I recall reading an article about a guy in O scale that was using 2 decoders in each of his engines. 1 for motor and one for sound. He would program the short address to "1" for every motor decoder and "2" for every sound decoder. Then he would program both with the long address of what ever road number the particular engine had. That way he would never forget which was which and he could program each individually on his program track. Maybe that helps?
Regards, Jonathan Blogs: http://RailfanX.blogspot.com and http://cloudvirt.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jonnyspeed Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jhatfield From: Don Thompson Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: sound decoders Dear Chris, We had this very situation before the Tsunami was introduced and we were installing the Soundtraxx DSX decoders in our F units. To program either decoder, you would have to unplug the one you do not want to change. This is due to the CV settings not being the same for all decoders, although many are the same, not all are. Fortunately, bot the DSX and Lenz Gold decoders used JST connectors for the wire harness so either could be unplugged. Although the Lenz silver was about $5 less expensive, we felt compelled to go with the decoder that would be easier for our customers to reprogram. Don > > . I was experimenting to avoid this as it adds another level of complexity > and if you want to program separately some way of isolating them such as a > switch. > Chris > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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/
