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Fried decoder (12 yrs old)

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Fried decoder (12 yrs old)
Posted by softail86mark on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 3:57 AM

I think I fried a QSI decoder in my 12 year old BLI NW-2. I derailed in a yard that isn't quite finished with people working on stuff. Is there a way to change out the decoder to something of a newer vintage? The board has the QSI chip (literally a chip, like an Intel looking thing) and I heard there's an upgrade for it's firmware. Does anyone know if the QSI chip is also the motor control? Or is the motor control decoder seperate? Or, is there a way to just swap the whole thing out? Any info on this would be helpful. And, no, I haven't contacted BLI yet, it just happened tonight on club night.

Thanks folks.

MC

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Posted by Mark R. on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 7:25 AM

I'd swap the whole decoder out for a Loksound with the 567-12 cylinder file. It will run and sound much better !

Mark.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 10:05 AM

To Club you are welcome...

http://broadwaylion.com/Lion/mr-fried.JPG

 

(Poor router of LION is still know wroking rightly... The picture will be available when Consolidate tweaks my router.)

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Posted by softail86mark on Thursday, May 28, 2015 12:04 AM

Well thanks Brother E.

I used a little olive oil and some challots, but yeah, same idea...

MC

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