Well, pursuant to an earlier thread of mine, I have done another digital conversion. I finally *completed* the Trix 22536 weathered Seetal conversion to 3-rail. I again used a Lokpilot decoder. And yet again, I get slight hesitation!

Based on the responses I got from others in my earlier thread, I am confident these hesitations come down to the CV values of the decoder. The tracks are clean and other digital loks (with M decoders) do not exhibit this hesitation. It is not my soldering skills either as I have also converted other loks with M's 60760 and there are no problems.

So.... I must admit that I am disappointed in the performance of the Lokpilot "out of the box". The 60760 decoder has worked flawlessly "out of the box".

Of the three conversions I have now done with the Lokpilot (3173 with upgraded M 5 pole motor bits, 3447/8 Eg2/2 with can motor, and Trix 22536 with can motor), they all display this hesitation. Adjusting the CV values is not easy for me as I don't have my 6021 permanently set-up anywhere.

I have asked my dealer if he can recommend some M decoders to replace the Lokpilots. I'll also see if I can fiddle with the CVs at some point, but what an annoyance!

And for what it's worth, I also have a bunch of 60760s on order with my dealer.

Just venting....

Jim

Hi Bert-

Thanks for the reply. I understand the LP is a good decoder, I guess I was just a little disappointed that it's behavior was not "as good as" the 60760 right out of the box. I also agree that, once optimized, it is probably far better than the 60760. But I was just hoping I wouldn't have to optimize....

Jim