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CVs for P2K heritage steamers

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CVs for P2K heritage steamers
Posted by Blind Bruce on Monday, December 17, 2012 4:00 PM

I have a heritage 0-6-0 and I would like to change the sounds. There doesn't appear to be any tables in the instructions. Are these values posted somewhere?

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Posted by locoi1sa on Monday, December 17, 2012 4:38 PM

If its a QSI decoder then you can download the manual here. http://www.qsisolutions.com/downloads/index.html

 If its a Tsunami decoder then you can find a manual here. http://www.soundtraxx.com/manuals.php

   For the factory sound decoders there is not much sound changes to be made. Most of the QSI sound CVs will be an indexed CV. On an indexed CV there will be more than one CV to change to get the desired response from the decoder.

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Posted by Blind Bruce on Monday, December 17, 2012 8:59 PM

Is there any to tell which system I have short of taking the tender shell off?

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Posted by cacole on Monday, December 17, 2012 9:35 PM

Yes, read the values in CVs 7 and 8.  CV8 is the manufacturer identity, and CV7 is the decoder version.  A value of 113 in CV8 is QSI, and 141 is SoundTraxx (Tsunami).

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Posted by selector on Monday, December 17, 2012 10:42 PM

Bruce, enter programming on the main, or Ops, select CV 3, inertia, and input a value of 30.  You can undo it later if you don't like inertia, or a slow build up of speed.  However, by doing this simple step, a QSI will voice the change to you.  It will say, in a loud male voice, "CV 3 equals three-zero."  If it is silent, it is another brand, 99% likely to be a Tsunami.

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Posted by Hergy on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 5:09 PM

I can't recall Walthers ever equipping any of its steamers with other than QSI.  They just started using Tsunamis about a year ago but I don't recall steamers being in the lineup.....don't think any Heritage stuff even was offered last year.

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Posted by tstage on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 6:37 PM

As far as I know, the 0-6-0s and 0-8-0s were outfitted with QSI decoders.

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