The Black Hat Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Is it possible to disable sound functions on a sound chip to allow extra functions to be made available for additional functions, such as controlling an extra light circuit. I have a 142 that is being worked on I am wondering if one of the sounds can be disabled so that an extra light function can be used to add extra realism. Thanks in advance for advice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Is it possible to disable sound functions on a sound chip to allow extra functions to be made available for additional functions, such as controlling an extra light circuit. I have a 142 that is being worked on I am wondering if one of the sounds can be disabled so that an extra light function can be used to add extra realism. Thanks in advance for advice... Depends on the chip. Also if the problem you have is lack of function buttons on the controller (or lack of F13+ support on the DCC system you have) you can almost always remap the functions to move a sound you don't use out of the way of a function you do. Again the CVs for this are chip dependant on the whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Is it possible to disable sound functions on a sound chip to allow extra functions to be made available for additional functions, such as controlling an extra light circuit. I have a 142 that is being worked on I am wondering if one of the sounds can be disabled so that an extra light function can be used to add extra realism. Thanks in advance for advice... I presume its a Howes 142 sound chip. If so, i will be the loksound with the four accessory options, ie lights front / back and 2 others, tail lights front / back in my case. Thus, to have more options, perhaps lights in the loco, you can add a cheap 2nd decoder for additional functions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Ava_Hay Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 There would be no point. The functions are capable of switching sounds on and off AND switching lights on and off at the same time. The chip will come with as many functions for lights as it has from the factory. You cannot add switched power functions any more than you can take them away. The ESU Loksound V3.5 comes with four switched functions. You can remap them to other function numbers to avoid sound conflicts when switching lights or you can remap the sounds to other function numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 The ESU Loksound V3.5 comes with four switched functions. ESU have recently released a 21 pin adaptor board 51968 with on-board amps, which apparently will now give access to AUX 3 & 4 ? making 6 switched power functions avail on 21 pin Loksound/Lokpilots etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 ESU have recently released a 21 pin adaptor board 51968 with on-board amps, which apparently will now give access to AUX 3 & 4 ? making 6 switched power functions avail on 21 pin Loksound/Lokpilots etc thats interesting. I wonder if swd have any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 thats interesting. I wonder if swd have any? Yes Simon - first noticed them on SWD's website under > accessories, plan to order a couple, should be ideal for 21 pin hardwiring ;-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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