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Setting maximum speed with a powermaster

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Setting maximum speed with a powermaster
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 17, 2004 8:08 PM
I seem to remember someone mentioning that you can set a maximum voltage to your track even if you have the full 18V coming from the powerhouse. I thought you would run the engine at the desired speed then press some combination of controls that included the set button. Am I imagining this or can someone tell me the secret code?
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Posted by ben10ben on Friday, September 17, 2004 8:39 PM
You can't with the powermaster. You can only do this on the engines with factory installed TMCC(except for the very early issue ones with an LCRU), the TPCs, and I believe the new ZW(but don't hold me to that).
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Posted by ben10ben on Friday, September 17, 2004 8:42 PM
By the way, at least with engines, you hit [set], get up to the desired maximum speed with the red dial, and hit [boost]. I believe that you do the same thing with the TPC, except that you hit the [H] button at the bottom of the remote after reaching your desired maximum speed.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 17, 2004 8:57 PM
Just so I understand your second post. If I want to set the max speed with my command equipped engines that do have factory installed tmcc, can I do it with my powermaster? Or only with the TPC AND TMCC.
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Posted by ben10ben on Saturday, September 18, 2004 9:35 AM
In order to set a maximum speed with your command-equipped engines, you must have a command base and be running them under Trainmaster command control.
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