Quote from: CorianRUs on March 25, 2021, 01:31:52 PM
I recently purchased an ESU Cab Control DCC system. I find it hard to use and the instructional videos on there web site not clear. Does anybody know of an app. to use or some other way to research the system other than trial and error?

If you read the instructions that were installed with the system equipment and then find the ESU Cab Control DCC  system hard to use and the instructional videos on their web site not clear.... you have acquired the wrong dcc system for you

Suggest you locate someone with a DCC system and program CV 128 Master Volume Control to a value of zero if the locomotive you have is equipped with a Sound Value decoder.

Cutting wires to speaker will void product warranty.

Sound on when track power is applied  is the default for the factory installed  decoder  and it cannot be changed. Replace the  decoder with one that has the features you want.

Quote from: Hunt on January 09, 2021, 11:56:02 AM
Bach-man,

plug-in socket : NMRA medium 8-pin or what?

Speaker:
  Type: Single Driver
  Shape: Round
  Size:  30mm
  Power: .5 Watt (Nominal) 1 Watt (Peak)
  Impedance: 8 Ohms
Or what?


Does speaker have a baffle or does the tender shell function as baffle?

OK the latest info about the plug-in socket can be found in 
Click Here

Still to be provided are the specs for the factory installed speaker.

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Also the product description in the Bachmann Trains Online Store and many retailers is still wrong

Mike,

Click Here for a list of supported CVs and their factory default value.

You have a selection of three whistle sounds,
Whistle Selections:
   Nathan 5- Chime (default) 0
   B&O 3-Chime                   1
   C&S 74 Yard Mix               2

Write a value for the whistle sound you want to CV 115.

Terry,
The soldering iron I use cost more than you need to spend.  The Weller WLC100 Len uses is one you should compare to any another iron 40 Watt in your price range being considered.

Solder - suggest using Kester "44" Sn63 Pb37, .015" diameter Rosin-core solder. Kester part number 24-6337-0007

Most important with your heath condition,  time soldering must be limited and only done in a very well ventilated work area.

Quote from: Terry Toenges on February 05, 2021, 04:46:47 PM
Not all like Bachmann locos are created equal. My two stock Bachmann DCC equipped F7's pull apart after a few laps when I run them back to back on the same address with E-Z Command.
I know. I know. That's why I should get a different DCC system. 

Terry,
In your situation, not only do you need a more capable DCC system, you also need to install a better decoder in each locomotive. The basic Bachmann E-Z Command decoder does not have the minimum number of CVs required to speed match the locomotives.

majord732,

After it is known which locomotives you have and they run close enough to be use in a consist then there are different ways to create a consist of locomotives depending on the capability of the locomotive's decoder and how closely you wish to model a prototype consist determine which you should consider.

If you want simple, do not use the consist programming methods provided by the NCE Power Cab but program all the locomotives that make up the consist to same address. If your locomotives are equipped with the basic Bachmann E-Z Command decoder this what I suggest you use. If you have more capable decoders in locomotives with lots of features then perhaps you will want to use advanced consisting.

Jumping ahead ----

"The JMRI consisting tools don't currently work with the Power Cab (due to changed memory access commands with this command station compared to the Power Pro). One day I may get time to look further into this.

You can use the Consist buttons on the Power Cab throttle to create NCE consists and use JMRI throttles to drive them. There is also the Browse Consists (shortcut = PROG 9) feature. Since the Power Cab only supports 16 advanced consists, using the throttle to manage consists is not onerous.

The very ultra-important thing with NCE consists is to only ever use the lead or rear loco address to create JMRI throttles and never the consist address. That's the case with all NCE systems, see the document above. If you do that with your NCE system and JMRI, you'll have no problems."

Dave Heap,
JMRI developer working using NCE hardware
  12/26/20

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Now read and adapt to the consist you are trying to create.

Click Here NCE Consisting

Click Here   Setting Up An Advanced Consist The NCE Way

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There are some good and some not so good videos on YouTube. Once you identify the locomotives you have I can suggest one or more videos to use with the NCE Power Cab System Reference Manual.

Quote from: rich1998 on February 02, 2021, 04:03:24 PM
. . . . . I had posted a link here but it was removed.

Rich

Rich post removed ?  Click Here but some of the content is already out of date.

Correct typo,
. . . Diagram shows H601X+PCB03 for F7B PBC PCB that includes the decoder.

Gapped Power Track (Straight 44548 or Curved 44549) not required but can make this easier as it is difficult to remove rail joiner from Bachmann track without damaging the track. Most gap the rail of a regular section of track rather than trying to replace rail joiner with insulated ones.

Yes
Center wire of 3 wire green cord to turnout switch is the common.

Click Here Diagram shows H601X+PCB03 for F7B PBC that includes the decoder.

Click Here Bachmann HO EMD F7B Sound Value Equipped Configuration Variable Defaults

No User or Technical manual available for the decoder. The Sound Value decoder is not a Tsunami but similar.  You will have to adapt
Click Here Tsunami Diesel User's Guide
Click Here Tsunami Diesel Technical Reference

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How to program the decoder with DecoderPro and Digitrax DCS52
Click Here JMRI Decoder Manual
Click Here   JMRI Users group

Quote from: Hunt on January 31, 2021, 08:51:03 PM
1. Are you using NCE Power Cab or what? How long have you been using this DCC system?
2. Identify the Bachmann locomotives -  are they factory sound decoder equipped?
3. Reset the decoder in each Bachmann locomotive.
4. At this point, each locomotive has the same address,   3

With no other locomotives on track --- Place both on track about a foot apart and run using address 3. Do they stay about a foot apart or does one run faster than the other,  how much faster?

majord732,
Need the above to determine if speed matching is required before consisting.

1. Are you using NCE Power Cab or what? How long have you been using this DCC system?
2. Identify the Bachmann locomotives -  are they factory sound decoder equipped?
3. Reset the decoder in each Bachmann locomotive.
4. At this point, each locomotive has the same address,   3

With no other locomotives on track --- Place both on track about a foot apart and run using address 3. Do they stay about a foot apart or does one run faster than the other,  how much faster?