And by design it doesn’t switch to the program track for Ops Mode. No DCC system does. Ops Mode is supposed to be on the main track, since it only programs the loco you have selected. People who claim to have reset all their locos by using Ops Mode weren’t using Ops Mode, or else they actually had every loco set to the same address.
–Randy
JMRI isn’t really going to make a difference in speed matching. You can do it on your mainline easily enough. I use a “golden” engine, one that I speed match all teh other engines to. I create a consist with the engine I want to speed match as the lead engine, and add the golden engine as a second engine. Then I set them up next to each other on parallel straight tracks - but having them on the same track works too. Then I run the engines back and forth and use OPS programming (where you have to enter the ID no. of the engine you want to change) to adjust the lead engine’s CV5 (and CV6 if it has it) until they’re running at the same speed. Nice thing about doing it that way is you can do it in real time - change CV5 from 200 to 150 and the engine immediately slows down. Then I adjust CV 2, 3 and 4 so the ‘new’ engine starts and stops the same as the golden engine.
BTW space-wise, I have my PR3 and LokProgrammer and programming tracks connected to a laptop that are all sitting on a shelf UNDER the layout, so no extra room needed.
Hi guys,
I have a switch in my control panel where i can select whole layout or prog track only:
