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A quick question for any Zephyr owners out there-- does it behave like the DCS 100 or DB150?

(It does have a Loconet connection, right?)

-Dave

A quick question for any Zephyr owners out there-- does it behave like

the DCS 100 or DB150?<

I have one but haven't hooked it up to DecoderPro yet. It should behave
just like a DCS100 as it has a programming track. DecoderPro does have a
different selection for it but I don't think there are any differences. I
have programmed with it using the programming track and it works just like
the Chief.

Jon Miller
AT&SF
For me time has stopped in 1941
Digitrax DCC owner, Chief/Zephyr systems
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS

Dave Falkenburg wrote:

A quick question for any Zephyr owners out there-- does it behave like
the DCS 100 or DB150?

(It does have a Loconet connection, right?)

Yes. It has the standard two ports.

I just not sure you can talk to it with Decoder pro. In other words,
but for reasons that I cannot recall, I believe the programming track is
not accessible via Loconet. But that is the question at hand? It would
be great if we can.


Best Regards,

Mark Gurries
Linear Technology
Power Supply & Battery Charger Applications Engineer/Manager
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At 11:34 AM -0800 11/5/02, Mark Gurries wrote:

Dave Falkenburg wrote:

A quick question for any Zephyr owners out there-- does it behave like
the DCS 100 or DB150?

(It does have a Loconet connection, right?)

Yes. It has the standard two ports.

I just not sure you can talk to it with Decoder pro. In other words,
but for reasons that I cannot recall, I believe the programming track is
not accessible via Loconet. But that is the question at hand? It would
be great if we can.

When it's the only command station, I'm told that it works fine. You still need an MS100 or LocoBuffer connected, of course.

A Zephyr can also be converted it to "booster plus throttle(s)", e.g. something else is being the command station, the Zephyr's command station has been suppressed, and the Zephyr acts like a Loconet throttle and 2.5A booster. In that case, you can no longer access the Zephyr's programming track from the LocoNet.

Bob

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Bob Jacobsen (Bob_Jacobsen@..., 510-486-7355, fax 510-495-2957)

Bob Jacobsen wrote:

A quick question for any Zephyr owners out there-- does it behave like
the DCS 100 or DB150?

Yes. It has the standard two ports.

I just not sure you can talk to it with Decoder pro. In other words,
but for reasons that I cannot recall, I believe the programming track is
not accessible via Loconet. But that is the question at hand? It would
be great if we can.

When it's the only command station, I'm told that it works fine. You
still need an MS100 or LocoBuffer connected, of course.

A Zephyr can also be converted it to "booster plus throttle(s)", e.g.
something else is being the command station, the Zephyr's command
station has been suppressed, and the Zephyr acts like a Loconet
throttle and 2.5A booster. In that case, you can no longer access
the Zephyr's programming track from the LocoNet.

Ah that's it. Now I remember....Thanks.

Does it implemtent the full programming command set if that makes any
sense at all?


Best Regards,

Mark Gurries
Linear Technology
Power Supply & Battery Charger Applications Engineer/Manager
---------------------------------------------------------
Model Railroad Club and NMRA DCC presentations are at:

--------------------------------------------------------
Audio Enthusiast (Love SAE equipment)

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At 2:19 PM -0800 11/5/02, Mark Gurries wrote:

Does it implemtent the full programming command set if that makes any
sense at all?

As far as I know, based on the documentation and what I've been told, it does. That is, it can read and write in paged, direct and ops mode. (Ops mode read is actually a cooperative effort between the command station and attached transponding receiver)

Bob
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Bob Jacobsen (Bob_Jacobsen@..., 510-486-7355, fax 510-495-2957)

Aw Mark, you made me take it downstairs and test it.
The four LED's flash when sending the data. Sometimes it would work and
sometimes not (message was couldn't see engine). It seemed to work better
with the DCS100 setting than the DCS50 setting, but hard to tell. Not sure
there is any difference with DecoderPro anyway.
I hooked a decoder tester directly to it and would get the same
response!
I then used it's internal controls, ie the Zephyr it's self and got
about the same response. So I have to guess from here that it's busted.
Both systems, DecoderPro or the Zephyr panel attempt many time to read but
have limited success. It's not that they never read but would guess 90% of
the time they can't see the decoder. I have tried different decoders and
different track and direct connection with a decoder tester. All behave
about the same. Comments?

Jon Miller
AT&SF
For me time has stopped in 1941
Digitrax DCC owner, Chief/Zephyr systems
NMRA Life member #2623
Member SFRH&MS


So I have some guesses here. The flashing LED's are probably current usage
that should be going to the programming track. I think the current is
limited too much to program. I tried both an engine sitting on a track and
the connections directly to a decoder tester. I think a call to Digitrax is
in order. I never saw the LED's flash when programming from the box but
maybe didn't pay attention.