One Throttle two (alternate) CAB addresses

v64 Dec 29, 2016

  1. v64

    v64 TrainBoard Member

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    A TCCS (from Tec4Trains) decoder has two addresses (A) to drive the loco and (B) to operate the dcc driven coupler.

    With DCC++ Base Controller I understand that once a Register is used to send a DCC packet to address A it will continue to do so (as with all controllers) forever. So, if I use another Base Register to send packets to Address B (the decoder) the two message streams interact and confuse the TCCS decoder.

    So, my questions is how can I edit the Controller code so that, either:

    I can define Two throttles (each with its own CAB address) so that they use the same Register.

    Or, how can I stop a Register from sending DCC packets.

    Thank-you in advance for any help

    David H
     
  2. CSX Robert

    CSX Robert TrainBoard Member

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    This shouldn't happen - the message streams do not interact. The throttle (and function) messages are sent as packets with each packet addressed to a specific decoder address. There should be no issue sending commands to more than one address at a time (it would kind of defeat the purpose of DCC if there was).
     

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