I´ve a NCE PowerCab. It starts in 28 speed steps (after I turn to 128), but fellow´s starts directly in 128 !!!.What happens? I´ve the 28 functions chip, and I want that stars in 128...Thanks.
Let me understand this. You want your power cab to power up in 128 speed steps? Speed steps has nothing to do with how many functions there are. The Power cab by default boots up in 28 speed steps. I do not think that it can be set to start up in 128. That is why they put the button on it.
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He might be talking about the cab holding the speed steps. If running multiple loco's I'm not sure that if you switch a loco to 128 speed steps then switch to another, when you come back it's still at 128. I cant put my finger on it but I think there is an issue there. The Procab has it as well.
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No, I think Harley is wanting his Power Cab to boot up automatically in 128 speed step mode, rather than having to push the 28/128 button everytime to switch it from 28 to 128.
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I press the 28/128 button and then hit Enter for 128. I cheated and followed the instruction manual.Last night at our club, I had a HO PCM A/B F3 and BLI A/B F7 in consist all together running in 128 mode just fine on a NCE Power Pro system. They start at 1 mph at speed step one.Rich
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IOP. Is so difficult the question?: I´ve a NCE PowerCab. It starts in 28 speed steps, then I turn it to 128 with the proper button 28/128 and Enter, and no problem.......::: but: the Power Cab of several friends, starts directly in 128 speed steps,and after, if they want, turn to 28 steps. !!!.What happens? Why the difference??? ...Thanks.
Ask your friends. Makes sense t me.
Rich
Harley-Davidson IOP. Is so difficult the question?: I´ve a NCE PowerCab. It starts in 28 speed steps, then I turn it to 128 with the proper button 28/128 and Enter, and no problem.......::: but: the Power Cab of several friends, starts directly in 128 speed steps,and after, if they want, turn to 28 steps. !!!.What happens? Why the difference??? ...Thanks.
I don't know, mine also start at 28 speed steps. To make it worst when in 128 speed steps it will only go as high as 126.
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"I don't know, mine also start at 28 speed steps. To make it worst when in 128 speed steps it will only go as high as 126."
Me too. Beside, answering to Rich, my friends don´t know why. Also, NCE can´t explain it. But I see with my eyes what I say. And all models reach 126 speed steps!!! Thanks all
Interesting, just read the PowerCab manual and there doesn't seem to be a documented way to make the default either 28 or 128. Perhaps there is an undocumented thign somewhere. Seems kind of odd that this is not one of the cab configuration options. I don't know about other systems, but with Digitrax you can set what the default will be for each new selected loco, but override it if needed. With the handy 28/128 button on the PowerCab I'd think there'd be some sort of similar option, all new locos are X, unless you hit the button to change it. Seems like it's in there, somewhere, if some people have them coming up in 128 by default and other are 28, but it truly is not in the manual, at least the copy on the NCE web site.
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Are your friends Power cabs hooked up to the SB3 booster? The SB3 becomes the command station and will remember what the power cab was set for on shut down. There is no Power cab I know of that is stand alone and boots in 128 SS. A pro cab that looks similar to a power cab will boot to 128 SS if shut down in the same mode. But that is in the command station memory and not the cabs.
If your friend has a stand alone power cab that boots to 128 SS then something is wrong.
Harley-Davidson"I don't know, mine also start at 28 speed steps. To make it worst when in 128 speed steps it will only go as high as 126." Me too. Beside, answering to Rich, my friends don´t know why. Also, NCE can´t explain it. But I see with my eyes what I say. And all models reach 126 speed steps!!! Thanks all
Thanks CSXRobert, I guess we are never too old to learn something.
I bought my PowerCab about 5 years ago. I can't remember now if it was originally set to 128 speed steps or not. Whatever -- I set it to 128 and thereafter it always booted up in 128 mode.
Then a year or two later, I was offered and bought an upgrade chip. That chip always starts in 28 step mode. Phoned Larry at NCE service & he confirmed what I was experiencing but offered no promise of a change or further upgrades.
So, I just live with it. Every time I turn on the power I have to set each loco to 128 speed steps.
Yup, good explanation of the 128 speed steps Robert. I never run at max speed so I couldn't tell what the max is on mine. I'm sure there wouldn't be much difference between 126 and 128 if the later existed.
bdhI bought my PowerCab about 5 years ago. I can't remember now if it was originally set to 128 speed steps or not. Whatever -- I set it to 128 and thereafter it always booted up in 128 mode. Then a year or two later, I was offered and bought an upgrade chip. That chip always starts in 28 step mode. Phoned Larry at NCE service & he confirmed what I was experiencing but offered no promise of a change or further upgrades. So, I just live with it. Every time I turn on the power I have to set each loco to 128 speed steps.
Ah, yes. That would explain it. I thought mine did that too-- I upgraded the chip and it stopped. I thought I was just mis-remembering or something. Thanks for the info.
John
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"Then a year or two later, I was offered and bought an upgrade chip. That chip always starts in 28 step mode. Phoned Larry at NCE service & he confirmed what I was experiencing but offered no promise of a change or further upgrades"
IOP. I purchased the PowerCab and inmediately NCE released their upgrade chip, that NCE sent to me free. So my PowerCab always booted up in 28 steps. Larry wrote me -six months ago- about a future software upgrade about the topic 28/128 ("see our web page"), but I´m still awaiting.
Beside, NCE people, do you know how the "Recall" button works? If I press it directly between the present loco and the previous, don´t works. Thanks
Harley-DavidsonBeside, NCE people, do you know how the "Recall" button works? If I press it directly between the present loco and the previous, don´t works. Thanks
Harley,
If you already have one locomotive in the recall stack...and you're operating a 2nd locomotive...then decide you want to control the first one again....you press RECALL and the first locomotive's address should appear on the Power Cab's LCD screen and its address will become "active" - i.e. you can control it with the Power Cab. If it doesn't then...something is amiss.
With the Power Cab you are limited to 2 locomotives in the recall stack.
If you read the instructions, to add a loco to the recall stack you don't hit select loco with the first loco on the screen. I believe you hit recall loco to bring up the next slot then hit select loco with the new loco number. After that recall will switch between the 2. As noted before the power cab can have 2 loco's in the recall stack. The PhPro can be adjusted to more.