(plus the analog--presumably straight DC--setting) Go with the analog straight DC and save yourself a lot of headaches!
"S"tring Bob __________________________________________ --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacek...@...> wrote: > > > I am feeling unusually dumb, even more than usual, about the electronic end > of the hobby. > > I read the Bachmann manual on the basic system I bought, and I read the > manual with my SHS > 2-8-0, and I am obviously missing something, as I cannot get the locomotive > to move. > The SHS manual says that the DCC address is set at the factory to the > road/cab number of the unit, > but this particular one has four digits, while the Bachmann console offers > only nine single-digit > buttons (plus the analog--presumably straight DC--setting). Moreover, since > this is second-hand, > I have no way of knowing what the previous address setting is. > > There is a click in the tender when I push some buttons (I think the stop > one) but no other indication > of anything going on. I am about to pull the decoder and install the > shorting plug to make sure it > operates properly on DC. > > Can anyone help me sort this out by e-mail? > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
