Thank you for your input. I will look again at the sound decoder instructions. Hopefully it will be successful.
Thanks again for your help.
Phil
Furthering Marc’s response:
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My recollection is that the SFX004 ‘Sound Bug’ was specifically designed as an add-on sound decoder for Digitrax motor decoders.? There are ?‘common’ CV’s were both decoders ‘should’ be programmed the same and ‘exclusive’ CV’s, not included in the motor decoder, for sound customization.?
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The SFX004 manual says:
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QUOTE?? The SoundFX? sound CVs in the range of CV140 to CV256 let you customize your decoder without having to reprogram or change the installed sound scheme.?
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Standard decoder CVs in the range of CV01 to CV120 operate the same as fora non-sound FX3Digitrax decoders (they control motor and light functions etc.) CV58 is used as Master Volume, and CV60 is used to select an alternate scheme, if provided in the sound project.? END QUOTE
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This allows programming both decoders simultaneously without using a scheme (decoder lock; separate addresses, etc.) to program only 1 decoder at a time.
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As Marc says, a ‘combined’ decoder definition could be created for Digitrax decoders fitted with a Sound Bug.
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This is unlike other situations described, using a sound only decoder from one manufacturer with a motor decoder from another.? Many of these combinations often have conflicting CV assignments.
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My 2 cents.
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Ross
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Interesting question that I have never seen before: combining two decoders into one definition file and subsequently a single roster entry.?
Could be done as these decoder do have a series of shared and not shared CV's.
A custom definition file needs to be built.? Combining Digitrax_SFX.xml with Digitrax_01x3.xml? or portions of both.
There is no JMRI tool to combine two definitions into a single Roster entry.
If this is what your question was about.
Marc
