Hello! Wondering if anyone has any pointers on programming these beautiful new models. I have two of them that arrived this week and last.
I want to remap a number of functions so that it matches the standard throttle layout that I use with the rest of my fleet. JMRI DecoderPro doesn't yet have a decoder definition for it, but I have been able to do some basic programming using the decoder definition for the ACS-64 which is similar, but that decoder definition doesn't give access to much of the controls, such as the multiple "pages" of functions that you get when double-pressing F8 (in fact, the double-press F8 is one of the functions I need to change as I use F8 for Front Marker Lights).
I have reached out to Bachmann Support and to TCS, the decoder manufacturer, but have heard no replies as of yet. TCS offers a "programming" tool called Depot but it is still in beta and it doesn't actually have any capability currently other than to update firmware in their products.
Somewhat related, I've been unable to find the precise model number or specs of decoder in this model as well so far.
Any help or guidance would be much appreciated! I am so excited to work with these locomotives but I really want their throttle setups to match the rest of my fleet. I would seriously configure re-wiring it to have a NEM-21 connector with a Loksound decoder if I weren't in awe of the sounds that this TCS unit makes, and given that ESU Loksound doesn't have a sound set for the Charger (and probably won't for some time), I'd really like to avoid going this route. However if I cannot get the functions/throttle configured to my liking I will go that route and install the Loksound instead as the function layout is most important to me. Rewiring the electronics in new locomotives is something I've done many times and am quite familiar with doing, but I'd like to avoid that if possible.
Thanks for reading!!
I want to remap a number of functions so that it matches the standard throttle layout that I use with the rest of my fleet. JMRI DecoderPro doesn't yet have a decoder definition for it, but I have been able to do some basic programming using the decoder definition for the ACS-64 which is similar, but that decoder definition doesn't give access to much of the controls, such as the multiple "pages" of functions that you get when double-pressing F8 (in fact, the double-press F8 is one of the functions I need to change as I use F8 for Front Marker Lights).
I have reached out to Bachmann Support and to TCS, the decoder manufacturer, but have heard no replies as of yet. TCS offers a "programming" tool called Depot but it is still in beta and it doesn't actually have any capability currently other than to update firmware in their products.
Somewhat related, I've been unable to find the precise model number or specs of decoder in this model as well so far.
Any help or guidance would be much appreciated! I am so excited to work with these locomotives but I really want their throttle setups to match the rest of my fleet. I would seriously configure re-wiring it to have a NEM-21 connector with a Loksound decoder if I weren't in awe of the sounds that this TCS unit makes, and given that ESU Loksound doesn't have a sound set for the Charger (and probably won't for some time), I'd really like to avoid going this route. However if I cannot get the functions/throttle configured to my liking I will go that route and install the Loksound instead as the function layout is most important to me. Rewiring the electronics in new locomotives is something I've done many times and am quite familiar with doing, but I'd like to avoid that if possible.
Thanks for reading!!