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Structures
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Railroad
Locomotives
Rolling Stock
Maintenance
Daley Train Log
Page 42
I encountered a problem yesterday evening while trying to run a couple of my locomotives. In one case I was unable to "wake it up" so it would respond to my commands. In the other case the locomotive "had a mind of its own" and wanted to run at a particular speed and direction without responding to my commands for change.
Clearly, I need to have a better understanding of how to communicate with the decoder in the locomotives. This is a technical issue, not one of actually knowing what I want the locomotive to do next, but one of knowing how to tell it what I want it to do next.
The issue is complicted somewhat by realizing that I have two different types of mobile decoders in my locomotives: Quantum and Tsunami. I need to keep a record of which decoders are in which locomotives:
Date Installed |
Number |
Prototype |
Decoder |
Sound |
12.27.2007 |
CN 6700 |
C-Liner |
Quantum QSI |
version 7 |
12.02.2009 |
CN 1706 |
GP-7 |
LokSound |
V3.5 |
12.02.2008 |
CN 7985 |
SW4 |
LokSound |
V3.5 |
06.04.2009 |
CN 7847 |
Alco RS-3 |
TSU-AT1000 |
ALCO 244 |
06.04.2009 |
CN 1720 |
GP-7 |
TSU-AT1000 |
EMD 567 |
06.04.2009 |
CN 9408 |
Alco FA-2 |
TSU-AT1000 |
ALCO 251 v12 |
06.04.2009 |
CN 8414 |
0-8-0 Steam |
TSU-AT1000 |
Light Steam |
07.09.2009 |
CN 6707 |
Alco FA-2 |
TSU-AT1000 |
ALCO 251 v12 |
Everything appears to be working fine at the moment. I have added a power cord to the main connection to the house outlet so now one simple toggle switch can turn the entire layout on and off. Every little bit helps.