wjstix wrote:QSI sound systems / decoders have a CV setting that you can use to make the bell come on when the engine is in reverse..
I am sure this is true, it's just weird that I have never programmed this decoder for other than address, overall volume, and CV's 2-4 inclusive. How did it get programmed to do this, and when?!
Heh.
If Microsoft made a HO Scale sound equippted engine....
My BLI Hudson hasn't developed a personality of its own -- yet.
However, you may find some reasons for unintentional operation here: QSI FAQ
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
chateauricher wrote: selector wrote: You think that's weird? My QSI-equipped Lionel Challenger automatically sounds the bell as soon as I put it in reverse. Every time. And this has only begun to happen since about mid-December. Aren't locomotives supposed to sound their bell continuously while reversing ? I'd think this would be an example of the model acting prototypically.
selector wrote: You think that's weird? My QSI-equipped Lionel Challenger automatically sounds the bell as soon as I put it in reverse. Every time. And this has only begun to happen since about mid-December.
You think that's weird? My QSI-equipped Lionel Challenger automatically sounds the bell as soon as I put it in reverse. Every time. And this has only begun to happen since about mid-December.
Aren't locomotives supposed to sound their bell continuously while reversing ? I'd think this would be an example of the model acting prototypically.
Timothy, I'd love for that to be the case with the QSI...it's just that the one in the Lionel is the only one that does it. I do like the effect....kinda neat.
tstage wrote: selector wrote:I think the QSI decoders are eerie, sometimes...like they may be developing personalities, or something. Think HAL 9000. Dave, I said, "Think HAL 9000." Dave?I'm sorry, Crandell. I don't think Dave can do that right now...Hal
selector wrote:I think the QSI decoders are eerie, sometimes...like they may be developing personalities, or something. Think HAL 9000. Dave, I said, "Think HAL 9000." Dave?
Dave?
I'm sorry, Crandell. I don't think Dave can do that right now...
Hal
WHHHOOAAAA!!! This is waaay too scary.
Do your BLI's make a stop in Willoughby, by any chance?
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
selector wrote:I think the QSI decoders are eerie, sometimes...like they may be developing personalities, or something. Think HAL 9000. Dave, I said, "Think HAL 9000."Dave?
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I think the QSI decoders are eerie, sometimes...like they may be developing personalities, or something. Think HAL 9000. Dave, I said, "Think HAL 9000."
It could be a combination of dirty track and dirty wheels. The wheels may have become corroded while sent in for repair, so cleaning them wouldn't hurt.
Check the tender wheels, too, since they also pick up power for the decoder.