So, I have two Cab-06's. On one of them the knob has a line which, more or less, allows the operator to gage the speed of the locomotive, and when the knob is turn all the way to the left, the line points to the SSW direction and speed is zero.
The other Cab-06 does not have the aforementioned line so judging speed is a little more of a hit or miss situation. The control knob will not stop turning when the locomotive speed is 0.
Does anyone have any ideas of how to somehow mark the unmarked knob so it behaves more or less like the first Cab-06. Both Cabs are set to Normal Mode.
This is admittedly not a critical issue, but more of a nuisance that I would like to clean up.
Bear "It's all about having fun."
Sounds to me like one cab has a rheostat and the other has an encoder. No way that the encoder can be marked at a zero point because it has no zero. Just like a tuner knob on a car radio.
I see, said the blind man.
When the cab is in normal mode, nothing happens if you keep turning counter-clockwise a few extra clicks or even a couple of turns to be absolutely sure you are at speed 0. If thre's anything I like about NCE over Digitrax, it's that the simple engineer throttle is available with the encoder, I'm not a fan of the Ut4 simple throttle for Digitrax.
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Bear,
The short answer is: One of those NCE cab throttles is a Cab 06p[otentiometer] and the other a Cab 06[encoder]. They look the same on the exterior but have a different interior mechanism, as you have noted.
The Cab 06 throttle is just like the thumbwheel (encoder) on your Power Cab: There is no zero and no maximum. The only time you have a zero is when you switch it to yard mode. You then create your own zero (your FWD & REV reference) depending on the orientation of the line on the knob to your throttle face.
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
Bear
If you go to www.ncedcc.com you can get an explaination of the difference between a regular and potentiometer Cab-06's. At the website, click on Throttles and Cabs, under common cab questions select See all 13 articles then Engineer Cab Versions: Regular or Potentiometer (P) explained.
Hope this helps
Charlie
Actually, before I posted my question I checked both the Cab-06 manual and the NCE web site, but since I did not really know what I was lookingfor, I came to this forum. Now, I have been educated and realize I can't do what I want to do, short of buying another Cab which is not in the cards.
Thanks, everyone.