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Consisting questions
William Brillinger:
RailPro is not dependent upon a single individual, Ring Engineering is a small company just like any other in the industry. The have a Programmer, an Engineer, an order production staff. There is more than one person involved and they continue to grow; Granted that one guy, Tim Ring, is the main developer, but he is not the only person involved.
nodcc4me:
I know a guy who only runs the same two identical DCC locomotives in consist because they are the only ones that run well together. I have watched guys peck and poke at computer screens for hours trying to adjust CV's. RailPro is nothing like that. The few settings that may need adjusting, as described by Alan, are easy ones to change on the controller, with no computer or CV knowledge needed.
CPRail:
After setting the Full Motor Current, I then adjust the start speed/voltage so that the engine is just barely moving at 1% throttle- not herky jerky, but smoothly. I then tweak the start and decelerate amounts to my standard (10%), and that usually makes everyone happy.
Of course, after you run the beasts for a bunch of hours, it's wise to redo the Full Motor Current, especially on a BNIB loco as things have worn in. I normally don't have to readjust anything else.
Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy.
ON28:
--- Quote from: CPRail on February 26, 2020, 04:16:18 PM ---After setting the Full Motor Current, I then adjust the start speed/voltage so that the engine is just barely moving at 1% throttle- not herky jerky, but smoothly. I then tweak the start and decelerate amounts to my standard (10%), and that usually makes everyone happy.
Of course, after you run the beasts for a bunch of hours, it's wise to redo the Full Motor Current, especially on a BNIB loco as things have worn in. I normally don't have to readjust anything else.
Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy.
--- End quote ---
Helpful, thanks for that.
ON28:
My speed-matching was a success. I set the IM F3 and Proto BL2 on parallel tracks and adjusted the acceleration, deceleration, start speed, top speed, even max current draw, until they ran like near-identical twins forward. Backup was a different story as we find early on in the hobby, some locos run better backwards, thrust washers notwithstanding. (Be sure to have clean track and wheels, for best results.) Also, the BL2 has a near-imperceptible hitch in her giddy-up I can't remove but still MUed nicely. Added benefit -- speed matching seemed to smooth current draw and reduce voltage spikes.
I made sure the HC and LM programs were up to date, however, after I did I noticed that the HC still indicated V1.0 for the LMs, even though I updated with the newer update on the Ring site. Hmm...
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