I ¡®suspect¡¯ the recommendation was for a 1,000 ohm resistor.? Possibly a typo.
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This is a ¡®common¡¯ solution for programming Lenz, and Lenz manufactured OEM non-sound decoders on a DCS50.? The resistor was needed so the decoder would create the ¡®ACK¡¯ response on the programming track.?
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I¡¯d not heard of this being needed with a ¡®Sound Value¡¯ decoder, but if it works so be it.? I think this ¡®trick¡¯ works on a DCS51 as well.
I'd think *VERY* carefully before adding a 1 ohm resistor. It's nearly a short.
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Wouter
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PS: in fact: don't.
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On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 at 17:38, PennsyNut <pennsynut@...> wrote:
I'm not sure if this will help. Because my experience is with GP7. Sound Value.
I use a Digitrax DCS50. When trying to program a Bachmann, I couldn't. So I contacted Digitrax and they said "add a 1 ohm resistor across the wires to the programming track". I did and that solved that problem. That was the only way I could get the engine from
03 to the loco number. I've heard an alternative is for a 12v light bulb/auto 1156? across those wires. So, it might be as simple as this was for me.
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Morgan Bilbo, PRR fan
