Hi Tony
I know nothing about NCE but in terms of the 9999 loco, this is needed to program CVs. Just like when you set up a loco decoder you send CV values to a particular address, you must do this with the 4018.
But if you are only setting the start address you don't need the 9999 address, just send a turnout/switch command.
Chris
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On 07/01/2020 21:44, tonyvink1@... wrote:
Hi,
I am having trouble programming my DR4018.? Every attempt at reading CVs fail.? Tried to read CV7, CV8.? ?I have the following hardware.
- NCE PH Pro 5 Amp DCC power
- Atlas N scale turnouts
- I have wired 4018 power and signal together and attached to my programming track.
- Also added a 170 ohm resistor between out 1 and C on the first device block
I followed the procedure (section 3.3 in manual) for programming track programming except for the LOCO 9999 address.? ( A DCC programming track does not have the concept of "address" so I don't understand that step )
Also tried the workaround in section 3.6 of the manual.? ( don't know it that applies since the green LED glows on the programming?track as long as I am in programming mode )? Anyway since the workaround did not need the LOCO address 9999 I tried it.? The red LED did come on when I moved to the programming track but still cant program.
I have tried too many goofy things to list here but nothing seems to work.
Hope someone has experience with NCE command stations and can suggest a way to program with it.
Thanks,
Tony
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Chris
