Hi everyone! Was wondering if any of you have encountered an issue with the Digitrax DN163K0A. After installing, it reads (using JMRI) the decoder is there, but when I save the address and then go to read it again, no information have been saved. Any ideas? - Mauricio
Is the decoder brand new or previously owned? If the latter, it may have been locked. Sorry, off the top of my head, I don't remember how to check or unlock it.
Thanks Jake! It was brand new, I bought it a while back and just now got around to installing. You know how it is, we make time for the hobby when we can By the way, I see you have a Sprog 3, I do as well (none-Pi version)
Yes, I have the Pi SPROG 3, which is similar functionally to the SPROG 3, but w/upgraded SW to run a layout with multiple trains a little better. I really like it and the Raspberry Pi to run JMRI, all in one package (with two external power supplies). When I program decoders with Decoder Pro, I VNC into the R-Pi from my laptop (acts as display, keyboard and mouse for the R-Pi), but the R-Pi boots up in headless mode with JMRI Panel Pro and the Wi Throttle server running, so I need only my phone running Engine Driver to run trains. I bought it through a local SPROG dealer who came to my house, during the early days of COVID, to demo a SPROG and JMRI with a couple of DCC locos, on a loop of UniTrack I had on my dining room table (my first foray into DCC). With a product and service like that, it was an easy decision to make. The current product replacement for the Pi SPROG 3 is the Pi SPROG 3 v2, which is actually a partially-populated version of the new Pi SPROG 3 Plus. The latter includes a secondary track output which, depending on the JMRI profile, can be either a dedicated programming track, or a second, buffered version of the main track output, and further configurable for auto-reversing. There is a USB interfaced SPROG 3 Plus coming soon, with the same secondary track output. I would expect it, in partially populated form, to replace the existing (USB) SPROG 3, since manufacturing and selling two products which share the same circuit board, a common subset of components, and common firmware is more cost-effective to assemble, maintain and support. I plan on getting a Pi SPROG3 Plus for my new layout (early prototype construction phase now) since it will incorporate a reverse loop. I'll probably get a new R-Pi for it as well, so I have two systems ready to go (my existing one will probably be dedicated to programming decoders on the bench.)
Oh wow, that is some excellent customer service! I had no real help when deciding, the affordability of it really sold me. I only have set up for a programming track since I don't have a layout, but once I do (whenever that happens) I'll put it to do some real work In between the time I posted this and now, I've contacted Digitrax to see if they have any ideas. This is what shows up when it reads the decoder.
From what I can see 17 is set to 224 and 18 to 0 so engine should respond to road number 8192 ... https://www.digitrax.com/support/cv/calculators/ Since 29 is 36 the decoder should also run under DC and use a long 4 digit address.... http://www.2mm.org.uk/articles/cv29 calculator.htm If it doesn't respond to 8192 It might be worth a try to change 29 to 32 which would turn off that it can also run on DC. If you aren't trying to have 8192 as the address use the first calculator above to determine what you should change 17 and 18 to. By any chance are you getting a 308 error when reading or writing the decoder? Sumner
