| Archive for thecentralstation.myfreeforum.org Railway modelling for all Scales and Gauges |
| poliss |
I must have one of these!!Athearn Big Boy pulling 41 wagons with sound.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfd1IewbV0Q |
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| upnick |
I'll supply the wagons if you supply the big boy Poliss ... lol | ||
| poliss |
On my track that amount of wagons would be more than a tail chaser, they'd be sitting on the loco. lol She is a beaty Nick. Worth every penny. | ||
| upnick |
''I must have one of these ''
Well i have one on the way ...thanks Poliss for the link ..... The dog has that challenging (no pun) look of beat you to the door when its delivered ......i have my running shoes all polished up and ready to go though  
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| upnick |
 4-8-8-4 #4001 arrived first thing and runs beautifully few track issues to sort out but all ran smoothly, as you said Poliss perfect track is needed
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| poliss |
Now what are you going to do for a Xmas pressie? 
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| upnick |
 Rake of U.P. Kato coaches to go with it would be nice, with lighting. 
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| poliss |
How many sounds have you found so far? | ||
| upnick |
Only got a chance for a quick test run this morning before work Poliss but just going to run again will let you know how it goes i know this morning i couldnt get a readback from the decoder on the programme track to readdress it, had bell chuff and horn this morning for starters. | ||
| upnick |
Back after trying to programme the loco i can get the manufacturers number (144) but it doesnt read the decoder version and goes to paged mode .. got the address set there ''4001'' but when i go to try it the direction is wrong and trying to set the CV 29 to 2 it takes on but sends the address back to 03
Still i tried the sounds and using the function buttons got all the sounds outlined in the manual F1 - F9 including all 19 whistles on F8 as to the others i'm not sure how to get higher functions than F9. |
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| Rog (RJ) |
I think you need to add 32 to CV29 to enable 4 digit addressing, so in this case you would write 34 to CV29. | ||
| upnick |
Hi RJ, Many thanks for the information after my last post i tried programming on the main track as Athearn mentioned voltage may not be good enough to programme on the programme track with sound decoders fitted ...... it worked first time and now has the address 4001
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| poliss |
*takes notes furiously* | ||
| upnick |
Looking at this one now
http://con-cor.com/zephyr.html Need to fibd out which decoder fits it and if a sound decoder wll fit to fit inside the predrilled out second coach for sound
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| poliss |
Odd looking trains are my kind of thing. I'm not keen on the alooominum color scheme though.
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| Teleman |
Looks like a Dalek , nice though | ||
| poliss |
I collect Daleks too. See my photobucket page.
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| upnick |
After talking to my DCC supplier they dont know if a sound decoder exists for the Zephyr after looking on Loksounds lists so maybe i'll give it a miss and after seeing an article on DCC fitting it seems its a tight fit ...... and go on the hunt for more U.P coaches ......
The Procab it seems needs a new Eprom chip which is on its way to access functions higher than 12, has anyone replaced one of these as i may be being alarmist but i dont like the reading in the online manual 4. Carefully bend the leads of the new EPROM until they are straight down the sides of the EPROM to line up with the socket holes. are the new leads like a plug in decoders leads and nothing to do with the 28 pins to line up in the socket ? as i dont fancy bending the pins if this is the case. |
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| Rog (RJ) |
It will be the 28 legs of the actual eprom chip. Quite easy to get them straight, just hold the chip by the ends and press one side of the eprom down onto a nice flat surface then do the other side of the eprom. | ||
| poliss |
A no_prize to the first person who can say what EPROM stands for.
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| poliss |
There are three makes of UP smoothside coaches as far as I know. Kato and Con-Cor you probably already know about. There is also Rowa, which made the coaches for Con-Cor as far as I remember. | ||
| Teleman |
No there not , but i'm not keen on the idea of 'home fitting' of eprom or any other chip as you can blow then it you don't fit the right |
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| upnick |
Got the eprom fitted, the trick is to line up one side the hardest to see when its installed then gently let in the other side of pins.
Amongst other things of course now i can access the missing functions on the cab the chip i took out was dated 1994 ! |
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| poliss |
Dated 1994 hmm, from what you read on the Big H forum you'd think DCC only started last week. | ||
| Camborner |
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory. |
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| upnick |
This is true Poliss, i have some Con Cor U.P. coaches but they seem a bit to chucky egg yellow to me bit too deep a shade routed them out of the box and found some still need microtrains trucks ftting
Another job to do ..........
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| poliss |
Don't believe everything you read in Wikipedia Declan. | ||
| Camborner |
The only other one I can find is Entrepreneurial Programming and Research On Mobiles | ||