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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / My assesment of the HC-3
« Last post by Josephbw on February 02, 2024, 02:54:49 PM »
I give it an A+.

The first thing you'll want to do is input the locos info. And it couldn't be any simpler. All you do is go to the home page and touch the Find Product button. Place all your engines on a live track, and it will find all your engines one at a time and transfer the settings to the HC-3. after each one has been found and input to the HC-3 it will tell you to save the updates, then it will search for the next engine.

As far as the HC-3 itself, it is a little lighter than the HC-2 and a little smaller. The only issue I had with it was accidentally bumping the horn button on occasion, But that is because I am clumsy and don't pay as close attention as I should.

The speed control knob has more texture than the old ones and gives you a better sense of control of the speed. Most other functions are the same or very similar to the old HC's.

I didn't order a lanyard, also because as I said before (I'm Clumsy) and I didn't want it hanging in front of me where I could potentially bang it into the layout and break something.

Like I said before I give it an A+

Happy Joe
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Uploading Loco photos through HC Simulator
« Last post by KPack on January 31, 2024, 11:55:46 PM »
You're probably right.  I didn't catch that glitch in 2.26 because by that time all my locomotives had already been loaded.  But like Bill I'm glad to hear that it was resolved in 2.29.

It's good for people to know how it's supposed to operate, so hopefully your experience helps someone else avoid the same issue.

-Kevin
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Uploading Loco photos through HC Simulator
« Last post by Espeelark on January 31, 2024, 09:44:42 PM »
KPack said, "When acquiring a locomotive with a new picture, the picture is copied from the LM to the HC when the product is found."

KPack - That did NOT happen with my first two HC's. I had to load the image to each of those HC's. later determined that they were only at s'ware rev 2.26.
However, what you described DID happen on my 3rd HC which was at s'ware rev 2.29.

The only conclusion I can draw here its that s'ware rev 2.26 has a glitch in it w/respect to receiving the picture from an LM the first time it finds it.
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Uploading Loco photos through HC Simulator
« Last post by KPack on January 31, 2024, 09:15:41 PM »
If you have a locomotive saved on a HC with the stock RE image, and then update the LM picture on another HC, the quickest way to update on the first HC is to erase the locomotive from the HC (remove product).  Then reacquire the locomotive (find product).  It will now save with the updated picture.

File settings and pictures are saved locally to the LM.  When acquiring a locomotive with a new picture, the picture is copied from the LM to the HC when the product is found.
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: New HC-3 and H3-C SUN announced January 20, 2024
« Last post by ON28 on January 31, 2024, 02:21:59 PM »
Quote from: CPRail on January 31, 2024, 08:37:30 AM
Really liking the new controller look, but I can't justify the cost to upgrade. Wonder if we can convince Ring to do a trade-in program??

Seconded!
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Finished RailPro Installation Examples / Re: Atlas Master GP38
« Last post by ON28 on January 31, 2024, 02:19:59 PM »
Looking good! Those Scale Sound speakers with chassis-specific enclosures just drop in.
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: New HC-3 and H3-C SUN announced January 20, 2024
« Last post by CPRail on January 31, 2024, 08:37:30 AM »
Really liking the new controller look, but I can't justify the cost to upgrade. Wonder if we can convince Ring to do a trade-in program??
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RailPro Software Updates / HC-3 Rev 1.02 released
« Last post by G8B4Life on January 31, 2024, 05:47:16 AM »
HC-3 revision 1.02 has been released.

No idea what this fixes or enhances. For those that have a HC-3 already you will probably need it, everyone else will have to wait until they get their HC-3 and find out if it shipped with v1.02 or earlier

- Tim
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RailPro Specific Help & Discussion / Re: Uploading Loco photos through HC Simulator
« Last post by William Brillinger on January 30, 2024, 09:07:37 PM »
I'm pretty sure the early version of the HC software managed the photos properly and somewhere along the way that ceased.
Sounds like it was solved in 2.29 then. Glad to hear it.

Another reason to keep your your HC's  up to date!
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Finished RailPro Installation Examples / Re: Atlas Master GP38
« Last post by Espeelark on January 30, 2024, 06:31:25 PM »
ON28 - hope you don't mind if I leverage your existing "Atlas Master GP38" topic to show how I did mine. Since we both started with the same loco, I thought it would be easier for people to see how two people did a RailPro install on the same loco in the same thread/post as opposed to having to jump between two separate topics.

I leveraged ON28's great concept and fabricated a styrene platform with copper beading strips (got mine on Amazon) to minimize the wires.
On this install, I also utilized a Scale Sound Systems speaker - wow are those good!
ON28 also graciously clarified how he strucutured his styrene platform in a separate message to me.

Here's a photo of mine before the final tucking and (Kapton) taping of wires. I wanted to make it easier to see the styrene/copper beading strip platform.
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I also had the weights milled down to make room  inside the shell.

I have another one of these to do and think I will change it up by placing the SSS speaker over the forward flywheel instead which I think will leave more room for the RP module and make the wiring easier/simpler.
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