K-Line Cruise Control

Thanks Rod, Thanks Pete !!!

I haven't taken the kit out of the box yet but I thought it better to be forewarned and prepared rather than to find myself in a mess and have to turn to my friends here on the forum once the locomotive was spread out like in an instruction sheet 'exploded view'...

Best,

Dave

Gunrunnnerjohn, Thanks for the reply, very helpful. I believe that I will make this mod.

Originally Posted by lpb007:

I have 2 k-Line Mikados and one Berkshire, each with factory installed TMCC. I would like to add ERR Cruise Commander M to these locomotives.  I have never had to opened them. Is there room to easily make these installations without modifications to the shells?  Thanks,  Pat B.

The ERR Cruise Commander M replaces the same size DCDR in the locomotive, so it's a drop-in with the addition of one wire to bring in serial data.  To be fair, the CCM is about 1/8" longer, but that is not normally an issue.

 

This is for K-Line stuff that does NOT have the cruise factory installed

I'm not sure why the drive ratio needs to be programmed into the board either. It probably makes a difference if you are using the same hardware for a diesel or a steamer, since the driver diameter is way different there. I'm not at all worried about ease of installation, it's obviously dead easy. I am just trying to find out whatever I can about the system and especially the differences between 3.0 and 4.0. I'm also hoping that Bob K will make the programming instructions available - hopefully it doesn't also require specialized hardware. 

A few years ago I copied a few posts from the forum pertinent to K-Line Cruise into a Word document. It doesn't look like it is complete with all the info Bob K implied he had but it might help those who noted a jerkiness with the engine.

Pete

Norton;

My thanks also for posting that information.

Handy to have.

Rod

How about an anonymous posting so you're not blamed for the person screwing up their locomotive?   It really would be useful information to have, and that's really one of the great things about this forum, the sharing of information.

Or just a simple disclaimer essentially telling people if they do perform the programming they do so at their own risk.

Thanks Bob.

Thanks from me too Bob.  I'm sure it will come in handy sometime in the future!!!

Best,

Dave

Great info Bob. Thank you. You mention not being able to return to the original settings which makes sense if you were not the one who programed it in the first place but can I assume if you do try and reprogram it and maybe input a wrong number or still find it is not right that I could try and program it again until I did get it right?

Also I wasn't aware that K-Line Cruise could control chuff rate. Can it in fact control chuff like DCS or TAS chuff & puff based on wheel diameter? If so I assume you have to move a wire from the micro switch to the cruise board??

Pete

Thank you.  G