New question smoke units

What is the question?  The board looks at the conventional pot setting and uses that on start up, unless it is in the remote with settings saved.   G

I guess I don't have the settings saved, how do I do that?  My smoke units never use to come on at startup, usually I have them turned off. and never have them set on full. They now start up (smoke units) like conventional start.

When in lash up mode when I want to turn down or up the overall volume of consist only the lead engine responds.

Barry can provide a better answer about lash-up, but if smoke volume pot is turned off the engine would start up with smoke off when added and started up in DCS.

Clem,

When in lash up mode when I want to turn down or up the overall volume of consist only the lead engine responds.

 I haven't seen that in DCS 5.0, however, it isn't something that I typically adjust. If you have an issue adjusting lashup member smoke volume, there's a work-around that should let you get the results that you want:

• Startup the lashup and set smoke using the CONTROL menu.
• Press ENG and promote the desired member to the Active Engine List and then make it the active engine in the remote's LCD window. Do not press Startup.
• Press Menu/Control/Smoke Volume and set the member';s smoke volume to low, medium or maximum.
• Repeat the previous two steps for any other member engines for which you want to change the smoke setting.
• Press ENG and reselect the lashup.
• Press the FSV soft key to save the member engine's settings.

The smoke volume should be as desired on subsequent lashup startups.

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