DakotaLove39
Always Improvising
Hello folks.
I'll preface this by saying I'm pretty bad with decoder programming. I know how to do it, but I have difficulty figuring out what values should be programmed into what CV.
I have a pair of Walthers Proto-2000 E7's, both are now DCC equipped. Loco #20B has cab figures, and loco #18A does not. I cannot ever imagine a reason why #18A would ever be used by itself and I am wondering if I should, or can, just program #18A to the same address as the other (2018), and set the decoder's direction value so that both locos do the exact same thing at all times without needing to be consisted? They will be coupled back-to-back at all times when used together. I have already run these units in tandem on separate loops of track and I have determined that they are essentially factory speed-matched.
Should anyone see this post that also owns Walthers Proto-2000 E7's, I have a question about getting the Mars lights to work, also. I went with a simple Digitrax DH126, quick-plugged to the factory motor board. The Mars light is already wired, but I don't know which function it is wired to. The board does not provide this information.
I'll preface this by saying I'm pretty bad with decoder programming. I know how to do it, but I have difficulty figuring out what values should be programmed into what CV.
I have a pair of Walthers Proto-2000 E7's, both are now DCC equipped. Loco #20B has cab figures, and loco #18A does not. I cannot ever imagine a reason why #18A would ever be used by itself and I am wondering if I should, or can, just program #18A to the same address as the other (2018), and set the decoder's direction value so that both locos do the exact same thing at all times without needing to be consisted? They will be coupled back-to-back at all times when used together. I have already run these units in tandem on separate loops of track and I have determined that they are essentially factory speed-matched.
Should anyone see this post that also owns Walthers Proto-2000 E7's, I have a question about getting the Mars lights to work, also. I went with a simple Digitrax DH126, quick-plugged to the factory motor board. The Mars light is already wired, but I don't know which function it is wired to. The board does not provide this information.
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