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to any of the software writters of decoder pro

is there any interest in finding out why the jmri program has problems with the broadway limited paragon 3 decoders. ?i purchased 4 engines. 2 when put on the programming track can be detected. the basic and motor pages can be read and written to. all of the fancy sound and speed pages read some cv¡¯s and get error on most. other 2 engines. cant be detected. cant read their cv¡¯s and get error on every cv written.

however what is written, even though jmri tries 3 times and claims it failed, does get written at least on the basic page.

it would be nice to be able to know the cv settings but jmri gets errors on most and at best only reads a few.?

i can change the address of the engines despite jmri saying it failed but it would be nice to be able to control all the sound and other nice features this decoder has.

i havent yet tried to use the digitrax handheld to change cv¡¯s. i assume that will work but that is a very tedious job assuming i can find documentation for this decoders that maps all the features listed by jmri to specific cv numbers.

technical support from broadway limited claims their decoders can be programmed but cant tell me if the jmri failures means a bad decoder or not. their support is limited to ¡®do you want to send it back to us to look at and we will do that in about 8-10 weeks.¡±

i dont see the point in sending them back to the dealer for replacements when others seam to have the same issues. ?they are nice engines with so many features even if i cant control those features with any certainity

tony


On Jul 26, 2018, at 8:30 PM, Classic Auto Portraits <classicautoportraits@...> wrote:

Dear TOny,

I have a number of Broadway Limited N Scale diesel locmotives. I love them for their detailing and great sound, b ut I have had issues with programming their decoders.
One way you cans et addresses is wit the Broadway Limited Address Changer. Luckily we have one at my N Scale club, however this doesn't help change other CVs.
I haven't had any issues with coding Paragon3's, but I have had some with paragon2's. I have one PA1 that will not change from 03 address no matter what I do. I'm sending it back to BLI for a new decoder. The others I was able to successfully program after repeated tries.
Also Digitrax mentions something called "Blast Mode" that deliveres additional power when setting decoders. I haven't used this but it would be worth considering .See attached below:

Regards,
Robert



On 7/26/18 2:26 PM, AD wrote:
i bought 4 emd type n scale dcc engines made by broadway limited and they have a paragon 3 sound decoder.

using my existing roster on panel pro i place an old engine on the programming ?track of a dcs 100- digitrax.
it finds the engine with no problem and can read all the sheets.

i place these new engines on the programming track. click new engine/read decoder
half the time it cant find the engine. if try many times i get to identify the decoder.?
i select paragon 3 diesel and open programmer

if i try to read all sheets it reads some cv and not others.

one engine i got to run on a long address but when i add a consist it doesnt respond to its address or the consist address. ?2 engines have been found only once in at least 50 attempts. all engines were tested by running them on address 3. now one engine doesnt run on either its short or long address.

i cant do a reset on 2 engines since the jmri program doesnt see them

does anyone have any experience with the n scale engines from broadway limited using paragon3 decoders.

anthing i can tryt before sending them back to the dealer. ?they are nice engines. i never had a decoder with so many fnctions and conrols. ?when i read the basic page on 2 it reads. i was able to change the speed table on one but cant repeat it as it will not read the speed table page as well as many of the nice feature pages but will read the basic , motor and light pages


want can i try

are these just bad decoders

tony

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