I have been trying to no avail to find a somewhat complete list of CV's for my PCM Reading T1. The online manual I found has a bare minimum of CV's listed, and I would like to go a little farther in depth than that. I've tried searching this forum, but haven't had the success I wanted. I do remember sometime after purchasing it, playing with settings, making the headlight do the firebox flicker, etc., but I can't locate my papers anymore.
Do you know who made the decoder? Looking around the internet the information leads me to believe that it might have come with either a QSI or a Loksound.
Fan,
IIRC, the PCM locomotives were installed with QSI decoders. Go to the QSI website and download their Full DCC Reference Manual For All QSI Decoders , located at the very bottom of their Software Downloads and Manuals Center page. It's a whopper (421 pages) but it should have what you are looking for.
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
maxman Do you know who made the decoder? Looking around the internet the information leads me to believe that it might have come with either a QSI or a Loksound.
maxman,
I believe it is Loksound instead of QSI. Probably V3.5. The manuals would also be accessible from the ESU webpage.
The PCM T-1's are ESU Loksound 3.5. Mine both came with a rather thick manual listing every CV and setting.
PCM is the same company as Broadway Limited. At the time, locos with the PCM name had Loksound decoders, and BLI ones had QSI. BLI now has their own decoder, which is what is in the newer release Reading T-1's that have smoke.
If you have a Lokprogrammer, or access to one, there is a replacement sound set for the PCM T-1 that has actual bell, air pump, and whistle sounds from 2101 when she was American Freedom Train #1.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.
Thank you Tom and Randy for your input. I was able to get some information I wanted from the ESU website. However, I was a little confused by some things, but have no fear, I think I can get it figured out once I start playing with it. I am interested in replacing the whistle sounds eventually, and I was thinking the chuff sound was disappointing, also. Then I read a post somewhere that they were reproducing the booster engine sound up to a certain speed. Knowing that, I think I can accept that chuff sound now. It did seem so toylike at lower speeds, but when the "booster" kicks out, it does sound good. Anyway, looking forward to playing with my new Digitrax Zephyr!
Just a little side note. Maybe it doesn't make sense, but I wondered to myself what it would be like to swap the Loksound unit for the latest QSI unit? You know, any sound improvement? Physical/mechanical/electrical issues not being an issue for me.
Not sure how much it would 'improve', QSI doesn't have the proper sounds.
The default comes with 2 whistles, a multi-chime on F2 and a 'shriek' type on F4. The multi-chime is just random, but over the life on Rambles, the T1's wore many different whistles so it's plausible. The one in Nick Kulp's replacement sounds is whatever one was on 2101 in 75/76. The shriek whistle is close to the Reading freight hooters, and as mine are all in-service units and not ramble ones, I have the single note whistle installed (they provided both as user-swappable detail parts) and i changed CVs to swap the sounds for F4 with F2, so when I hit F2 I get the freight whistle.
True, that QSI would have the same wrong sounds as ESU. Thought I heard a BLI Reading T1 that had a much better "chuff" sound at our local club, but I would probably be better off replacing the sound files on my PCM with Nick's, or something like that.
The chuffs aren't changed in the updates T-1 file for Loksound, just the whistle, air pumps, and other auxiliaries.
There are probably enough videos out there of 2102 running on the BM&R that you could get actual chuff sounds to make a 100% correct file. I haven't yet tried migrating a project froma Loksound 3.5 to V4, but the V4 has some advanced features that if you could egt the sounds in there, a V4 decoder swap could make a decent difference. I'm not sure where BLI got their sounds for the Paragon2 version - but those are not QSI decoders, so a QSI would not sound like the BLI model either.