sbroger Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Does anybody have any experience with 'MyLocoSound' sound decoders when operated with a basic version 'Elite'(Firmware version 1.0)? I found that the decoders did not respond/were not activated, by the controller whereas my Hornby & Bachmann locos with factory-fitted sound decoders work perfectly well.I look forward to some insights & advice.Thanks & regards, Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 First I've heard of them. Have you followed all the troubleshooting tips in the manual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 These are advertised in the back pages of mag's. but I've never used one, so cannot offer any constructive suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbroger Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 First I've heard of them. Have you followed all the troubleshooting tips in the manual?I have thanks but no joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog RJ Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 First thing you want to do is update the Elite firmware, it works a lot better with the latest firmware in many respects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Have you emailed them directly to ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 First thing you want to do is update the Elite firmware, it works a lot better with the latest firmware in many respects. A must before doing anything else. 1.0, really, did you find it in a back corner of the Ark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I fitted a Mylocosound decoder & speaker into the tender of a Hornby Schools. It runs as good as any other chipped loco, the sound is very acceptable once tuned to the motion and for £49 is a bargain. It uses 7 functions, 28 adjustable CV's and has a stay alive capacitor already fitted. My controller is Elite upgraded to V1.04. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 V1.41 is the current Elite standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 V1.41 is the current Elite standard. I agree, RAF, Twas my typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbroger Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 I fitted a Mylocosound decoder & speaker into the tender of a Hornby Schools. It runs as good as any other chipped loco, the sound is very acceptable once tuned to the motion and for £49 is a bargain. It uses 7 functions, 28 adjustable CV's and has a stay alive capacitor already fitted. My controller is Elite upgraded to V1.04.Thanks very much, that's very helpful, regards Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BODS3 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Does anybody have any experience with 'MyLocoSound' sound decoders when operated with a basic version 'Elite'(Firmware version 1.0)? I found that the decoders did not respond/were not activated, by the controller whereas my Hornby & Bachmann locos with factory-fitted sound decoders work perfectly well.I look forward to some insights & advice.Thanks & regards, Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BODS3 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 HelloI am having problems with My loco sound decoder works o/k from Elite but when operated from Railmaster decoder control is slow and unreliable.have checked all settings I know of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I would be tempted to send in a report from RM telling HRMS exactly that - 'it works fine direct via Elite but slow via RM'. It may be that it has characterisitcs RM doesn't fully support yet, but they will if they can usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1ngr4y Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I fitted a Mylocosound decoder & speaker into the tender of a Hornby Schools. It runs as good as any other chipped loco, the sound is very acceptable once tuned to the motion and for £49 is a bargain. It uses 7 functions, 28 adjustable CV's and has a stay alive capacitor already fitted. My controller is Elite upgraded to V1.04.Can you remember which CV's you needed to change to get the loco to run well? I've just bought one but I'm having very little success in getting it to run well.Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I fitted a Mylocosound decoder & speaker into the tender of a Hornby Schools. It runs as good as any other chipped loco, the sound is very acceptable once tuned to the motion and for £49 is a bargain. It uses 7 functions, 28 adjustable CV's and has a stay alive capacitor already fitted. My controller is Elite upgraded to V1.04. If you actually mean Elite v1.40, not 1.04, then highly recommended to upgrade to 1.41 which fixed a number of serious bugs in 1.40. And even more so if you meant 1.04. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Hi St1ngr4y,These are the CV's I changed. CV2-16, CV3-20, CV4-10, CV64-40 but these values may not suit your loco. Also the Chuff rate, delay & volume will have to be set specific to yours. It's trial and error most of the time. My controller is the Elite version 1.40 and I have not experienced any bugs but I have downloaded v1.41 ready to upgrade as recommended by Fishy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choralc Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I believe that a sheet should come with the decoder to set CVs to match a 2 or 4 cylinder loco or a three cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1ngr4y Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I believe that a sheet should come with the decoder to set CVs to match a 2 or 4 cylinder loco or a three cylinder.Yes, I got the sheet with all of the configurable CVs and an explanation of their meanings. However, no matter what combination I tried I couldn't get the loco to start smoothly. Under Railmaster's control having got it going forwards, I couldn't get it to stop, except by selecting reverse then a slow speed (and the transition from forwards to backwards was instantaneous!). Once going backwards, the RM stop button then worked. Under RM I couldn't get any of the sounds to function (except for sound on/off). It was a nightmare. I have it packaged up, ready to return for a refund.Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BODS3 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I believe that a sheet should come with the decoder to set CVs to match a 2 or 4 cylinder loco or a three cylinder.Yes, I got the sheet with all of the configurable CVs and an explanation of their meanings. However, no matter what combination I tried I couldn't get the loco to start smoothly. Under Railmaster's control having got it going forwards, I couldn't get it to stop, except by selecting reverse then a slow speed (and the transition from forwards to backwards was instantaneous!). Once going backwards, the RM stop button then worked. Under RM I couldn't get any of the sounds to function (except for sound on/off). It was a nightmare. I have it packaged up, ready to return for a refund.Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BODS3 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 HelloI am still having trouble getting my locosound decoder to operate correctly from the Railmaster,I have emailed Railmaster support 7days ago but no reply yet.the decoder operates from Elite o/k when not connected to RailmasterPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelrow Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 HI, you need to email support from Railmaster program, itself. Did you do that, cos they are not normally that slow in replying. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BODS3 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 HI, you need to email support from Railmaster program, itself. Did you do that, cos they are not normally that slow in replying. johnHiYes I did that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Did you get the instant automatic acknowledgement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BODS3 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Did you get the instant automatic acknowledgement? Yes it said should get answer in a couple of daysPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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