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I make use of the HM7K decoders 'auto features' to minimise manual key presses. F28 plays various sounds applicable either to stationary and moving. These sounds are configurable and can be set to sequential or random. Turn it on and the loco plays its own noises. Auto-calibrate is another handy feature - similar to the procedure detailed above, the decoder is armed by CV, then fired off down the track by F-key. Job done.

Try adding the Pendo to the consist 1st and the 57 second and report if the consist control result is the same as before. If so you would need a controller that can read CV values to check out if the consist address has taken.

BRM did a wiring guide for 3 way Peco points some long time ago. Your chief admin/mod should be able to point to it.

Bluetooth uses an OTA MAC address. Dongle talks to DCC addressed locos via the rails. The Select has no OTA capability so can only talk via the rails. The two paths are totally separate.

Contact HM.customercare@Hornby.com quoting your HM7000-CF91 number and they will send you the reset code, although you can work it out yourself by adding your last 4 digits in lower case to a4c13800.... or you can use the universal Reset1234. You seem to have got yourself in the bug loop, which is by-passable by powering down the decoder and restarting the app. Next time around the decoder will be ready to link. There are a whole series of step-by-step noddy guides on the Hornby website here https://uk.Hornby.com/hm7000/hm-dcc-guides Manage Devices screen is in Settings - the cog wheel at bottom of screen. Any decoders that are powered up will show in that screen by their HM7000-xxxx number. The next step is to list your locos in the Engine Shed page and assign the decoders to them that are fitted. If these are all factory fitted decoders then place the locos on track one by one and you assign that loco after you have linked its decoder to the app.

Scalex with trains instead of cars.

It has been found that if you have an iOS device the data transfer facility when you swap devices will take everything across for you, but the Android data transfer is very much device dependant, so makes will, some won't. Hell of a way to find out if it doesn't tho'.

Ref the Select and limited functions and addressing. Which functions you can operate is dependant upon the Select firmware state . Original v1.0 F0-F4, v1.1 F0-F8 and v1.5 upwards F0-F28. Update by return to work at Hornby for a small fee. Now here is a thing, although you can only program loco addresses 1-59 and control them directly from the Select, if you are operating from the app via a dongle it has been noted that you can control addresses 1-127. How strange is that.

Contact Hornby customer services to pay your £15 and get a returns number. Turn round time is about a week.

The dongle does not support being switched from app to dcc. It is a bluetooth interface that sends dcc signals. The only option switching it has is Elite or Select and this alters the way Functions F13-28 are handled. Default is Elite so if your Select is v1.5 up but these functions are not working check the switch . . .

You put in the function number give it a name and select icon if required. You can of course put any function on any page as they are just pointers. If say you want your aux function (f18/f25) on page 1 then you can. @jonnyuk - the dongle is not magic and although it sends commands to the Select to pass on the Select is limited to what it can do dependant upon its revision state, i.e. a very early version will only control F0-F4, later F0-F8 then at v1.5 and up it will control F0-F28. Ditto addressing - locos 1-59. Accessories later 61-99.

For anyone wondering what the Elite - Select option is in the app. Select function button is on then again for off. Elite function button can be short pressed for on then off or if held down it reacts as momentary, i.e. on until released.

There are 3 pages of functions - see image above this post. Click the page 2 and 3 tabs in the app.

Yes - the engine shed is just a list of your locos. You can assign either a 7K decoder or the dongle as required to bring them into play - applicable to the decoder fitted.

Power cycling the loco and or dongle is a normal part of the procedure. The bug is when you try to add a second or subsequent loco's TTS profile from the profile page.

I have seen similar with the Hornby HM7K decoders in ABC ops. Some functions overrule the ABC rules. To prove it is F6 operate it manually under ABC conditions and see if it will override the stop. The problem you are having is the randomness of play. Another avenue if the Loksound supports it is to have the sounds at stop play in sequence rather than random, then you know when shunt is coming into play.

There is a bug that only allows the first function map to be imported. They are working on a fix, but in the meantime here is a bit of a convoluted work-around issued to the test team. • Unassign any locomotives from the HM7040 in the Manage Device screen. • Create a new 'Temp' vehicle in the Engine Shed. • Assign the HM7040 to it, ensuring that this is the only locomotive the 7040 is assigned to. • Tap on Settings. • Tap on Profiles. • Find your chosen function map. • Plug in the HM7040 / 'Temp' loco. • Tap on Import Function Map. • Go to Locomotive Settings of the 'Temp' locomotive. • Tap on Export Function Map. • Save the Function Map with a given name. • Go to Engine Shed. • Tap on the correct locomotive you wish for the newly exported function map to be applied to. • Tap on Import Function Map. • Choose the Function Map you recently exported. • This will install the function map for another locomotive. • Repeat this process using the 'Temp' locomotive with other profiles, exporting each Function Map out and re-importing them back in to the correct locomotive. • Once complete, go to Manage Devices, tap on HM7040 and assign the HM7040 to all locomotives you wish to control with it. Once it is fixed it will follow the previously documented method.

Dongle how to guides here https://uk.Hornby.com/hm7000/hm-dcc-guides The TTS profiles referred to are simply the function key assignments to save you having to type them in. You cannot import a TTS sound file. Set up your legacy locos in the Engine Shed then assign them all to the dongle. They appear on the control screen loco ribbon same as the HM7K locos. The only limitation is you cannot read CVs over the air as they are commanded thru' the rails as per normal.

HM7000 sound profile for the 4-Vep is due out soon.

Not in this century Tim

Depends upon your loco detection system as to if you need track sections or not. I use reed switches and/or hall effect sensors situated in between the rails to trigger software events. Standard DCC bus with no track breaks anywhere.

I have listened to their recordings on headphones and they are much higher fidelity than when they come out of the loco speaker.

That looks like the Guagemaster GM386 unit - see here https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/media/downloads/GM385-6-7.pdf

My 20 had a large rectangular speaker from the TTS decoder, which I swapped out for the largest enclosure with the TXS decoder. This is exactly the same size but the attach lugs are opposite hand hence it had to be mounted upside down relative to the old speaker. This made it snug to sit the 8-pin decoder on top of, but it gave me plenty of room underneath for the power bank.

The profile list still needs an update but the apps list the latest state of play.