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17 hours ago, adb968008 said:

Are you staying over this year?

yep, Same place as last year :)

I'll pop along for a chat sometime. I promise not to lobby for 032 as built too much 😉

I'll just barrow my demo in from the East Car Park as usual. I can't see me ever having to use the Voyage system (thankfully)

Everyone speaks of mess, you have no idea. Many years ago at the old house my wife sanded the walls in the lounge one day when I was out at work, it looked like a nuclear winter when I got home, EVERYTHING was covered in a thick white/grey layer of dust. Took days to clear up.

That’s very odd as I almost exclusively use 8 pin, I have 1 21 pin in my home brew DP1, all work well. 

20 hours ago, ejstubbs said:

 

Why do RB (and AM) have to attend?

Because one of their cars also repeatedly breached track limits at turn 6.

Of course it's now been swept under the carpet by the FIA, no retrospective penalties. I wonder why? ........

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/67357696

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The hearing was due to take place on Wednesday, but has been delayed to give the stewards time to "independently consider the submissions made".

More likely to give RB time to come up with a suitable bung ......

I don't expect for a second that should Max be leading Checo he will let him pass though. Still, I can't see George doing that for Hamilton either. As we have said, they are racers.

Why am I not surprised ......

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/67303406

what an objectionable person he is ☹️

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

Looks like, due to an admin error  (possibly mine) I will not be attending the show (no accommodation  booked). A shame and I just hope all the other admin required to get the show to be successful goes more smoothly.

 

Baz

Oh no, hope something can be sorted Barry, you can Kip on my floor at the Crowne Plaza, only stopping Saturday night though……..

You have to use the HM7000 Power Bank plugged into the on board socket on the decoder

7 minutes ago, SteveM666 said:

The dongles are being extensively tested by the development and test teams and as has been said that while they are working well (even tested in an exhibition environment) there are a couple of small glitches and suggested improvements that are being fettled.

 

Maybe my last post ended up being put up using the Special Invisible Ink that can be quite prevalent on here so I'm told 😉

1 minute ago, The Meerkat said:

thank you for the info,  is it easy to save a set of functions or is it bit messing about till you get used to it?

Export Function Map under Locomotive Settings 😉

Just now, The Meerkat said:

correct me if im wrong please

 

when i get the dongle and set the app up,  will i then have to put F0 lights F1 engine  F3 horn etc,  in my self or will they just work when i press F1  on my tablet / phone?

At the moment you have to set up the functions manually. What I have done is save a default set of functions and then import the profile for each loco added to the dongle. It's then easier to edit anything that is decoder specific. 

On 24/10/2023 at 13:21, newbryford said:

 

Did it work OK?

Is there an update as to the possible release date please?

Yes and no, there's one issue that has already been fixed in the app, but the development version is only on apple and I had my Xperia with me. Apart from that it worked really well, allowed me to control my plain vanilla dcc locos as well as the HM7000 equipped pug. 

As a result of my testing there are a couple of app improvements that have been suggested too. 

No firm date on the release of the dongle yet though. Not much longer so we have been told

2 minutes ago, Kaput said:

 

Paul's stopped doing sound projects? That'll be a big loss for Zimo fans.

Indeed

Paul's moved one to other things sadly for us 

17 hours ago, Pete the Elaner said:

 

I saw earlier in another thread that braking is on F27.

My system is a Powercab so I can't change my functions & I've just seen your comment about function mapping on the Turbomotive thread 😒

Yes, it's a pain. 

18 minutes ago, Pete the Elaner said:

 

F27 - TXS supports dynamic brake? That's interesting.

Can you re-map functions with this? Surely it would be better to shove it on the same function as the braking sound & allow it to be varied by CV. Is that a little too much to ask from what is still a much cheaper decoder than a Zimo or ESU?

oh for function mapping 😉 I think they are fed up of me raising this on the beta test chat 🤣

I thought he was paid in cake?

19 minutes ago, Pete the Elaner said:

 

Handy to know.

 

There is a lot which analogue chips won't do that DCC will: proper coasting, controllable acceleration/deceleration/braking, consisting. TXS will not do the lot & that is what keeps the cost lower than an ESU or Zimo.

 Indeed Pete. Coasting is possible though by setting the deceleration momentum to a very high value and then using the brake key (F27) to stop the loco when you want. It's not ideal if you are operating in DCC mode on say a Powercab as at least 3 button presses are needed to activate F27 .... If you have a more modern DCC system that allows for button reconfiguration then it's less of a problem

Well according to the website I'm on D38

ooh, us demos are a lot nearer the catering, which is nice 😁

I'd have popped over but I was stuck behind Fourgig East 🤣

Good results Mike, especially as your attendance was probably diluted by another show in our area on the same weekend 🙂