Friendly Fryer Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I got a secondhand Dapol track cleaner and it alredy has a decoder fitted so my simple question is how to use this with RailMaster or is this even possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37lover Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 FF,What have you tried so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Can't quite see the point of fitting a decoder to the Dapol cleaner. In RailMaster you would need to treat the decoder as if it was a loco and create a fictitious loco in RM as a manually added loco (i.e not using the RM loco database)..How to add a loco manually is covered in principle by this previous thread..Manually adding a Loco to the RM Database.https://www.hornby.com/uk-en/forum/r3459tts-decoder-not-recognized-23469/.Ignore the references in the above thread regarding configuration of the 'sounds' as this is not applicable.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Chris, the reason for fitting a decoder , is to be able to use it on DCC, layout. I have 3 of these, one for DC, one with decoder, for DCC, and one for N gauge. You cant run on dcc, without decoder. Mine is no 22, and runs behind loco, you click RM, to start/ stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I just listed mine manually, picked a picture of it from a retail webpage and limited the Cruise to 60 and Shunt to 30 per the instructions not to run it flat out as a hoover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1ngr4y Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I run mine under the control of a program (of course!!) hauled around the main lines by a Diesel Shunter. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Ray, just out of curiosity..What are the supported features under DCC control. I assume the decoder motor control, controls the speed of the vacuum motor. But do the decoder functions have any purpose, and if so what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1ngr4y Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Hi Chris, Sorry to take so long to reply. The unit only contains a motor, so yes, all you have to control is its speed and the direction you want the motor to spin. No additional functionality in the unit itself. I suppose you could add some sort of lighting, if you were so inclined 😉 Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 The reason I asked, is that I saw a picture of the box the Dapol comes in on the Internet and it said "5-function" on the box. Potentially it could be read by some as five DCC functions --- see below:.I assume the five functions are actually mechanical functions such as normal vacuuming, liquid cleaning, dry cleaning pad, abrasive cleaning pad and boost vacuuming. But the way the box is printed could be misleading../media/tinymce_upload/20c8217927e9bd0993a4b50ff36485c8.jpg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Fryer Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 Thanks all @Raf96 I think I owe you a whole case of beer by now and Yelrow nice to meet you as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Oddly the hoover still hoovers regardless of the direction it runs in. I had visions of it dumping the rubbish back on the track if I got the direction wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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