Converting to DCC.

[CraigB]

Sound value.  I've read that the TCS decoders are even better.  Hard to imagine how.  And yes, the smooth running at slow speed makes it nice and easy to manipulate connecting cars, navigating turnouts....etc.

[trainman203]

Cv's 209 and 210 govern motor control.

This will work for any sound value engine, and for Tsunami before series 2.

1.  Get engine on a track controlled by a system that can change cv settings (no EZ Command)
2.  Set cv 2 (starting voltage), 3 and 4 (momentum), 209 and 210 (motor control) to 0.
3.  Set throttle to step 1.  Engine won't move yet.
4.  Try gradually increasing cv 210 value until engine barely starts to move.  It will be jerky.
5.  Slowly increase cv 209 value until jerkiness smooths out.
6.  Set momentum values for smooth start and stop.  I like cv3=100 and cv 4=50 but you may want more or less, experiment.

At this point that baby ought to start and stop silky smooth and crawl like an ant.

If things slip up you can always reset with cv8=8 plus track power interruption.

[CraigB]

Hmmm..........All I have is EZ Command Plus.

[trainman203]

Can't do any of that on EZ command.  It is a train set unit, designed to at least open the door to DCC and sound for train sets. 

The customizing of CV settings is a more advanced Model Railroad process.  Most train set people don't want to fool with that or don't even know about it. So Bachmann has properly produced a unit that provides just enough DCC features to please them, allowing basic sound and some basic functions. 

EZ command is basically DCC training wheels.  At some point you'll want to take them off and get a big boy bike.  It took me a year to do that.  EZ command was great for a while, but it finally got old.  When I did get a full DCC system, it was akin to seeing the universe for the first time through the Hubble telescope.

[Ralph S]

EZ command is basically DCC training wheels

Ok, I have to defend Bachmann on this one.  The EZ command is a basic DCC system, I'll admit that.  It's not a training system.  Yes, if you set the CV's on another system, the EZ command can support its use, provided one uses single digit CV's.  I've had the EZ Command for quite some time without issues.  My one sound locomotive works with the EZ command, not that I use it that much. 

Bachmann introduced the "Dynamis" system (I haven't bought it yet) but was looking into that system which does have the features that everyone seems bent on having.  (In another post, I ask for anyone that has the Dynamis to kinda give their thoughts on its use.  No response as of this post)

Disclaimer: I'm not professing that Bachmann is the greatest, nor the worse, and I'm not being paid to support or refute any Bachmann products. 

For additional info: Programming Long addresses With EZ Command    

[trainman203]

I stated the same in some other post.