I only have one BLI loco, Mikado, I have not had any problems what so ever
reading or programming this loco.
My secret to programming locos, any brand (I haven't tried MTH though) is to use
JMRI and a SPROG, NCE, ESU, Digitrax, Bachman, Hornby, TCS, QSI, Soundtraxx,
Lenz and MRC have been no problem at all.
John
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From: Classic Auto Portraits <classicautoportraits@...>
Date: January 9, 2019 at 10:35 AM
Dear Robert,
This seems to be a problem encountered often with many owners of BLI
locomotives. I own a number of BLI N Scale locomotives, both steam and
diesels. BLI locos are notoriously poor in their response to JMRI. I've
contacted BLI Tech Support regarding this and their stance is that JMRI
is not an NMRA system. I've been told that using a "Burst Module" to up
the current during programming is the answer, but I've not pursued this.
This may have to do with overcoming any onboard capacitors. BLI makes
fantastic products. The detailing and sound are great, but this is their
one major drawback. Any one out there with an answer?
Regards,
Robert Diepenbrock
On 1/9/19 9:15 AM, Robert J. Richter wrote:
Last knight a club member came to me with a Broadway ltd Pennsy K4 and
I put it on the program track, It read as short address 174, correct
long address but with short bulleted I corrected that and read the
decoder all CV¡¯s, saved then it would not find it in the list and came
back with short address (I had saved bulleted and wrote long) redid
the whole thing still would not find in list and then we went to the
regular track and it had changed not only the short but also the long
address as something completely different, made me look real stupid to
the member who was kind about it but was really frustrating.
Any thoughts on what I did wrong?
Robert J. Richter
283 Elm Street
North Reading, MA 01864
