Protosound 3 upgrade + chuff rate

@Craftech posted:

My 4-6-4 PS-2 3v steamer has two chuffs per revolution instead of four.

If one spends the money to do a PS3 upgrade is the chuff rate variable?

Thanks,

John

The chuff rate is also variable in PS2. You should be able to find it in the handheld.

Hi you can definitely change the chuff to 4 if that's what you want with the dcs remote ! Alan

@Hot Water posted:

The chuff rate is also variable in PS2. You should be able to find it in the handheld.

I don't have a handheld remote.  I have the DCS WiFi Explorer and a WTIU on order.

Would I be able to do it with either of those?

Thanks,

John

@Alan Mancus posted:

Hi you can definitely change the chuff to 4 if that's what you want with the dcs remote ! Alan

I don't have the remote only one the two devices I mentioned in the previous post.

Thanks,

John

Agreed, you can upgrade if you want, but ps2 3V is perfectly fine, adjustable chuff rate, and unless you have a failure, typically the upgrade cost is just not that huge of a difference. Especially when you are talking a stacker PS3/2, keeping all incandescent lighting and original wiring harness, other than having a 4 meg memory, functionally it's 99.999% the same thing. Again, sure, I will grant you one "could" upgrade to PS3/2 (because it's not full PS3) on a Railking loco, it's kind of throwing your money away in my opinion. A Premier can more justify it, but again, in a Railking, your gain on investment is just not that good of a ratio in my opinion. Especially when yours is a working engine.

You will be able to do it from the WTIU. Sorry, I cannot 100% say from the explorer- because it is artificially crippled with what features they let you access from the app. They (MTH) for reasons that are really hard to justify in the current market, decided to tier their DCS offering - especially when sold as a starter set option- to just basically put a user in a situation forced to buy a TIU.

@Craftech posted:

I don't have the remote only one the two devices I mentioned in the previous post.

Thanks,

John

If you have a local hobby shop nearby, or maybe a friend, with an MTH DCS layout, they could change the chuff rate for you.

@Craftech posted:

My Railking 4-6-4 PS-2 3v Hudson steamer has two chuffs per revolution instead of four.

If one spends the money to do a PS3 upgrade is the chuff rate variable?

Find someone with a TIU.  Nothing in the DCS Explorer or the DCS Commander manual suggests you can change those parameters.

Got it.  Thanks.

I may wait until I get the new WTIU.  Supposed to be here by the end of summer.

Thanks,

John