Mornin' crew, afternoon Steve
Another interesting adventure on Sunday evening - gather 'round, and I'll tell ya all about it.
Sarah [my eldest daughter] called me at ~9:00pm to tell me the Honda's brakes were barely working, so I told her to get the h*** off the road immediately and I'd come out to pick her up. She told me the name of the street she was on but I wasn't exactly sure how to get there, so shortly after I left I tried calling her on her cell phone for directions. No answer, left a voicemail. I tried again a few minutes later - still no answer. Several more tries with same result.
Now I got worried, because young women stranded on the road at night are highly vulnerable. It was the longest 30-minute drive I have ever made. But I finally got to the street where she was at, and she was OK. She hadn't heard me trying to call because her ringer was on 'silent' mode
. Anyhow, I climbed into the Honda and noticed the parking brake lever was up [on]. I asked her if she used it when the regular brakes failed and she didn't know what I was talking about. [Hmmmmm....] I released the parking brake, drove ~20ft, then pressed the brake pedal. Stopped like normal. IOW, Sarah had been driving with the parking brake on (she's a
blonde, remember)!
I didn't get mad at her though, since she did what she was supposed to do in an emergency situation. Just a slightly painful learning experience for her!
Ken: Just a thought but take a look at the Soundtraxx online (printable) manual on programming. As CV's are a NMRA driven beast they should be the same regardless of maker...
Thanks
Fergie, but I think those standards only apply to motor and light control settings. The CV's I've seen for controlling sound are different for QSI and Digitrax, and they're in the range of CV112 thru CV256, which [according to the NMRA standards page for CVs] are "reserved for manufacturer use."
Dang I wish they'd release the Diseasle Tsunami...!