 Joined: 20/05/2023(UTC) Posts: 214 Location: Wales, powys
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I'm running mfx and older decoders on steam layout running of mobile station 2. Can I get loco's to sound the whistle from running over contact track? I'm running reverse loop to terminus stations and would like to know when train is approaching. The best I can come up is mounting a separate speakers wired to track triping power and setting of speakers All my locos have built in speakers so seem a waste to run it that way + would be nice to have different sound from loco's. I do not have command station or software set up yet Edited by moderator 06 June 2023 23:22:44(UTC)
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 Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Heinrich With a MS2 you can run digital locos (MFX, DCC, MMS2) and turn ON / OFF any of their fonctions What you cannot do with a MS2 alone is to associate a contact with a command. To do this, you need a CS3. Either the couple CS3 and Link88 (60226 + 60883) or the couple CS3+ and M88 (60216 + 60881) The CS3 can read track contacts and use then to trigger a pre-recorded chain of commands. This is the event fonction Here is a video on simple events to trigger turnouts, signals, locos etc Here is my automatic layout using that pair (CS3+Link88) plus Rocrail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6WnhXPcRqICheers Jean |
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Joined: 20/05/2023(UTC) Posts: 214 Location: Wales, powys
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thanks will watch vid now sounds like moor cash tho
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 Joined: 05/09/2014(UTC) Posts: 676 Location: NEW HAMPSHIRE, Somersworth
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It is easy to do but you need the proper equipment. A CS2 or 3, an appropriate S88, and any of the track sensors - contact, circuit or reed switch.
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 Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 8,226 Location: Montreal, QC
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Originally Posted by: heinrichhess  i running mfx and older decoders on steam layout running of mobile station 2 can i get loco's to sound the whistle from running over contact track im running reverse loop to terminus stations and would like to know when train is approaching the best i can come up is mounting a separate speakers wired to track triping power and setting of speakers all my locos have built in speakers so seam a waste to run it that way + would be nice to have different sound from loco's i donot have command station or software set up yet You could set up a train whistle (speaker) that would activate when the contact was tripped. it would not set off the digital whistle of that particular locomotive, but would let you know that a train was at that location. This would likely be cheaper than going to CS2/3 and the other upgrades to make it digitally feasible. Regards Mike C
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Joined: 20/05/2023(UTC) Posts: 214 Location: Wales, powys
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thanks mike ci thinking about setting up a bell like sound now that would work in signal box running from contact track alerting of trains arrival
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