The headaches appear in the feet. JA
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From: shabbona_rr
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 3:00 PM
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Bachmann DCC
(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:
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> 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.
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