I just watched Episode 20 of AskMRVP and someone had a question that pertained to sound locomotives turning on when track power is turned on. David then demonstrated "quiet mode" (CV 113) on a loco with Soundtraxx Tsunami sound decoder (question is at 8:06 on Episode 20 of ASk MRVP)
My question is, is there a "quiet mode" with TCSWOWSound or ESU LokSOund decoders? Keep in mind that Im not talking about the Mute function.
I have one loco with an ESU sound decoder, and if I want sound, I need to press F8. When I put the loco on track, there is no sound.
I don't know how the rest work.
Mike.
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dslack490My question is, is there a "quiet mode" with TCSWOWSound or ESU LokSOund decoders? Keep in mind that Im not talking about the Mute function.
As I understand CV113 is not defined by the NMRA, therefore proprietary to Tsuanami. The way David explained it, it is a delay and a time out. The time is the value you enter as CV 113 divided by 4 = seconds.
My take was the loco would still eventually start making sounds when that limit was hit. David activated the horn and engine also started up. He then said that if you did nothing else, the engine would time out and stop making noise.
I don't see this function described in the loksound manual. It doesn't sound like a must have function to me.
Henry
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Loksounds by default turn on in 'quiet mode', no sounds until you press F8 (default setting) which starts it up. F8 again will turn it off and go quiet again.
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As I understand the tsunami quite mode feature, just entering the proper cv value is just part of it. It then requires all functions to be turned off, like horn, bell and especially function 0 Headlights For it to time out. I might be incoerect?
rrinker Loksounds by default turn on in 'quiet mode', no sounds until you press F8 (default setting) which starts it up. F8 again will turn it off and go quiet again. --Randy
Then i assume that F8 is the startup sequence? or is that F9
dslack490Then i assume that F8 is the startup sequence? or is that F9
The loco I have is a Scale Trains, and yes, F8 does the start up sequence, and F8 again, shuts it off.
Tophias As I understand the tsunami quite mode feature, just entering the proper cv value is just part of it. It then requires all functions to be turned off, like horn, bell and especially function 0 Headlights For it to time out. I might be incoerect?
You are correct.
Joe
TCS Wowsound has it too, they call it "Audio Auto Shutoff".
MRC sound decoders have you press F8 three times to do a shut-down routine. Once it's completely shut down, pressing any function button initiates the start-up sequence.