I am dusting off my programmer after a long break The updater program is loaded and running on my Windows 7 laptop The problem I am having is that it doesn’t seem to be able to “see” the sound files I

I friend would like me to program and send him some Q1a chips with different horns for his Intermountain F7’s I have some P2k and BLI engines with QSI decoders and wondered if I could use one of these

Try setting CV11 to zero. Some DCC systems don’t refresh the commands as soon as others Tom in Texas

I use a 9 volt battery to check the polarity of the motor connections. The wire which moves the locomotive forward when connected to a positive voltage is the one which go to the orange wire on the ne

I didn’t see any mention of trying a reset. I usually use the 3 CV method Set CV49 to 128 Set CV50 to 255 Set CV56 to 113 If it has a reed switch, the ultimate is to hold a magnet above the switch and

I have never had any luck getting the F6 double push procedure to work. I also have found it works better to disable the talk back feature even before trying to program on the programming track What p

Your programming track may not have enough power to read the sound decoder

The three CV reset procedure almost always fixes that problem for me. If it doesn’t, the never fail option for me is to use a magnet and a slowly increasing DC voltage Tom in Texas

I always use a 4pdt switch so I can kill the power to the adjoining portal section or sections while using the programming track Tom in Texas

Thanks for the quick response. I will get back to you after the holiday. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, Tom in Texas

I have some extra QSI OEM decoders. I read someplace that I need to use 1.5mm JST connectors. Is this correct? Tom in Texas

Litchfield Station shows the chips on their website http://www.litchfieldstation.net/product/ho-dcc-decoder-upgrade-chip-by-qsi/ Tom in Texas

If the 3 CV reset method doesn't work, I revert to the old standby of putting the locomotive on a section of track hooked to a D.C. Power supply, place a magnet above the reed switch and then slowly i

I double checked and verified that verbal feedback is turned off What I did discover if I status edited (Digitrax) the decoder address to 28 speed steps, it runs just fine. I don't remember ever havin

Yes, I use a PTB 100 on my programming track but the engines also seem to go stupid when doing OPS mode programming Tom in Texas

I am trying to speed match and reduce the volume on a set of BLI F7's. Oh both units the engines drop into idle mode after any attempts to program using the next to latest version of DecoderPro or wit

I have only been moving the chip between the 2 locomotives. I do notice that the lights flash one time on the problem locomotive before the "retrieve locomotive information process stops at 14%. It ac

I went back and recleaned the wheels and track. I also did a continuity test between the connector on the board and the leads going to the trucks and the motor I still get no response even after rewri

I am trying to revive a seeming dead P2K GP20 for a friend. I got no acknowledgement using a magnet and a DC power source I brought the locomotive home and have been trying to read it using my QSI Pro

I asked Josh what happened to these files last month and he said they took them off the site because there were problems with them Tom in Texas