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Setting up Speed Table -- help needed.
MtRR75:
I am confused about how to set up the speed table. I have data for the speed at different dial settings (e.g 36% gives me 20 MPH).
When I look at the table, I see that the Y axis is labeled as pct(%). The X axis is unlabeled, but goes from 0 to 100 in steps of 5 units. I assumed that these values are MPH.
So I select 20 MPH, then hit the Edit Value button. The next screen gives me a slider showing the current percentage setting, along with instructions that say "Turn Knob to Adjust". I assume that I should turn the knob to 36%. However the top of that screen says "Speed Table 20%", indicating that perhaps I should be entering an MPH value for a setting of 20%. Should the message at the top of the screen say "Speed Table 20 MPH?"
Perhaps part of my confusion is that I have never used DCC. I went straight to RailPro from DC.
Please clarify for me.
KPack:
From the Railpro DCC Users Manual:
"The RailPro speed table is from 0 to 100% in 5%
increments for a total of 21 values. For speed 5% you should set the locomotive for 5 scale MPH and
10% for 10 scale MPH and so on."
It sounds like you need to adjust the slider for each value to have the locomotive traveling at the speed that corresponds to each value (5%=5mph, 10%=10mph). From that it seems like it would better read "Speed Table 20 mph" at the top of the adjustment screen.
Try it out and report what you find!
-Kevin
MtRR75:
Thanks for the response.
"It sounds like you need to adjust the slider for each value to have the locomotive traveling at the speed that corresponds to each value (5%=5mph, 10%=10mph)"
One problem with this approach is that I have set my maximum speed for this loco to 90% which corresponds to about 50 MPH. I have no use for higher speeds, and I get a finer level of control by doing this. (One of my other locos is set to a maximum of 60%.)
This means that I can not set the sliders above that are above 50 MPH. Even if I reset the maximum speed to 100%, it will probably only be equivalent to about 60 MPH. I'm not sure if the upper range sliders would be ignored, or whether the incorrect settings there would somehow affect the loco's performance.
I will probably email Ring Engineering on this issue on Tuesday.
KPack:
Just set the remainder of the sliders to the value of the 50 mpb one.... Basically just flat like the rest of them. From what I understand that work.
Clarification from Ring would be great though.
Kevin
Dean:
The speed table only works in DCC mode?
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