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Frank Rich All Messages By This Member #163950 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? Thank You Frank
Paul J. Crozier Smith All Messages By This Member #163955 开云体育 Frank, There is a power supply available from Digitrax as I got mu PR3 with the optional power supply. Paul On 9/16/2019 4:20 AM, Frank Rich via Groups.Io wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text 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? Thank You Frank
David Klemm All Messages By This Member #163956 开云体育 Frank, Get rid of the Power Pax and use a PTB100. The PS14 is enough power though I have a 16 volt on mine.? David Klemm Xs Max toggle quoted message Show quoted text From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul J. Crozier Smith <pjcrozier-smith@...> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2019 9:26:25 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [jmriusers] PR3 Power supply ? Frank, There is a power supply available from Digitrax as I got mu PR3 with the optional power supply. Paul On 9/16/2019 4:20 AM, Frank Rich via Groups.Io 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? Thank You Frank
Breezlys All Messages By This Member #163957 Frank, Get a 16-18VDC power supply for your PR3. I use an 18VDC 1.1 amp power brick salvaged from an old inkjet printer.? Then get rid of the Power Pax. You won't need it. My PR3 with that 18VDC supply will reliably read/write to any sound decoder I've tried (just about all popular brands except MRC). HTH, Steve "Breezlys"
Tom Cain All Messages By This Member #163963 开云体育 Frank,? 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 toggle quoted message Show quoted text 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? Thank You Frank _._,
Dave Heap All Messages By This Member #163972 Thomas, On 17 Sep 2019, at 3:45 AM, Tom Cain <atsf93@...> wrote: 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. My experience with the NCE Power Pro, PowerPax and PTB-100 was similar. The PowerPax did not work as well as the PTB-100 with my Power Pro. Dave in Australia
Alex Greig All Messages By This Member #163974 Hi there, I have had similar problems with my PR4. Can anyone suggest the best product to use as the power supply and the PS14 jack on the PR4? Or alternatively an adaptor between standard chargers and the jack on the PR4? Regards Alex
Ken Cameron All Messages By This Member #163976 I'll chip in with my PowerPax history. I came before the PTB-100 was available, maybe before the PR3 too. But it came with an 18V supply. I've been using it successfully for at least 6 years now, maybe more. Right now, only the new Tsunami 2's need me to bypass the PowerPax. That's running with a DCS200 and I think that's about when I got the PowerPax was when the DCS200 came out. -Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team www.jmri.org www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org www.cnymod.org www.syracusemodelrr.org
John H. Reinhardt All Messages By This Member #163982 开云体育 On 9/16/2019 6:20 AM, Frank Rich via Groups.Io 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? Thank You Frank `This is the 18v P/S I got for my PR3.? With it I could program everything but a BLI Paragon 2 N-Scale PRR M1a/b.? I had to go to a SPROG 3 for that.? I could program ESU, Digitras, Lenz, NCE, TCS and Soundtraxx Sound Value Decoders (Bachmann).? I did have a Soundtraxx Tsunami or other decoders.? Nor a QSI or MRC.` `Specifics: Input Voltage: AC 100-240V (Worldwide AC Input) Input Frequency: 50-60Hz Input Connecter Standard: 2 Pin US Plug Output Voltage: DC 18V 1A Connecter Size: 5.5*2.5mm As the pictures shown Cable Length: 4ft Color: Black` -- John H. Reinhardt PRRT&HS #8909 C&O HS #11530 N-Trak #7566
Kurt Konrath All Messages By This Member #163993 开云体育 In the past someone suggested old laptop power supply.? I have one that works great for me. ?Fits the PS3 or 4 perfectly Kurt Konrath toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Sep 16, 2019, at 8:06 PM, forfoum@... wrote: On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 06:37 PM, Alex Greig wrote: Hi there, I have had similar problems with my PR4. Can anyone suggest the best product to use as the power supply and the PS14 jack on the PR4? Or alternatively an adaptor between standard chargers and the jack on the PR4? Not sure what you are asking.but here is my interpretation. The plug end of the Digitrax PS14 DC power connector? is 5.5? x? 2.1mm . 5.5 is barrel diam . 2.1 is the PIN diam. Neat trick from Digikey. A round tooth pic is 2.1/2.2mm diam. If you stick the tooth pic in the pin hole of DC connector and it is held in place,? the tip is 2.1mm.? If the tooth pic falls out easily,? it is a 2.5mm pin. Marc
Breezlys All Messages By This Member #163995 On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 10:46 AM, Tom Cain wrote: 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. Tom, ?The PR3 is a combination LocoNet to PC interface and stand-alone programmer. Using a 16-18VDC power supply with it does NOT "add more voltage to the layout". Steve "Breezlys"

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