Quote from: bapguy on June 10, 2013, 01:46:04 PM
Go to the Soundtraxx web site. In the lower right corner is a link for manuals. Click on that and scroll down to the Bachmann name. Click on that to down load the factory defaults for the CV's. CV2 set to around 15 might get your locos to start sooner. I use the Digitrax PR3 and Decoder Pro. It's great. Joe.
Sorry about the long delay posting back. I found the Soundtraxx Bachmann link....and the default CV's for the FA2 didn't work for squat (engine wouldn't move - only had the sound and lights).
I tried resetting the decoder with CV8=8 with mixed results - meaning it now ran but when I tried to assign a 4 digit address it wouldn't respond.
Through trial and error I found that setting the address to the default 03 restored full operation including lights and sound.
Didn't make sense to me whatsoever why it worked with the default 03 address but wouldn't when I set up a 4 digit address. Long story short - and I absolutely don't understand the why - to get the engine to run with a 4 digit address I ended up having to first set CV29=38, then assign the 4 digit address, after which I then set CV 3 & 4 to my preference along with CV 25=2 for a linear speed then adjusted the bell ring rate and last lowered the master volume.
And while this has nothing to do with the above, all but one of the (3) the Bachmann DCC on board w/sound -and one of the (2) DCC on board only I bought were over greased in spades - gobs of it thrown out from the gearing along with oil from one end of the frame lip to the other on both sides. Apparently a new hire, lack of QC or both as why.