... Most of the decoders I've seen do not have sufficient if any suppression capacitors on the motor side. Doing tests with radio equipment also showed that...
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trevor lock
trvrlock
May 14, 2007 5:39 pm
... NCE ... of the ... radio ... NO the decoder should have all the capacitors needed for that trevor...
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Alan Cox
a_a_c_y
May 14, 2007 5:31 pm
... The capacitor generally needs to remain connected on the motor side of the DCC controller otherwise you may be causing interference to other radio users. ...
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Duncan Bolt
duncanbolter
May 14, 2007 11:46 am
Well I had another go at this and it all worked perfectly. I am reading the values and everything. So I suppose I just did not have it wired in correctly the...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
May 9, 2007 11:05 am
Duncan, Register mode is actually a subset of paged mode so you may be able to get access by selecting paged mode. I think (I've never actually tried it)...
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Duncan Bolt
duncanbolter
May 9, 2007 4:11 am
I have started fiddling with my new sprog. It is a USB one, and I got it going with Decoder Pro. I was trying to talk to a MRC AD310, I had no luck with this...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
May 4, 2007 2:20 pm
Larry, That's good news. In general, however, I would recommend not going anywhere near the firmware upgrade tool in DecoderPro as it is not 100% reliable. The...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
May 4, 2007 2:20 pm
... again, some say he's a genuine chap others don't seem to be so sure. He's apparently been asked to reset his inbox and to stop sending out these emails, as...
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Dennis G Hayden
thealeuk
May 4, 2007 6:24 am
I'll be there on Saturday with my modelling pal Derek Taylor. We will probably be pestering the ZTC stand. Must try their new mini decoders that they announced...
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Gordon Clark
nodrig
May 3, 2007 9:45 pm
Hi, I've seen this message come up on quite a few groups time and time again, some say he's a genuine chap others don't seem to be so sure. He's apparently...
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Larry Costa
northfork22001
May 3, 2007 4:29 pm
Hi Group with thanks to Bill and others trying to point me, and to other having trouble getting Sprog II to communicate even if you are sure you have windows...
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camry2200@...
morlean1943
May 2, 2007 2:03 pm
Hi, it's camry2200. I finally decided I'd had enough of junk mail, and installed a fantastic application that gets rid of it all. Unfortunately, you are not...
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Duncan Bolt
duncanbolter
May 1, 2007 1:50 pm
My Sprog arrived in the post yesterday, and I have started fiddling with it. It is a USB one, and I got it going with Decoder Pro. My first attempt was trying...
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Alan Cox
a_a_c_y
May 1, 2007 10:00 am
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:42:13 -0600 ... Plug the sprog into the port on the PC and connect to it using a terminal application of some sort. If its communicating...
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Larry & Betty Costa
northfork22001
May 1, 2007 1:43 am
At 12:12 PM 4/30/2007, you wrote: Hi Bill, I am now convinced that the Sprog is bad. I have tried several different ports and combinations of port settings....
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Bill Chown
orrrbrit2004
Apr 30, 2007 6:25 pm
Hello Larry, Your power supply that came with the SPROG II (yes, what you have is called a SPROG II) should be fine with a DH121 to read and program. So, which...
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Larry Costa
northfork22001
Apr 30, 2007 4:30 pm
Hi group. Please ignore my prior messages.. I am all mixed up! Way back in January I had connected my SPROG II USB to port 2 at 9600, hardware flow control,...
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Larry Costa
northfork22001
Apr 29, 2007 2:36 pm
Hi All, I finally got around to trying my sprog usb. It is connect to the computer at 9600 (tried 57000 +) on com-4. I also have a loconet connection on com-4...
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Ian Birchenough
hida_yoshio
Apr 24, 2007 8:31 pm
John, It's the c**p Hornby decoder. You might be better binning it and replacing it with something from another manufacturer - any other manufacturer. Ian In...
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camry2200@...
morlean1943
Apr 24, 2007 8:01 pm
Hi, it's camry2200. I finally decided I'd had enough of junk mail, and installed a fantastic application that gets rid of it all. Unfortunately, you are not...
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John Bicknell
johncb50
Apr 24, 2007 3:40 pm
Hi folks, I have now dismantled the Pendolino and examined the decoder closely and it does indeed appear to be the same as the Hornby 4 function decoder...
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John Bicknell
johncb50
Apr 24, 2007 12:50 pm
Hi Andrew, I have read most of the comments about the Hornby decoder but I have a feeling this is not the same decoder as it has 2 functions for the lighting. ...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
Apr 24, 2007 11:08 am
If it's the same decoder that they sell separately then this behaviour is to be expected. The decoder is not truly NMRA compatible and does not support reading...
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John Bicknell
johncb50
Apr 24, 2007 9:47 am
Hi There, I have just acquired the new Hornby Pendolino train pack and it runs very well using my SPROG unit and Decoder Pro but I am unable to read any CVs or...
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David Butler
railbaronofl...
Apr 4, 2007 1:03 pm
In that case, an even bigger thanks <VBG>! I'll accept the former probability. the loco in question was Soundtraxx Shay decoder fitted loco. Cheers David--- In...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
Apr 4, 2007 10:15 am
SPROG DCC will be away for Easter so we will not be able to process orders nor respond to e-mail or group messages from 6th - 15th April. Happy Easter to all, ...
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andrew_croslanduk
andrew_crosl...
Apr 4, 2007 10:12 am
Actually, I just replaced the whole SPROG. The old one is still awaiting proper investigation. No loco found means that there was no response from the decoder....
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David Butler
railbaronofl...
Apr 3, 2007 7:39 pm
Just a note to say Andrew came up trumps for me in sorting out my Sprog - a very public thanks here for Andrews work - He had to reprogram the microproccesor...
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Peter Ayre
pete3262
Mar 29, 2007 10:48 am
Andrew, Thanks for your reply. I think I've found the cause of the speed problem as the machine has just had a complete hard disk failure. So it was probably...
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Peter Ayre
pete3262
Mar 29, 2007 6:53 am
Andrew, Thanks for your reply. I think I've found the cause of the speed problem as the machine has just had a complete hard disk failure. So it was probably...
