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Title: activate smoke with dcc bachmann control
Post by: Luis Agudelo on March 13, 2026, 03:38:24 PM
This Bachmann HO USRA 0-6-0 + SoundTraxx Econami + Smoke train reference, allows to activate smoke with track sound from a dcc bachmann control, if not please indicate the references that have this function. 
Title: Re: activate smoke with dcc bachmann control
Post by: Len on March 13, 2026, 04:32:40 PM
This is the description for the 'SoundValue' 0-6-0 from Bachmann's on-line store. There is no mention of smoke:

Features Include
 Authentic USRA standard design
 Precision motor
 Soundtraxx® Hyperdrive2™ Advanced Motor Control for refined low-speed operation
 Flex-Map function mapping technology for reassigning function keys F0-F28 to any effect
 Hyperlight™ equipped headlight and reverse light with Rule 17 operation or automatic direction control
 Soundtraxx® Econami™16-bit polyphonic sound with user-adjustable sound effect and volume options
 Completely hidden drivetrain
 Upgraded locomotive body with refined and improved boiler and cab details
 Newly tooled roadname-specific coal or oil tender with operating backup light
 Operating LED headlight with roadname-specific placement
 Separately applied metal handrails and uncoupling levers
 Separately applied bell, number plate, and clear cab windows
 Highly detailed painted bodies with precision graphics
 Upgraded chassis and operating see-through drive wheels with spokes
 Metal siderods
 Blackened metal wheels with RP25 contours on locomotive and tender
 Magnetically operated E-Z Mate® Mark II coupler on the front and rear
 Product Measurements: L 9.5 in., W 1.5 in., H 2 in.
 Performs best on 18" radius curves or greater
 Retail Package Measurements: L 10.2 in., W 1.8 in., H 3.4 in.

The earlier version of the 0-6-0 had smoke, but no DCC decoder.

Decoder function outputs do not supply enough current to operate a smoke unit. You sould have to use the function output to trigger a relay that supplied track voltage/current directly to the smoke unit heater. And there is not really room for that in most HO locos.

Len