I have a Inter-Mountain Diesel with ESU sound decoder and in the process of programming I've managed to "lock it up".
Originally it was set to factory setting "03" and I changed the numbers, which it accepted and operated on. I hit the function "10" button and the diesel squacked out "ID 6515 disconnected" I hit this button several more times and got the same recording. Then I throttled up and the sound woul rev up but no movement. I then started hitting other buttons and the function 10 button again and I heard "ID 6515 Standby" and the engine got a bit quieter and idled but no movement or increase in sound when I throttled up...
What have I done and how do I un do it???
I cant find the manual and the manual on line is not helping me.
Ferg
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For starters, that's not an ESU decoder. ESU decoders do not use audible reports like that. I'm not even certain Soundtraxx does. QSI does, but I don't know how a QSI decoder would have gotten in there.
Do a read of CV8 and see what value it gives you back.
Mark.
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151 is ESU, 113 is QSI, 141 is Soundtraxx.
Far as I know, QSI is the only one with a verbal readback. F10 tells it to say the current status. Multiple presses of F6 are used to start it back up. If it's saying 'disconnect' or 'standby', you press F6 a total of 4 times - on-off, on-off and it should return to normal. If it's normal, you use multiple presses of F9 to go into various states of shutdown.
http://www.nmra.org/manufacturer-id-numbers
Edit: Mark, the early Intermountain F's came with QSI.
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Thank you sir! Now to figure out how to get rid of "Slot Max"
Been away from the throttle a tad too long!
you were right! It is a QSI and sounds great. I bought both A & B units at the LHS as Pre-owned. Supposedly they were only run once. They were in mint condition. All I know is the sound is excellent!
When you are done running a loco, make sure the speed is 0 nad all functions are off. Press Loco, Exit. This will let the loco slot be cleared so next time you select a loco, it can use that slot and you should never see a slot=max message again. In the meantime, look in the back of the book for OpSw settings to clear all slots or just reset your whole system.