Just got these 2 new Bachmann locos and can’t change the engine address with my Digitrax Zephyr. I can change the other parameters like accel/decel, but not CV1 in either loco. I can change CV1 in my Loksound decoder. What am I missing. I am trying to do this in OPS mode on the mainline and i’ve also tried page mode on a programming track…but no luck. Thanks!!
What address are you trying to enter, 2 digit or 4 digit ?
2 digit can only be changed/set on the program track.
4 digit can be changed/set on the main (OPS).
You must change CV29 to permit 4 digit addressing. Put 34 as a value in CV29 if you want 4 digit address. Put a value of 2 in CV29 if you want 2 digit addressing.
Do you have DecoderPro at home ?
[#ditto],but with the two 'ts
I asked the same thing about a month ago. No problem after I finally paid attention to the instructions I had been flipping past for almost a year in my decoder manuals.
Hi UpNorth and Otis…I am using 2-digit addressing, and have tried the changes to CV29. I can see that the changes to 29 are being accepted (if I change the direction bit, etc) but none of the settings make changing CV1 work. I have CV29 set to 6 (the default) now, but tried all the settings that I thought might work. No luck so far. Any other ideas on what I might be missing? Thanks again!!
I’d change CV29 to value of 2 and leave it their. This turns analog conversion off. Known cause of few issues.
To change the 2 digit address you must be on the programming track, OPS will not work. Other suggestion if this does not work, reset to defaults.
http://www.tracksidesales.com/decoder_reset.htm
This will bring it back to 2 digit default address 3. Best of luck
You might want to try putting the Zephyr into “blast mode” for programming by changing OPSSW #7 to closed (C). Be aware you must remove the connection to layout and only leave the program track connected. Blast mode sends the commands out on program track AND rail A rail B from what I’ve read. Change the OPSSW $7 back to thrown (T) when finished. This is not documented in the book but came up in Digitrax forum and JMRI forum.
[tup][tup][tup][tup]UpNorth…the OPSSW #7 thing worked!!! That switch isn’t even listed in the Digitrax book. Thanks a billion for that tip!!! Gotta go play now. [:)][:)][:)][:)]
That new 2-10-2 is a really slow moving loco. Is that typical for these to have such a low “top speed”…or do I have to change a CV? Everything is at factory defaults now…and it was like this out of the box. Thanks!!
2-10-2’s are drag freights. Depending on the road you model, depends on the top speed. Between 35 and 45 is considered top end for these locos. The DM&IR ran thiers around 35 to 40mph topped out with a load behind them, C&IM ran thiers closer to the 45mph, but then again central Illinios is very very flat compared to Upper Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin. Other roads ran differently. Since I have a DM&IR 2-10-2 I have put the top end at scale 40mph and adjusted the rest of the steps accordingly. Though I do plateau the throttle for a couple of steps.