: jimbetz <jimbetz@...> To: Digitrax@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May...
188053 tiddles4x4 Send Email May 20, 2013
6:33 pm
Ok, But how do I change the CV,s with the Sound loader software and PR3? I do not use a Digitrax controler....
188054 tiddles4x4 Send Email May 20, 2013
6:44 pm
Ok, But how do I change the CV,s with the Sound loader software and PR3? I do not use a Digitrax controler. The CV Edit window gives me three coloms; CV...
188055 Nigel Cliffe
ncliffe2001 Send Email
May 20, 2013
6:58 pm
There's a menu labelled "CV Editor" in the Sound Loader software, try that. Or, you could install JMRI on your computer, configure that to talk to the PR3 and...
188056 George Briscoe
georgebriscoe10 Send Email
May 20, 2013
7:10 pm
Hi Tad, When I did my 2 C420's I put a bit of solder on the frame contact pads on the decoder. Not difficult and if you put on a little too much you can file...
188057 Daniel Brewer
danbrewer.nmra Send Email
May 20, 2013
7:55 pm
Hi Marc, Thanks for the tips. I recd a note from Digitrax that was, well, less insightful. They said it sounded like a bad decoder.   Regards, Dan Brewer ...
188058 andrew
oztitanic101 Send Email
May 20, 2013
8:08 pm
hi all Being new to DCC, the only friendly points/crossings are, one they come with feeder wires attached, like the Peco SL-E393F crossing. The crossing is the...
188059 tiddles4x4 Send Email May 20, 2013
8:38 pm
So I should get 4 chuffs for one wheel rotation, is that right? I have set CV133 to 127. Sadly it is not load sensitive so with a heavy train I have lots of...
188060 MeanGene
meangenenavy Send Email
May 20, 2013
8:57 pm
John, One of the laptops I use for JMRI has a Bluetooth adapter built-in, which hogs a bunch of COM assignments. Since I don't use it, but can not turn it...
188061 tiddles4x4 Send Email May 20, 2013
9:12 pm
Thanks Gene. Unfortunately I cannot delete the COM,s as it says they are in use!! So the PR3 shares COM5 with a Vodaphone mobile internet thing that I never...
188062 cact25 Send Email May 20, 2013
9:15 pm
This is also true for the LocoBuffer as well. Jim In a message dated 5/20/2013 11:58:50 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Digitrax@yahoogroups.com writes: Now...
188063 tiddles4x4 Send Email May 20, 2013
9:22 pm
Have set CV134 to 30 and that seems to give a reasonable sound. Now to play with the acceleration as it is very slow to start and has lost a lot of top speed...
188064 foum58 Send Email May 20, 2013
9:30 pm
Jim, The Locobuffer-USB has a valid serial number burnt in to it and as such the com port assigned to it will remain fixed no mattre what USB port you plug it...
188065 foum58 Send Email May 20, 2013
9:54 pm
John. You can delete com ports assignements if you do not have the device. You can do it in the Windows USB device management (not fun) or use a tool. Such a...
188066 foum58 Send Email May 20, 2013
10:02 pm
This is how you go about it; experiment. If the bottom falls out, simply reset the decoder to defaults and start over. You can not do terminal damage. The...
188067 foum58 Send Email May 20, 2013
10:12 pm
In Soundloader you go to the CV Editor tool and open the app. Now put a check mark in the CV you want to read/change and hit the "read checked" button. Now...
188068 ken neufeld
ktneuf Send Email
May 20, 2013
10:33 pm
I have a DCS200, a DT400R and a UT4R. Doesn't always happen but sometimes the throttle speed will reset to 0 and the loco will stop. Yesterday I had a similar...
188069 John Burkhardt
johnb1us Send Email
May 20, 2013
10:45 pm
Ken, The address is active in 2 slots in your DCS200, most likely because it was not dispatched at an earlier use and now selected again on the current ...
188070 leedabsme74 Send Email May 20, 2013
11:09 pm
Clay, you have added some additional information that muddies things a little. The UR92 and the UR91 sometimes don't play well together. Digitrax has offered...
188071 spano_snu Send Email May 20, 2013
11:25 pm
Just a point of fact. The thermal coefficient of linear expansion for nickel silver is about 9 times ten to the minus 6 per degree F change, or 9 divide by a...
188072 padams2420 Send Email 12:51 am
Good day, All!! Having trouble getting my 402D throttle to enter programming mode. Freshly charged 9 volt batteries, programming booster and separate...
Messages 188043 - 188072 of 188072   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Add to My Yahoo!      XML What's This?

Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines NEW - Help