I was given an Intermountian ES44AC unit with Loksound for a Christmas gift. My layout is conventional DC powered by MRC ControlMaster 20's with both BLI Quantuum Engineer and DCMaster controllers wired in on rotary selectors, Does anyone have any experience operating the sound or programming CV's with the above mentioned set-up. I thought to ask before pushing buttons and blow the electronics. I called Intermountain, left a message and got no response. Any feedback would be helpful. Thank You in advance.
I'm unable to help you here, however I would try send Intermountain a email. I sent the one and they replied back the same day.
Regards
If you don't get any response from Intermountain, you might try contacting ESU USA and see what they say about the LokSound decoder and whether it will be harmed by your method of control.
http://www.esu.eu/nc/en/contact/email/
The Quantum Engineer definitely won't work, that's for QSI decoders. The DCMaster was originally for PCM locos with Loksound 3.5. Not sure if the V4 or Select respond to teh same DC actions as the 3.5 Don't think either will actually harm anything, they aren't really sending anything dangerous to the track.
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