Fishmanoz

Card details are stored in your profile as I understand it and made available from there for orders and pre-orders when you are establishing them.

As I’ve posted elsewhere this evening (Aust Time), going to get interesting when the first digital HST train packs reach TTers using approved DC PSUs to run their layouts. When mine arrives, I’ll have options as my very temp layout is Elite powered so both consisting or using the same address for both decoders will be possible.

Sorry, I don’t have a solution, this lot is most puzzling and should be reported back to HM Customer Care. But some observations: CV2 - Vstart. Adjustable in TXS but not TTS. Default should be 0? CV3/CV4 - acceleration and deceleration, adjustable in both TXS and TTS. Default value is 15 for both CVs and both decoders. If CV3 becomes 160, loco will not race off, in fact it will take nearly 3 minutes to get going. If CV4 goes to 160, loco will take nearly 3 minutes to stop (keep the decoder for use on your 2km long iron or train (driverless) on your West Australian layout!). CV5 - undefined and not adjustable on either TXS or TTS.

Unfortunately, this thread seems to keep on getting further into the doo-doo, no matter what anyone says. And I’ll put my hand up for having started the process. V1.3 of the manual would have needed remarkable foresight to cover the issue too. It was released before the app update wasn’t it?

Going to get interesting when the first digital versions are delivered to TTers powering their layouts with any of the recommended DC PSUs.

Just a note for others reading this - if you are powering a layout for HM7000 decoders with DC (as you are), it is not necessary to use a digital power track. The analog and the digital power tracks work exactly the same on such a setup. You can use either or both. If both, polarity must be the same on each.

Hi Tim, no it’s not possible to have delivered to an Aust address for TT:120 only. Hornby have a (misguided) exclusive arrangement with wholesaler Southern Model Supplies (SMS) so Australian supply is only through SMS retailers of which there are a few. Your alternatives include: - Order from Hornby via any non-Aust address and have it on-forwarded - Order from a UK supplier who will deliver to Aust When looking at Australian retailers, TT:120 set prices are horrendous so best to use an alternative, other Aust prices not too bad but shop around, and range of items available in Australia is often very limited.

Thanks for the highly detailed explanation Ninja. However, using the approach taken by Yelrow that this is but a model rail forum, I believe many lay users will be misled by the topic title as to the functionality of the updated app.

RAF reported internal and external topics on this with the one quoted by Brewman being the internal. In it Dragon reports finding the work-around all by himself. My point - there is no critical bug in the HM | DCC app (HM7000s are decoders not apps). There is a non-critical bug requiring a slightly convoluted process to install profiles.

This topic needs a title change to reflect the detailed coverage of app-based point control.

Searched the forum to see if an anyone had reported doing it previously. Nothing found. And doesn’t appear in this thread with content on successful fits:

Yes, it’s the TWW method and very fiddly including grinding out the inside of the body so the decoder fits across it, removing the upper motor mounting and removing internal cab detail to fit the PB which also needs its shrink wrap removed. Not to mention fine soldering to connect the decoder and the various lights included. Assuming you want to go that far.

Posted above only 6 minutes ago and already I cannot edit it to add this applies to fitting an HM7000-N18TXS plus Power Bank to a TT:120 08. Ridiculous!

Gilbo means clearing a fault in the loco, not the track.

New one on bogie modification and correct alignment etc:

Seems to be a new problem, and so far a one-off. So sorry, I don’t have a fix. When there’s a solution, it should be added to the fixes in the top sticky thread where so far, the only problem with the draw bar is the screw falling out.

I think with fiddly bits, Hornby has 2 things wrong: - they are misreading the current forum market, and - if they think they can create a new market by including such features, they may well find no such market exists.

For me, one of the excellent features of the last forum was the unlimited editing time. A month later was not unusual for me. And if after the month, the change was significant, I could always put in a new post to refer back to it. So definitely for no edit limit. I don’t need a nanny to help me to not confuse people with errors in my posts. And definitely title edit too!!

I’m finding I have to insert 2 returns then delete the first to get the correct spacing via an iPad. If a start with only one, I get this. If I start with and leave two, I get this. If I start with two, then delete the first, I get this. Very annoying.

I seem to be a Grand Master with a tri-pointed crown, whatever they mean.

Mainframes built by unis as research projects with flexiwriter/paper tape as the input and cards yet to be available. That was in the early 60s with 20 years to go until the first IBM PC was produced. And those first PCs didn’t have hard drives, twin floppy drives if you were lucky. I remember installing my first HDD in a clone, the big one with 30 megabits of storage - yes, megabits not gigabits

To reinforce the replies above, when the loco sits and buzzes on DCC, the most common result is it is DCC Ready with a blanking plate rather than DCC Fitted with a decoder. And leaving it on the track with a blanking plate will burn out the motor sooner or later.

One of the essential features of an RLM is that, on short detection when a train enters/leaves the isolated section, it switches the phase/polarity fast enough that the supply to the track doesn’t go into overload/shutdown. Some makes of relay-based RLMs have been proven unreliable in this respect. However, given this design can switch reliably using a relay, and do so with DC polarity where most/all commercial models can’t, it’s well worth getting out the soldering iron. Will be interesting to see if the new Hornby one can match it.

Specifically, with CV29 at 2, the short address is active, hence the loco responding to 19.