With Digitrax systems you just select address and hit the Read button (or the Write button if you want to set a new one) and it reads either CV1 for a 2 digit address or 17 and 18 for a 4 digit and displays the actual address, not the contents of 17 and 18. Assuming you have anything but the DB150 which does not support any CV readback. Works with the DC100, and both the original DCS50 Zephyr and the DCS51 Zephyr Xtra.
If you select CV17 and hit Read, it displays the actual value in CV17, or 18, or whatever CV you want.
Kind of amazing that NCE can't do that.
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We don't have Internet access at the club. So I made my own Excel work sheet to convert back CV17 and CV18 to the loco long address.
Granted it is not very usefull but it was a good refresher to my binary math.
Jack W.
rrinker With Digitrax systems you just select address and hit the Read button (or the Write button if you want to set a new one) and it reads either CV1 for a 2 digit address or 17 and 18 for a 4 digit and displays the actual address, not the contents of 17 and 18. Assuming you have anything but the DB150 which does not support any CV readback. Works with the DC100, and both the original DCS50 Zephyr and the DCS51 Zephyr Xtra. If you select CV17 and hit Read, it displays the actual value in CV17, or 18, or whatever CV you want. Kind of amazing that NCE can't do that. --Randy
So, there are systems that will read CVs 17 and 18 automatically and give you a read-out of the actual 4-digit address if you don't know what the 4-digit address is ?
Mark.
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Yes, The Zephyr and Zephyr Xtra will do it right onthe console, the DCS100 does it if you have a DT300, DT400, or DT402 throttle (the ancient DT100 throttles used a pseudo-hex for numbers over 100, which is probably where the "OMG you need to be a computer programmer to use Digitrax" thing got started - the DT100 was superceded by the DT300 more than 15 years ago). On the Dt400/402, you enter a program track programming mode with the program key, and if you turn the left knob the first thing it shows is AD2=?? and if you turn another click it displays AD4=????. While displaying those prompts, you can key in a new address and press CV-WR to write it, or you cna press CV-RD to read the current value. What gets displayed is the actual address that the current values of CV17 and CV18 translate into. You can also slecect CV17 and hit CV-RD and get the raw value from CV17, and select CV18 and hot CV-RD, and get the raw value for CV18 to convert it yourself, but since it has the conversion built in, there's little point. Same thing when programming, on the AD4=???? prompt, you can key in the address you want (NOT CV17 and 18 values) and hit CV-WR. Say you want to set the loco to address 1234 - you just key in or use the right knob to scroll throught he numbers until the display says AD4=1234 and then hit CV-WR. it will then prompt you to confirm enabling the 4 digit address (sets CV29 automatically) by saying AD4=on?. Just press the Yes key and CV29 is programmed to enable long addresses and your loco is now set as 1234.
I have a NCE Power Cab system...starter set. I am also trying to figure out what my Soundtraxx econami's address has been set too by the previous owner. Any suggestions?
Samuel Robinson
Lewiston,Maine
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Hi Productionmanager:
In case nobody has said it so far, Welcome to the forum!
We can answer your question better if we know which NCE system you have. Then we can walk you through the steps needed to identify the locomotive's address if the above explanations haven't answered your question.
Dave
I have a NCE Power Cab starter system and am also trying to get what my Econami's address is set too. The previous owner had no clue what locomotive it came out of.
loggingfirefighter388 I have a NCE Power Cab starter system and am also trying to get what my Econami's address is set too. The previous owner had no clue what locomotive it came out of.
Rich
Alton Junction
loggingfirefighter388I have a NCE Power Cab system...starter set. I am also trying to figure out what my Soundtraxx econami's address has been set too by the previous owner. Any suggestions?
Samuel,
Using your Power Cab, enter programming track mode and read the value for CV 1...
That will show you your short address, which should be "003"
For figuring out your long address and using the same method above, enter the values for CVs 17 & 18 in the Long Address calculator/readback text fields at the following link and press the "<- Calc address" button for the results:
http://www.2mm.org.uk/articles/cv29%20calculator.htm
As a confirmation, my RS12 is addressed to "7301". Reading CV17 gives me a value of "220" and CV 18, "133". Entering those values in the Long Address calculator/readback text fields and pressing "<- Calc address" yields me an address of "7301".
HTH,
Tom
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tstage Samuel, Using your Power Cab, enter programming track mode and read the value for CV 1... Press PROG/ESC 4x then press ENTER Press "2" for CV Enter "1" in PROG CV NUM and press ENTER That will show you your short address, which should be "003" For figuring out your long address and using the same method above, enter the values for CVs 17 & 18 in the Long Address calculator/readback text fields at the following link and press the "<- Calc address" button for the results: http://www.2mm.org.uk/articles/cv29%20calculator.htm As a confirmation, my RS12 is addressed to "7301". Reading CV17 gives me a value of "220" and CV 18, "133". Entering those values in the Long Address calculator/readback text fields and pressing "<- Calc address" yields me an address of "7301". HTH, Tom
I believe you're right, Rich. Did you do that in your head?
tstage I believe you're right, Rich. Did you do that in your head? Tom
loggingfirefighter388 I have a NCE Power Cab system...starter set. I am also trying to figure out what my Soundtraxx econami's address has been set too by the previous owner. Any suggestions?
I wouldn't bother, just put it on the program track and program the address you want it to have.
I am tempted to note that in this context, 7301 would read as 0001110010000101...
Overmod I am tempted to note that in this context, 7301 would read as 0001110010000101...