Dynamis

[Mr.Train]

 Does anyone here own a Dynamis system if so how is it working and would you reccomend it for a beginner?

[richG]

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Rich

[Yampa Bob]

A person should learn to swim before getting into deep waters. It's your railroad and your money, but you need to ask yourself "Do I want to just have fun running my trains, or spend a lot of time fiddling with CVs"?

You should download the instruction manuals for Bachmann EZ Command, NCE Powercab, Digitrax Zepyr, Dynamis, and MRC Express/Advance.  Read them thoroughly then decide which best fits your needs.

Don't be misled by all the hype about running multiple trains. For a small single main like mine my motto is: "One engineer, One train", then I can give that one train my undivided attention. I don't even have to look at the controller.

Would I recommend Dynamis for a beginner? My honest answer is "No".  Other's mileage may vary.

[pdlethbridge]

acceleration / deceleration rate, momentum, lights, chuff rate etc. These usually are done once, a set and forget thing. Any cv's changed should be recorded for future reference. Yes, one or 2 engines in consist, 1 engineer. Have fun. The learning curve for a more advanced system is not that bad. I still have a lot to learn on my NCE power cab but I was running a train right after I hooked it to the tracks. Very simple set up.

[Jim Banner]

Other than the address CVs, the CV I would most miss if I were not able to adjust it would be CV2, the start voltage.  A quick tweak of CV2 and my locomotive starts when I crack the throttle, not when I reach half way.

[Yampa Bob]

Most of my locos start moving at about the 8 O'clock position. My sound AC4400 fires up when I barely crack the throttle. Of course I rarely pull more than 8 or 10 cars.

I control acceleration/deceleration and momentum by careful use of the throttle. It makes me feel like I'm in control of the loco, not the loco controlling me.

[pdlethbridge]

Some locos are slow starters, my sd 45 for one. It won't start until about 40%-45% of throttle. I'll be tweaking it to start sooner tomorrow. I couldn't do that on ez command.

[Yampa Bob]

In the morning I am a slow starter also. Think a Power Cab could tweak my starter upper?   

Heading for Denver again tomorrow, want to look at the new Overlands in Rio Grande yellow that just arrived at Caboose. I should say let my wife look at them. 

[pdlethbridge]

your starter upper got up and went,,,, several times