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Dub
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Posted by Dub on Friday, December 5, 2008 12:08 PM

Thank you and Happy Railroading! Smile

Bob
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, December 5, 2008 11:53 AM

This is one of those questions that will get a better response over on the Classic Toy Trains forum.  Not that we're exclusive or anything, buy you'll find far more O-gaugers over there.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by DigitalGriffin on Friday, December 5, 2008 11:51 AM

Does the ZA transformer use Pulse Modulated Power or is it variable DC?

 

Edit:  My mistake.  I read BLI and not MTH.  No wonder protosound 2 didn't sound famaliar.  I now remember it's part of DCS by Mike Wolfe of MTH.  I'm not an O-scaler though.

Mr. B is correct.  Classic trains is your best bet.

Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions

Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!

Dub
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Old and New
Posted by Dub on Friday, December 5, 2008 11:47 AM

I ran across a post where a gentleman wanted to run an Mth Protosound 2 Engine using his old ZW transformer. The horn/whistle button works but he has no bell button. Aside from purchasing a new transformer what is the bell signal? A whistle signal is just a DC pulse . It sounds like an interesting way to use the old with the new. MTH didn't have an electrial diagram to their transformers. 

Bob

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