Great to see you got the engine running. This is for all model railroaders who don't have years or decades of experience with DCC: read the instruction manual that comes with your system, decoders, accessories, etc. I'm not saying the OP didn't read the manual, I'm just advising everyone to read theirs because, for example, in the NCE PowerCap manual it explains 3 and 4 digit addressing. I believe the other manufactures do the same. RUclips is a great wealth of knowledge but sometimes the old fashion resources are still the best.
This is very true. My short coming is sometimes I read things while either not knowing the importance of it or not fully understanding it and then I do not recall it when needed. I probably read this over a year ago and unfortunately, it was not memory holed…. Hopefully I store it now lol.
I'm glad you got it working. It's always frustrating when an engine doesn't respond like it should, but after a while you'll get good at troubleshooting. Programming is always the most tedious part of DCC.
@@PaulSmith-pl7fo I love being able to customize everything, but boy does it take a while. Sound decoders especially. Even on my 4th Tsunami 2 decoder I still spent over 2 hours programming, speed matching, and fine tuning, but that dynamic exhaust is so cool once it's set right.
I am glad as well. It was a little frustrating at first. There is just a steep learning curve. It is very cool to see where this hobby has gone to though. Little by little I challenge my self which forces me to learn more.
I always set my values at the recommend suggestions with your digatrax instruction sheet. CV's 3/4 are normally set to 4. But I have found that some locos simply take more amperage to start up. I have one loco that does the same as this one no matter what I program the start voltage.So, I just roll with it. Just saying this so you do not feel alone !! The RUclips COMMUNITY is awesome for information 🤩
Thanks for the tip. I will look at the values noted in the instructions and see how that runs. The RUclips community really is a great resource. So many of you have helped me out a ton!
All of you viewers have been extremely helpful throughout my journey on RUclips. Many comments have solved my problems when they come up. It is great to see how helpful this community can be.
Glad you've been successful. I typically leave the short address at the factory default of 3 (and don't have it active). Even locos with a number under 127 get set as a long address. for example, the one you have with road number 103, I would set up with a long address of 103.
If you are not getting the locomotive to move at all at speed step 1, first check the three step values for min, mid and max, especially CV 2 for min speed. If it is zero, Set this to a higher value say 1-5. If it’s already at a low value, and still no movement then you can try adding some kickstart which adds a little voltage to overcome the loco’s initial inertia. I believe digitrax is CV65 for kickstart.
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Great to see you got the engine running.
This is for all model railroaders who don't have years or decades of experience with DCC: read the instruction manual that comes with your system, decoders, accessories, etc. I'm not saying the OP didn't read the manual, I'm just advising everyone to read theirs because, for example, in the NCE PowerCap manual it explains 3 and 4 digit addressing. I believe the other manufactures do the same. RUclips is a great wealth of knowledge but sometimes the old fashion resources are still the best.
This is very true. My short coming is sometimes I read things while either not knowing the importance of it or not fully understanding it and then I do not recall it when needed. I probably read this over a year ago and unfortunately, it was not memory holed…. Hopefully I store it now lol.
I'm glad you got it working. It's always frustrating when an engine doesn't respond like it should, but after a while you'll get good at troubleshooting. Programming is always the most tedious part of DCC.
Those damned CVs!
@@PaulSmith-pl7fo I love being able to customize everything, but boy does it take a while. Sound decoders especially. Even on my 4th Tsunami 2 decoder I still spent over 2 hours programming, speed matching, and fine tuning, but that dynamic exhaust is so cool once it's set right.
I am glad as well. It was a little frustrating at first. There is just a steep learning curve. It is very cool to see where this hobby has gone to though. Little by little I challenge my self which forces me to learn more.
I always set my values at the recommend suggestions with your digatrax instruction sheet. CV's 3/4 are normally set to 4. But I have found that some locos simply take more amperage to start up. I have one loco that does the same as this one no matter what I program the start voltage.So, I just roll with it. Just saying this so you do not feel alone !! The RUclips COMMUNITY is awesome for information 🤩
Thanks for the tip. I will look at the values noted in the instructions and see how that runs. The RUclips community really is a great resource. So many of you have helped me out a ton!
See how subscribers and/or other modelers can bale you out . I didn't catch the mistake but glad someone else did!
All of you viewers have been extremely helpful throughout my journey on RUclips. Many comments have solved my problems when they come up. It is great to see how helpful this community can be.
Hi Silver State Trains & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Silver State Trains & Friends Randy
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Glad you've been successful. I typically leave the short address at the factory default of 3 (and don't have it active). Even locos with a number under 127 get set as a long address. for example, the one you have with road number 103, I would set up with a long address of 103.
I agree and this will be my practice from here on out. I will need to reprogram engine 103 under the long address. Lesson learned here.
If you are not getting the locomotive to move at all at speed step 1, first check the three step values for min, mid and max, especially CV 2 for min speed. If it is zero, Set this to a higher value say 1-5. If it’s already at a low value, and still no movement then you can try adding some kickstart which adds a little voltage to overcome the loco’s initial inertia. I believe digitrax is CV65 for kickstart.
Thank you for this! I will mess around with this engine in another video. This gives me a solid place to start.
Great!
I am glad it worked out.
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