On 2 Aug 2019, at 8:04 PM, Frank in Houston <
upitrr@...> wrote:
Question please. ?Since I already selected the model of the decoder for this new Atlas GP-7 (I used ¡°LokSound Select¡±) from the listing of available ESU decoders AND downloaded all of the CV¡¯s from this new locomotive using ¡°LokSound Select¡±, (it took about two hours)¡. IS it to late to use NEW LOCO¡ª>READ TYPE from Decoder and start all over again? ?(Then again download all CV¡¯s from the locomotive?)?
It's never too late to get it right. You need to start again. Don't use Paged Mode (despite bad such advice on some OEM data sheets). If your system supports it, use Direct Mode. The difference in speed is great. Two hours indicates you used Paged Mode.
?I am sure some CV¡¯s used by the locomotive were missed by ¡°LokSound Select¡± as the Atlas instructions that came with the locomotive suggested changing some CV¡¯s which I could not find using ¡°LokSound Select¡±.
There are at least three vastly different families of ESU decoder in recent OEM models; V4/Select, Essential Sound Unit and V5.
While some CVs are in common many hundreds are not.
You MUST use Read Type From Decoder to get it right. And don't use Paged Mode. Some systems will fail trying to read these decoders correctly in Paged Mode.
Dave in Australia
