I just installed a LocSound Select decoder in an 0-6-0. I use an NCE PowerCab DCC. The LocSound has a short whistle on function 20. For convenience, I moved it to function 9. Function 9, and I think all the function buttons operate in an on/off mode. This makes two short blasts in quick succession before starting forward very difficult. Is there a way to make a function key momentary so that two quick presses will sound the whistle twice instead of needing three presses, on/off/on?
Sorry. Not with the power cab. If it was Lenz then yes. What I would do is map the short whistle to F2 and map the long whistle to what ever function you desire.
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I don't even bother with that, if I want a short whistle I just tap F2, if I want a long whistle, I hold F2 down longer.
Must be just me.
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That's what I thought, but I'm new at this; interesting about the Lenz. F2 is also on/off and sounds the whistle until turned off, so that won't work.
I did try short presses of the "whistle" button and tht works pretty good with the whistle I have selected now, but doesn't work with all available whistles in the LocSound Select. I guess tht's where I'll leave it.
w8wer F2 is also on/off and sounds the whistle until turned off, so that won't work.
Don't use the F2 button. The whistle/horn button is momentary. The Whistle/horn button activates the functions assigned to F2.
Not all whistles in the Loksound whistle selection are capable of a short toot using the horn / F2 button. It's how they were made - that's why they also included a separate short toot.
Even with a quick tap on the horn button, some files play longer than you would like. This is due to the horn file having to play the full intro / loop / exit sequence each time it is activated. The short toot is just the intro / exit file being played. Newer horn versions will automatically skip the loop if there is no input detection after the intro file is played, making the horn on F2 much more playable. These are being corrected as time permits, but for the time being, it is what it is.
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