Hi
I have 4 NCE switch 8's controlling 29 Tortoise switch motors. Programming these is straightforward enough (apart from determining which way the arrow points on the white selector switch!)
If I want to re-program them all again, is there a way of returning Switch 8's to the factory default or zeroising the addresses? I am concerned that re-programming the Switch 8's one address at a time will mean I have duplicated addresses and switching using NCE PowerPro will get confused.
Thanks
Barry
I think a quick call to NCE this morning will get you a faster answer.
Be sure to let us know what they say.
The documentation for the Switch8 tells how to reset the addresses using your DCC system, but does not say how to perform a complete reset.
I contacted NCE and there is no total reset on the Switch 8.
Thought you would like to know.
Glad you got the answer. BTW, sorry, when I made my give them a call suggestion I didn't see that you were in another time zone!
All that will happen if you overlap address while programming is that a different turnout will move while programming the new one.
SO if you current have:
Switch-8 A 101-108
Switch-8 B 201-208
Switch-8 C 301-308
And now you want to make Switch-8 A port 1 use address 305 instead of 101, the turnout connected to switch-8 C port 5 will move while you program unit A. Then you cna go to unit C and change the address on port 5 from 305 to something else.
It's not going to hurt anything to have the temporary overlap while going through each one and programming it. You just can;t leave it that way, or you will have some interesting and confusing results later on.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Hi Maxman
No worries! I emailed and they came back in about an hour which was very prompt.
Thanks Randy
Yes, I thought this was the case but wanted a clean slate to start from. I'll do it all this way which was my original thought.
Thanks again