mickrick Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Hello to all,simple question (i hope) when forming a 2 loco consist do the 2 selected locos lose there individual codes.when i programmed locos 1 and 2 as a consist number 20 they have lost there own codes 1 and 2,is this normal.if i want to run them as a single loco then i have to use number 20 or reset them to 1 and 2 and lose the consist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 My understanding from reading the Select manual. Is that the 'consist' configuration exists ONLY within the Select controller memory. The original individual DCC addresses that have previously been configured in the individual decoders are not affected in any way and remain configured in the decoder as normal. The Select first has to be taken out of 'consist mode' which will dissolve the 'consist' configuration before the individual addresses can be used..Select 1.5 manual ...... pages 14 & 15 refers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 They don’t lose their own addresses they just don’t respond to them when in a Select controlled consist. If you had another controller, then each loco would respond to their own address under control of that controller. RM can invoke consists even for those locos with decoders that do not support consisting. This time the links are held within RM memory. To regain control under the Select as Chris says dissolve the consist. More sophisticated controllers and decoders can use advanced consisting where the decoder is reconfigured via CV19 - see here https://www.nmra.org/sites/default/files/standards/sandrp/pdf/s-9.2.2_decoder_cvs_2012.07.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickrick Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 thanks to both of you for your help,i used to have a dynamis set and it allowed me to use locos as a consist or individually on there own codes as you said.i dont know how to dissolve the consist but i managed to return the locos to original codes by resetting the select! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I dont know how to dissolve the consist.......As I said in my last reply.....read Page 14 & Page 15 of the Select manual......see Page 15 extract yellow highlights below:./media/tinymce_upload/8ba185efa97073b43d533fe57df86ca1.jpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I love these manuals because they tend to have in them all the information you are likely to need to resolve your problems - if only you would look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickrick Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 cheers again,i missed the disolve bit.i was double heading and didnt look at triple heading bit under which the disolve method was written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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