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Paul Kallus posted:

I purchased my first PS3.0 engine last fall and e-mailed MTH a question about an instruction manual and never got a reply. Fortunately, my engine has been working - although I am still not sure how long I need to wait after powering up before addressing and moving out.

Paul; I forgot to address the issue you raised about how long to wait after power-up before "addressing" and moving out.

I'll share what I do using the DCS Commander:

If the Commander is not powered up, I plug it in and then I note the screen -- it comes up in conventional mode ('conv'). I then select DCS mode with the DCS button which applies power to the track as evidenced by the brightly lit lockons. Also, at this point, I may have to select which engine to address commands to. If the engine I want is currently selected, then I press the "startup" button and the engine begins its noise. I can then immediately set the scale speed by scrolling the speed wheel.

I suppose the total time from applying power to the Commander to the point where I set the speed may be around  6 seconds or so.

I hope my comments above actually address what you were asking about -- I never realized there might be a concern over how long a period of time may have to elapse between applying power and addressing the engine to get it moving.

I suppose the electronics might have some 'settling' time.

Are you asking about the time to wait before addressing and 'moving out' because you're doing these operations with a computer rather than manually?

I could imagine the need for building in delays if commands were being issued by a computer rather than physically pressing a button!

Let me know if I'm anywhere near providing any useful comments to you or if I'm 'out in left field'.

Ray

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