My DCC command station is the NCE PH Pro 5 amp system. ?I purchased a Power Pax to program the newer sound decoders and it seemed to do the job for a while, but eventually I put it away and purchased the Soundtraxx PTB-100 and it works just fine. ?Buying the Power Pax which was a little cheaper was my way of hoping to save a little money but that did not work out. ?
I have thought about trying to sell the Power Pax on ebay, but that is just passing on the problem. ?
I hope that this doesn¡¯t send this thread on a side track, but I believe that the newest Soundtraxx Tsunami decoders no longer require the boost of the PTB-100 in programming and in fact do better with out the PTB-100. ?So I have a switch now on my programming track to bypass the PTB-100 when programming the newest Tsunami decoders. ?
I would recommend going against adding more voltage to the layout just to facilitate program track programming. ?That would be putting everything else you have at greater risk of damage.
Thomas Cain Indianapolis, IN atsf93@... See my?NEW website?and layout?at: ?
Modeling the Eastern Illinois?Santa Fe from the Prototype
On Sep 16, 2019, at 7:20 AM, Frank Rich via Groups.Io <frich1230@...> wrote:
Hello All
I have learned that I cannot program any engines w/ JMRI on my program track.? JMRI works fine when I program on the main. I believe my PS14 power supply (with a Power Pax) is to low
Can someone suggest an 18volt power supply to try?
