Hi Jestor,
thank you for your answer.
The most important hints I got from this website
http://www.girr.org/girr/tips/tips10/davenport_tips.html
Now I'm installing a Zimo MX 640 Sounddecoder. I'll do a sounddesign specially for this Zimo Sounddecoder in this Bachmann Davenport. You can get directly from me or look in some month by http://www.zimo.at/web2007/content/sound/tableindex.htm When I've done the job you'll find below US Dep.
Sincerly
Heinz D

Hi
has anybody put a DCC decoder into the little Davenport?

I cann't find more information as where I have to plug in the 8 pin connector?

Makes the 8 Pin connector possible to controll the light and the smoke unit by a DCC function?

Is the Davenport with a in-plugged 8 pin DCC decoder able to programming and changing CVs?

Thanks you for every help.
Heinz

Hi Peter,
you can set all by CVs with your DCC. The detail adjustements of the sound is made for programming on the main, not only with exhchange of CV values, but you can during running your engine change to the Zimo incrementel programming mode of this decoder family. The programming mode is very comfortable. You'll change in the way like one up, one down, like the volume controll of your tv. Please look at www.zimo.at . The webiste is on the main a german language website, but most of the important things like the pdf booklet to the MX 690 is for download in English too. Zimo has a very fast support and they are absolutly able to help you in English too. 

Maybe a little help for you. If you have changed your CVs in a wrong way and your no more able the find the way out. Set CV 8 value 0 enter and the decoder is doing a reset back to my project.

I'm still awaiting my item of the Mallet to finish the project.

Heinz

Yes, the all-in-one solution is the MX 690 combo sounddecoder from Zimo. Zimo works on every NMRA DCC System. It's the high end brand in Europe! I'm working on two finescale version of Mallet sounddesign for this Zimo sounddecoder.

As soon as I get my item of the Mallet I'll finish the project and the Sound will be avalable from Zimo.

Version one is the Mallet Compound sound. You hear the exhaust from the frontdrive because steam ist working in serie (compound) in the zwo drives
Version two is the asynchrone chuff after the power upgrade to a simple articulated in the early 40ties. Each drive get the steam directly from the regulator and has his own exhaustpipe. You hear a terrible chuff like a double header.

Single chime and Multichime whistle, airbellringer or swingbell, generator, coalshovel, waterinjector, blower, airpump, cylinder blow down, wheelscreech in curves, water fill in, popvalve, Breakscreech.
12 functions operating by the engineer, 3 inputs for automatisation of effects by the trackwork,

Exactly working virtual chuff without any problems by different trackvoltage, no dificult triggerinstalation is needing!

V Typ is designed for chuffing smoke units. 2 wires to the heater and 2 wires to fan. The decoder is regulating the heating between a small smoke in the waiting engine, full power heating during decreasing speed a smaller smoke during a drifting phase.
The smoke chuff comes exactly at the same time as you hear the chuff.

no another electronic is needing.

Look at the price. You pay not more as for a Phoenix sound, but you get them all, the sound, the decoder, the trigger and the smokeunit electronic - it's really an all-in-one.

Ask Mr. Axel Tillman how to buy in USA.
http://www.train-li-usa.com/store/index.php?cPath=83

Ask me for a little mp3 to lsiten what your Mallet can be!!!!

Sincerly
Heinz

I've done the soundjob artwork, using more as 30 genuine soundsamples of the K-27 463, for the hardware plattform MX 690 from Zimo. The plattform is consequently designed for DCC, but can also cofigured to operate with DC, loosing some feathures.
The sound art work is free.
Read here on anther tread for more informations http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/index.php/topic,6586.msg55827.html#msg55827
The Zimo plattform can be operatet with added powercaps. No charging time is needing and the capacitors has spare power enough to run the engine on dirty tracks without undesired stopps.
Heinz

Good idea Peter, but I wrote, I've done this soundjob for club members. One of these two engine owners is on a Railfantrip in the USA just to the end of November and the another one has no car and need to take the big Box in the public train to meet me and let run his engine on my layout. The last point I have no camcorder.
I'll see what I can do to let you hear a soundsample.

Listen the Bachmann large scale tree truck Shay with DCC Sound onboard. The quality of my design for the K-27 is similar or better as the onboard sound of the Shay

On the Zimo plattform you don't need to configure the soundjob, but you are free to customize every detail with hundreds of programming switches. But don't forgett to read the book before.....

Heinz

Based on the DCC Sounddecoder MX 690 from Zimo a museum quality sound is available. Ask Axel Tillman from www.train-li-usa.com the distributor of Zimo in USA.

I'm a hobbyist like you and I'm a member of the US G-Scale Friends in Switzerland. I've done a fine soundjob with the genuine sound of the 463,  recorded when she was running on the C&T. I've done this soundjob for another club members. I'm spending you all my job for free. You can download and flash into a MX690 or you can order an MX690 factory flashed with the K-27 sound by train-li-usa.com.

You'll find the powerfull chuff recorded at the location Cresco Tank, three different single chime whistlerecords of the 463, the swingbell, the big airpump, coalshovel, the wining generator, blower, injector. The sounds are playable, what means the whistle sounds just you relaese the button on your command control. Some sounds are doing to shorten by only a very short pushing on the button. The engine has an Auto cylinder blow down, by starting after a little waiting time, but you can operate for special effects by commandcontrol.

The 3 whistlerecords are a short, a long short, and a highway crossing

For the chuffs I'm using 20 different soundfiles. Every one listen and seeing a K-27 equipped with this sound is delighted.

It's a very simple installation. You don't need a cam. All is made with the precision of a Swiss Watch and the internal cam is up to 99% synchron 4 chuffs per revolve.

The DCC sound is also ajustable for operating by DC power and 3 inputs allows to operate 3 effects without DCC operation.

Ask Mr Tillman or ask me.

Behind the Zimo Sounddecoder is the Zimo Largetraindecoder MX69 strong for 5 Amps with peaks to 8 Amps. This decoder is very smooth driving the K-27, like a precious clockwork. You can add a powercapacitor with 22mF and your K-27 will run 3-5 inch without a powerconnecting by track. Forgett all you erver heard about pickup problems till now.

Have fun

Heinz

I've another soundjobs for the little Porter, another small engine, for the Bachmann Climax inclouding the idle of the gears tooth and I'm under construction with soundjobs for the Heisler, the Mallet as a Compound. I'm in discussion with the development dep. of Zimo how to do a real assynchron operating simple articulated with 2 x 4 chuffs.

Hi Folks
I've done a Soundjob on the Zimo Hardware. This project I've spent for all modell railroaders, which are needing a soundsolution for their K-27. It's a free opensource download from the website www.zimo.at  for using the Zimo Sounddecoder MX690S. You'll finde below software/ZSP/ ZSP/DOWNLOAD aller aktuellen ZIMO Sound Projekte and scroll to the US departement.

I've done a Soundproject for 2 clubmembers using the genuine K-27 Sound from the 463. The chuff is recorded in location at Cisco Tank, the whistle, the bell, airpumpe, dynamo, injector. All these and more effects, are taken from the 463, I've all made with looping areas for realtime playability. Directswitch for "Approaching a Highway crossing" sound. The project is able to flash into the Zimo DCC Sounddecoder MX690S for large scale and into the MX640 for 0n30. Everybody seeing and listening the engine is surprised, about their prototype like Sound

The wiring inside the K-27 tender is a simple job of 15 minutes. The K-27 Sondproject is flashed in 5 minutes into the sounddecoder inside the engine using the zimo computerinterface. If you flash the  "K-27 US G-Scale Norm" all the CVs are preset to run your Bachmann K-27 on your layout.

If you don't like to operate DCC today, but in future maybe you'll change, the MX690 is able to operate with only DC power too. He has 3 inputs for 3 reed switches to controll 3 different soundeffects. Your are able to adjust with the free Zimo Sound Programmer software

If you like more informations ask me, or ask Zimo in Vienna for the US representant. In future you can order the MX690S Sounddecoder inclouding the K-27 Project. Please order Project US G-Scale Norm.

Heinz D
US G-Scale Friends in Switzerland

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