I have an older FT-A Locomotive, marked DCC On-Board. It is functioning exactly as it should and has been addressed the say way I address all my DCC locomotives. It responds to all the typical commands provided it by my MRC Command System. That is all the good news. Now the bad news. I actually have no idea where and how I acquired this. When going to DCC from Analog, I bought up a lot of locomotives with the intent to evaluate and potentially upgrade. I am now looking to bring this one on-line. it actually is a powerfull little unit and heavy enough to drag a lot of cars.
The problem is I can not find any manuals for the programming. The board in there is motive and light control only. It appears there is a space for a rear light so I would imagine that is easy enough, but would love to program a start voltage. The decoder is marked per the subject as RoHS H601X#PCB01 Rev-A. I can only assume that there was a manual for programming when it was originally sold, but I can not find this on any of the general discussion boards or on the support sections for bachman.
I originally thought of installing a keep alive, and a sound board, but really no room in the cab for either. Now thinking of installing a keep alive and a sound only decoder to a special sound card behind the locomotive. Please dont ask the typical question of "Why the Heck would I do that" of "Why would you not just pull the whole board and install a better, more recent sound board". The answer is simple, I enjoy the making and the doing of it. It is a hobby and I want to make it work.
Any help pointing me to info on this board would be greatly appreciated. I believe the board is a Lenz made for Bachman.
On the programming track, you can read a number for the decoder manufacturer. On my NCE system, the programming track first reads. 1-STD 2- STD. Selecting "2" leads to the succession that gives me a code number for what the decoder actually is.
I've never had to do it, but there ought to be a table online of those numbers that tells you who made that code and what version it is. Once you know what it is, you can seek manuals are possibly even online information about it.