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164694 uprailfan844 Offline Send Email May 1, 2011
7:27 am
Dick Maybe it's time to ask again. I need a UT4D that has the ability to access accessory decoders and with a street price of the D402D at 200.00 and a UT4D at...
164695 Jim A.
trainkludge Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
8:58 am
James: As Mike posted there are other "controlers" that live on LocoNet and read the commands going to the accessory decoder and set the lights. RR-Cirkits...
164696 Jim A.
trainkludge Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
9:15 am
Scott: Have you used the Digitrax Soundloader software to download the ALCo file to the decoder? While JMRI can download, using the included Digitrax software...
164697 john
jdefrayssinet Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
10:06 am
To clarify, I have a major show every month for the forseeable future, including one in France and another in Luxembourg. I cannot set of my layout every times...
164698 Phil Euper
peuper@att.net Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
10:18 am
As far as Mu'd loco's go....we build our consists here with a DT300/400, whatever and dispatch them then pickup the consist we want with the UT4...
164699 Phil Euper
peuper@att.net Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
10:29 am
John Why not just go to the RR-Cirkits web site and get the correct driver for the OS you are having trouble with? Dick has always been very helpful to me with...
164700 Peter Ulvestad
peter.ulvestad Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
11:41 am
That is a problem because of windows not the LocoBuffer. Drivers are not included like they are for a generic mouse. Use a non-generic mouse and you would have...
164701 DALDEI
johnsdad99 Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
12:30 pm
What switch motor/machine are you using ? If your using a Tortise then you can make use of its built in SPDT switch to control an LED or 2. -David...
164702 Phil Euper
peuper@att.net Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
1:26 pm
Peter It is not a "Problem" with Windows either...it's just the way things work! Learn how to use these systems OR move to something else. Very simple, you...
164703 kk4ej Offline Send Email May 1, 2011
1:51 pm
Steve, There ARE circuits to create random "numbers" but its actually a hard thing to do. Any microprocessor based circuit will grab a cell of memory and use...
164704 kk4ej Offline Send Email May 1, 2011
1:57 pm
I would add it is BECAUSE of the UT4R I made the choice to use Digitrax! I dont want my operators to be programming, setting turnouts or whatever while they...
164705 Ken Cameron
thundrfoot Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
1:58 pm
Other tricks from the gaming world: If you were happy with 5-8 range, then a 4 sided die, added to 4 would work. If you wanted 4-8 range, then a 5 sided added...
164706 rhartl524549 Offline Send Email May 1, 2011
1:59 pm
Good Morning. I am looking at a NIB Super Chief System that shows having a DT402X with a paper in the box stating "DT402X version update. I did not see a...
164707 Ken Cameron
thundrfoot Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
2:13 pm
The thing I find about throttles with the turnout commands are these: 1. Typos on entering the turnout number will throw some other turnout and Murphy...
164708 Ken Cameron
thundrfoot Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
2:16 pm
Frequently people would use a 'X' to say the group of throttles: DT402 (no radio), DT402R (simplex radio) or DT402D (duplex radio). But that means what you...
164709 Ronald Hartl
rhartl524549 Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
3:19 pm
This is a note he had in the descripton. The picture has "radio equipped" on it but it also shows a UP5 for a plug in .....Thanks...Ron BTW, several people...
164710 Rich Black
richhelena Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
3:51 pm
When I was in grad school in the mid sixties, we got a fancy new computer. We used a flaw in it to generate random digits. If you asked it to divide by zero,...
164711 Jim A.
trainkludge Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
3:51 pm
Ron: If this is a radio version you should also see includes UR91, that's for the DT402R or UR92 that's the DT402D. A non-radio version should include a UP5 I...
164712 alpha.guitars Offline Send Email May 1, 2011
3:57 pm
I'm a bit confused here, what kind of motors are you controlling your turnouts with? I'm not that familiar with unitrack, does it require a special motor?...
164713 mythink Offline Send Email May 1, 2011
4:36 pm
Thanks for the info Info from every One. I looked at the rr-cirkits TC64 and also looking at the DTM30 Super Tower Master they both seem to have a base then...
164714 larry_020@... Send Email May 1, 2011
4:46 pm
Another low tech idea http://www.random.org/integers/?num=100&min=4&max=8&col=5&base=10&format=html&rnd=new Enough random numbers for your next hundred op...
164715 PaulMmn Offline Send Email May 1, 2011
4:50 pm
UniTrack is HO or N scale track with a built-in ballast strip. Turnouts include a switch motor hidden inside the ballast strip. There are only 2 wires...
164716 Scott Bergey
12221947@... Send Email
May 1, 2011
5:06 pm
I am using a MacBookPro which handles things a little differently than a PC. I did not download the soundloader file. I now have it on a CD, butI may have a...
164717 ncliffe2001 Offline Send Email May 1, 2011
5:45 pm
... I don't know about the TC64. But, the DTM30 is a stand-alone product. Its designed to make turnout control panels with switches and indicator lamps. You...
164718 Sean Graham-White
alasgw Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
5:54 pm
You could just buy a Tam Valley Depot singlet servo turnout switch machine -- which comes with pushbuttons and LEDs to indicate switch position, and an...
164719 ncliffe2001 Offline Send Email May 1, 2011
5:56 pm
Scott, SoundLoader will not work on your Mac unless you are running Windows on your Mac (its possible, but its unusual to do so, and I doubt anyone who needs...
164720 RK_Dave Offline Send Email May 1, 2011
6:38 pm
I received multiple responses off-list from folks who have see or experienced this "lazy" behavior. Digitrax seems to be silent on the issue (no response to...
164721 Scott Bergey
12221947@... Send Email
May 1, 2011
6:42 pm
We have a PC with windows at our club and also a PR3 and DecoderPro (just no internet connection). I will take my CD with Soundloader down there this week and...
164723 Bob H
cmrproducts Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
7:11 pm
RK What the problem is that the Digitrax system only sends the DIRECTION Command once when you push the button! Unlike the SPEED Command gets repeated - so the...
164724 Malcolm Alberry
malcolm.albe... Offline Send Email
May 1, 2011
9:17 pm
Hi everyone I am pleased to say both Locobuffers have been installed on one laptop correctly and work fine. John now has backup laptop assured Thanks for all...
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