58001 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I am in the process of transforming my signal and point control to DCC. So far I have two points controlled by a Hornby R8216 accessory decoder and a semaphore signal controlled by a Dapol (train-tech) SC3 decoder. The points are addressed to 1 and 2 and the signal to 5. They were programmed through the Elite controller and function perfectly when using that. However, Railmaster does not seem to regonise the addresses. When I change the signal in Railmaster (address 5) one of the points changes. None of the other two respond. DOes anyone have any suggestions as to how this can be resolved? As I said, the Elite behaves perfectly, it seems that Railmaster is getting confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMSTim Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 From my experience the R8216 shifts the numbering by 1. You need to tell RailMaster, in the track designer, that you are using the R8216 rather than the default R8247. It's on a pull-down list when you right-click a point control button to get to its properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58001 Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Thank you for your suggestion. I have just discovered that when installing the latest Elite upgrade the firmware installer left the controller in 'Classic' mode. It needs to be in 'Standard' mode for the accessory commanding to work from Railmaster. All is now well, both the points through the R8216 decoder and the signals through the Dapol SC3 now operate from the Railmaster interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Hi 58001. Nice setup. Shouldn't the loco whistle after the signal has been set, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58001 Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 The whistle was drowned out by the thunderous noise of the signal moving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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