My Howes sound chip has arrived and it's time to remap the functions!

The 142 isn't ready for a chip yet - lots to do - but I couldn't resist having a play with the chip. At the moment I am using a ViTrains 37 body and using the standard speaker that is supplied with the LokSound 4. I am using the Howes sound project.

I started by reading all CV's using DecoderPro so I have a backup file in case it all goes pear shaped, it took around an hour to read all of the CV's. I used this, along with the provided function sheet, to establish which sound slots associated with which sounds.

Then I began remapping the functions to a 'personal standard' so all of my stock will use common functions (this is in the notepad file at the top), the function mapping tab of DecoderPro is also in the gallery.

I'm not too sure about having door open and close on the same latching function - this means that the door close sound plays whenever track power is turned on and also seems to play whenever I select speed-step 0 from anywhere above 50%.

For now I think it's time to return to the 142 and get that ready for decoder fitting before settling on function order and volume settings!

Cheers.