Every month you manage to

Every month you manage to deliver another outstanding dcc article. They have been consistently useful and just like some tid bits in this months article cover many issues that can crop up when programing these things. I was sitting here reading this and partially through the article thinking how does one make sure that several different things are included in cv 29. If you set it to long address does that wipe the speed table? Just a bit more reading and it covers how multiple tasks and settings are handled with the same cv. The issues were addressed in a simple and easy to follow format so that non geeks could follow it easily.

Great job Bruce Again!!!!!!

Sorry I am out of thumbs!

Very Nice Job as Usual

Bruce:

Thanks for another of your clear, concise columns. You have a talent for making a topic easy to comprehend.

Joe

Thank you all ...

for your kind comments.

Y'all make me feel good. Thanks.

Wha's next month???

Sound decoders in an Nn3 Shay?

Very Enlightening

Bruce's articles are always enlightening and informative.  A must read every month.  Thanks Bruce!

Bit 2 definition

Using DecoderPro is the way to go. The NMRA changed the definition of bit 2 in CV29 in 2012. Check decoder data sheet to know what bit 2 does in your decoder. If DecoderPro has a definition for the particular decoder, it should know how bit 2 is used.

Mark Granville

That's bit 1, not bit2

Embarassment. Bits are numbered 0-7, not 1-8, so Bit 2 in previous comment is actually bit 1. Confusing, isn't it? All the better reason to use DecoderPro!

Mark Granville

Digitrax Trick

If you find that you have a decoder that is acting up, I have found that it can often be fixed by re-writing CV 29 rather than doing a full reset of the decoder. On a Digitrax system, rather than figuring out what value CV29 should be, simply reprogramming the address will cause the system to also write CV29. This works with 4 digit addresses and I think it works with 2 digit addresses, but I am not sure of that. If you have done something different, like enabling speed tables, that will get reset. I have found on several occasions, when a locomotive is acting strangely, it is because CV29 is messed up and this simple fix often cures the problem.

Simply great!

Dear Bruce, you were bringing me back to the nineties when programming CVs was made of decimal to binary conversions an vice versa. DecoderPro is the way to go but... I still use my Lenz Set 100 too, with the command station connected to the wifi network.