Rdrunner40 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Hi  New member here  I have a question which has caused no end of problems so I thought would ask wider audience.  Basically I wish to run 4-5 athearn genesis sound loco's in consist. What I want to ask if I can assign all loco's to a unique consist number and then to be able to control all sound via the single consist f1or f2 or f3 etc  So as the speed increases all sounds on all locos in the consists speed up etc ....  Is any one able to help me ?  Same with lights and so on ......  Regards  Murray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
torikoos Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Yes that is very much possible, but how to go about it is a bit dependent on your DCC system. Â Can you share which DCC system you use, then someone might be able to write a quick step by step guide for you. Â One note on consisting, you might want to check if the loco's are generally equally fast , before you really start operating them together, even with two identical units you can find differences. So check it, and run them in in both directions first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Another factor to consider is the decoder type(s)Â in each loco. Some don't cater for all functions to be available under the consist address. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrunner40 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Yes that is very much possible, but how to go about it is a bit dependent on your DCC system.  Can you share which DCC system you use, then someone might be able to write a quick step by step guide for you.  One note on consisting, you might want to check if the loco's are generally equally fast , before you really start operating them together, even with two identical units you can find differences. So check it, and run them in in both directions first. Hi I am using the prodigy advance two wireless and all the units are new Athearn genesis sound and where I am running 3 4 or 5 units together they are all the same model just different running numbers  As a whole that was one of the things I was trying to do. As far as I am aware all decodes are the same.  I have run the units as a consist but cannot turn sounds on or off unless I start each loco by its unique address and when all units are running I then add to a consist - surely this is not how it done as when I have another operating session I have to do it all over again.  Regards  Murray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
torikoos Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 OK so you wish to start all engines at once? and operate all functions at once using one consist address for all loco's you are assigning that consist?  Are you sure?  Reason I'm saying that ,is that it will probably be very hard if not impossible to not get the lights respond as well.  So if you were to turn on the headlight of the lead engine, all others will do the same, and that's not prototypical.  (neither is starting all engines at once), also blowing the horn, would probably result in all engines horns blowing at once, again that is not what happens in real life either.   So while I now understand the reason behind your question better (wanting a quick set up), I'm not sure if that will lead to undesired effects?  One way to do it is to assign the loco's a second address. (a short 2 digit address, and a longer 4 digit address).  When selecting the short address (many loco's are default at 3, you could change that to 5 or whatever) all the loco's will then respond to it at once. One draw back, you would need them to face in the same direction..  I assume your consist has some loco's pointing the other way, which is why consisting is invented.    What you describe in the last lines of your message is indeed how I would do it.  Individually start the engines, drive them up to each other, assign them in a consist and control via the lead engine number (so that one controls it's lights horns etc, and not the others). Depending on another operating session and how you finish your first one, the address and consist could remain in the memory of the systems used, so once you power down, and you would power up again next day, the consist should still be valid.  I must admit that I am not familiar with your DCC system though, someone else that owns that one might know better how that works. I have Lenz myself, and each system handles consists (and the way they store these) somewhat differently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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