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Continuing the conversation, Don responds:
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Not likely – CV19 is just another location in the decoder to be compared to the data stored in the record in the Decoder Pro Decoder index.
This could be tested by changing CV19 in either the decoder itself or in the record in Decoder Pro, then running the compare function on the CV page.
“You read the part where I say the settings had been working... for years in fact,
right? No mysterious brake, BEMF, consist, or the like. And
Economies don't, to my knowledge, have Drive Hold, Reverser Centered, or such features that could even accidentally
be activated.”
Yes, I did.
The symptoms are identical to those reported previously by others where the
braking functionality _has_
been revealed to be the cause.? While you are
adamant this is not the case (no reason to doubt you), the symptoms _do_
seem to match that possibility.
So, if not braking related, what is left?
From your description, a reset decoder
works fine until the values stored in Decoder Pro are written to the decoder,
at which time the decoder ceases to
respond.
I don’t recall the specifics;? Can you share the make
and model of both your DCC system and the decoder again??
After you issue the decoder reset
command, the loco/decoder responds at short address three, correct?
And after that you write the data
stored in Decoder Pro back to the decoder, correct?
Does writing the settings from Decoder Pro
back to the decoder itself result in the address being changed from short address 3 to some other address (short or long), and that is the address
the decoder is not responding to?
I’m starting to suspect some type of
potential disconnect between data loaded into the decoder
via the reset, and data the command station
has stored in regard to the address that doesn’t work after the decoder data is written to the decoder.
Various DCC systems store different pieces of data about a loco/decoder in their memory.
I’m not a specialist on the internal workings of various command stations, so folks with knowledge of your specific
system’s internal workings would have to chime in here.
Hopefully this will give you some additional
paths to explore.
Keep us posted.
Best regards,
Steve
Steve Haas
Snoqualmie, WA
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Regards
