Hi Dave,
Actually, I had the complete programming system set up before I switched
to S-CAB, which I used to program my Tsunami decoders. You can see my
set-up here:
http://pmrr.org/Articles/DCC/index_LVL2_Tsunami_Decoder_Programming.htm
What I want to do now is to enhance this set-up to allow me to program
the more "advanced" CVs (or possibly even Tsunamis) when the decoder is
installed in an S-CAB-equipped engine. Due to the special situation of
the S-CAB system, an additional board is needed. The larger question I
want to answer is this: If I have a Digitrax system, what do I need to
be able to program S-CAB decoders (beyond the basic CVs, which the S-CAB
system lets you program directly from the throttle)? Neil doesn't have
any experience (from what I can gather) with the Digitrax system, so
part of the exercise is also to be able to report back to Neil whether I
can do it or not. If a person doesn't want to mess with all of that
programming, he/she can just ask Neil to program the decoder to his/her
specification before he mails it to the customer. I just want to
experiment with this myself.
By the way, I enjoyed your FNF report, and, now that I was able to see
your layout in person, I have a better idea of what you are taking about
in your reports. Look forward to seeing some progress photos once you
start building the scenery-by-the-staircase. :-)
- Peter.
On 09/14/2013 1:19 pm, David Heine wrote:
Peter,
If all you need is a programmer, and depending on what you can get for
your DCC equipment on the used market, you could replace it with a
device such as a SPROG.
http://www.sprog.us.com/
http://www.sprog-dcc.co.uk/index.shtml
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
*From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
Behalf Of *Peter Vanvliet
*Sent:* Saturday, September 14, 2013 12:39 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: {S-Scale List} FNF 9/13/13
Good to see this thread back! I hope more people will share their "S"
efforts.
This week I finished permanently installing the B.T.S. "Greeley's
Place" kit (a.k.a. Smitty's Rod-n-Reel) on my layout. This involved
connecting the two surface-mount LEDs that are in the structure to the
layout's accessories bus. I then built up a bit of scenery around the
whole building. I hope to add a nice, large tree in the next few
months to provide Smitty with some shade during the hot Pennsylvania
summer months...
http://pmrr.org/Layouts/PMRRBranch/ProgressReports_LVL2_52.htm
A couple of impromptu mini, one-man operating sessions this week were
a welcome break from the computer...
Last night I finished testing the free-rolling abilities of all my
cars by swapping out wheels and/or trucks... whatever it took to get
some nice rolling cars. I am happy now.
Over the past several months I have been scratchbuilding a large
industrial building (called the Canonsburg Milling company, which was
a real company, but I have no prototype photos of it). I am down to
building the last wall on the building. This one will be behind a
"concrete" dock, and will feature a second-floor access door, accessed
via one of the Kaw Valley Designs staircase kits. This week I decided
to cast the concrete dock out of Plaster of Paris, and using some Lego
blocks I had bought on eBay a while back as the mold master. It worked
well (took three days to dry). I hope to finish installing this last
wall section this weekend, and hopefully also install the roofs. Then
it will be off to the paint shop. Final painting and detailing will
probably take several more months.
I have also been digging more into the battery-powered S-CAB system
that I use. For example, I wanted to find out what it takes to program
the non-basic CVs of the decoder. I had planned on selling my now
surplus Digitrax DCC system, but it turns out that you need a DCC
system to be able to program the non-basic CVs (use your own or borrow
a friend's). I hope to experiment with this in the next month or so
and report my findings on my web site.
Our club, the Houston S Gaugers, were in a sad state about four months
ago when it looked like we might only be doing one show a year from
now on; and that is a one-day show to boot! My, how times change. We
now have three shows lined up: October, November, and January! The one
in January will be the World's Greatest Hobby show here in Houston,
and we plan on bringing out every single module the club and
individuals own. Several of our club members have been busy improving
the looks of some of the modules. I plan on adding some scenery
elements to some of our modules in the next few months as well.
If you are in the Houston area during those months, check out the
"Events" page of our web site:
http://www.houstonsgaugers.org/
There is always something fun to do in this hobby!
- Peter.
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Houston, Texas
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Houston, Texas
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Fourth Ray Software <http://fourthray.com/>
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N.A.S.G. <http://nasg.org/>
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