I'm new to the hobby in general and am currently in the process of converting from straight DC ops to DCC. So far, everything has been pretty smooth, but I have encountered one issue that I can not resolve.
I have been running an IHC Command XX locomotive that, although light on detail, is one of thequietest and smoothest running locos, with some of the best slow speed performance that I have ever had--while running DC. I plugged in an NCE 141p, the same series of decoder thatI have been using on other makes of locos, and despite adjusting every relative CV value including starting voltage, torque, kick,etc., I can not achieve anything close to the same slow speed performance I can with DC. I had always thought the ability to fine tune CV values with DCC would only enhance, well, at least not degrade locomotive performance. Hopefully, some of you with a lot more experience might have a suggestion. Trial and error is only fun for a while.
TC
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Make sure the decoder is set to 28 speed steps in CV29. Once set to 28 speed steps then set start voltage and the other CVs to get it running smoothly at slow speeds. If your command station supports 128 speed steps try running it under that.
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