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Title: Alco 2-6-0 sound help
Post by: bogey on April 09, 2012, 04:21:26 PM
Hi guys,
I recently purchased the 2-6-0. My first sound equipped loco. Great for me. However I have lost the "blower" sound. Whistle, bell, compressor sounds there, but some how lost blower?
I use the NCE DCC. It was working fine when pressing 4 on power cab.
I tried to reprogram using the dcc fact sheet for the loco but no luck.
Should I try a factory reset? If so how?
Help please!!!


Bogey
Title: Re: Alco 2-6-0 sound help
Post by: MilwaukeeRoadfan261 on April 09, 2012, 04:38:14 PM
That would be the logical path and as far as how, just reset CV 8 to a value of 8 then unplug the power supply wait a few seconds and plug it back in. If the sound doesn't turn on right away, it worked. If the sounds activated right away, try again.
Title: Re: Alco 2-6-0 sound help
Post by: bogey on April 09, 2012, 04:55:09 PM
Thanks very much. Will try do.
Title: Re: Alco 2-6-0 sound help
Post by: richg on April 09, 2012, 05:32:17 PM
Quote from: MilwaukeeRoadfan261 on April 09, 2012, 04:38:14 PM
That would be the logical path and as far as how, just reset CV 8 to a value of 8 then unplug the power supply wait a few seconds and plug it back in. If the sound doesn't turn on right away, it worked. If the sounds activated right away, try again.

I use the NCE Power Cab and the reset has always worked for me. Powering down the Cab and powering back up is important.

Rich
Title: Re: Alco 2-6-0 sound help
Post by: bogey on April 10, 2012, 10:52:00 AM
Thanks guys. All sorted.Blower sound is back!!

One more thing.
I notice on the decoder specs sheet for this loco that they list a speed table within the range of values CV67-94. I had a look at this and made some adjustments.
I have put a good slow speed on the loco, really sounds great.
However now the chuff rate is quite a bit out of sync? The default value is on 39.
Is there perhaps a speed vs chuff rate value table that can help with synchronizing of the chuff rate and speed?  Or is it a matter of trial and error?

Hope this makes sense.