Raul/Andrew.....that worked like a charm!!! now I can hear all the
sounds on the Sounder.

Is their a DecoderPro function panel available with more functions?

Michael

rauld32765 wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> I knew your problem sounded familiar - I had the same problem and
> contacted Andrew Crossland (of SPROG). He sent me this info:
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Open a DecoderPro command monitor window and a send command window.
> Send an "M" command - you should see a reply something like =h80C.
> Send the command "M h800"
> Send the command "W"
>
> Function control should now work, explanation follows...
>
> Back in the early days of SPROG there was a mismatch between the JMRI
> code for sending function control packets and what SPROG expects. The
> JMRI code sends the packet including the error check byte. SPROG then
> tries to add the error check byte resulting in the packet going to
> the track having one extra byte. Some decoders happily ignore the
> extra byte and just work, some decoders check the byte count and
> ignore the whole packet, some accept the packet and do strange
> things. Hence the confusion with some people saying it works, some
> seeing problems, it just depends which decoders you are using.
>
> The command sequence given above disables the error check byte in
> SPROG and then writes the new mode to EEPROM so it will persist next
> time you turn on your SPROG.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Andrew Crosland
> http://www.sprog-dcc.co.uk <http://www.sprog-dcc.co.uk>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Ron...
>
> --- In jmriusers@yahoogroups.com <mailto:jmriusers%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "J. Michael Hewitt" <jmhewitt@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Jon: the Sounder is not installed in a loco, merely clipped with
> > alligator clips to the sprog or to the layout.
> >
> > on the layout the horn and bell work fine.
> >
> > on the Sprog they do not, and I have a real healthy power supply on the
> > Sprog II.
> >
> > why won't the bell and horn work with the Sprog?
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > btw, that is the secret of BLI Blue Line programming: program the
> > decoders separately,
> > then everything is easy. I have a decoder tester with a socket which
> > makes this easy.
> >
> > Jon Miller wrote:
> > >
> > > Michael,
> > > I have looked at the instruction sheet for this unit. Both the
> bell and
> > > the horn have an off position but without the ability to read back it
> > > hard
> > > to tell if it's on or off. I'm going to guess that CV50 is at 0
> (horn)
> > > and
> > > CV52 is at 0 (bell). I think this is an off setting.
> > > It appears to use the F keys to set various rate and do volume's etc.,
> > > all the way to F28.
> > > Also noticed this decoder does not have CVs 15 and 16 which is decoder
> > > lock.
> > > This is required to prevent CVs from one or the other (motor)
> decoder from
> > > interfering with each other during programming. It is part of
> RP9.2.3 and
> > > 9.2.3. The other solution is to remove either the sound or motor
> decoder
> > > when programming.
> > >
> > > Jon Miller
> > > AT&SF
> > > For me time stopped in 1941
> > > Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI user
> > > NMRA Life member #2623
> > > Member SFRH&MS
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>