thanks for taking time to respond!
Now that the door has re-opened with EER products to be distributed by 3RD rail, when can we expect to see these? (and Chuff Generators?)
-Jim
It will be several months, I have to crank up production and of course wait for the Chinese to order parts, build the boards, and ship them. Then they all have to be packaged...
Hi John
pls remind me what I would need to order of the new err boards to upgrade a conventional Lionel diesel. Does cruise commander give me tmcc plus cruise and then I still need the sound board? Lmk thanks.
Greg, the Cruise Commander does indeed give you the TMCC and cruise, that and the RailSounds Commander are the two boards you need for the full upgrade. Obviously, that diesel has to have DC can motors, if you have an AC model, you use the AC Commander.
Thanks. How do I determine the type of motor the engine has? I know it’s sometimes on the box but I don’t have some of the post war boxes or is it as easy as the year built? Thx again.
Greg
How about telling us the exact model, better yet post some pictures? It's usually pretty obvious which motor they have, the DC motors are very quiet, the AC motors growl as they run. 
The Super-Chuffer is dead, long live the new Super-Chuffer II! The production boards arrived and I programmed up a bunch of new processors, all is well! 
The first production items will be at Henning's Trains today.
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Stackm746 posted:Thanks. How do I determine the type of motor the engine has? I know it’s sometimes on the box but I don’t have some of the post war boxes or is it as easy as the year built? Thx again.
Greg
Hi John
pls remind me what I would need to order of the new err boards to upgrade a conventional Lionel diesel. Does cruise commander give me tmcc plus cruise and then I still need the sound board? Lmk thanks.
Did any post war trains come with a DC Can motor? Without knowing what you have we can't help.
I suggest you start a thread about your topic, this isn't the place for it.
Nice! I waited a while for these boards to arrive.
John,
Is the enhancement to cut all power to the smoke fan if the smoke unit isn't energized a feature of the PIC chip programming, or is it tied into the hardware of the new board?
-Jim
...And is the wiring the same ( I don't see the instructions/tech info on Hennings site, as is provided for the original).
Thanks again for getting these done for us.
A quick question. I have the Lionmaster Class A TMCC 6-38049. I am going to upgrade the cruise with ERR hopefully later this year. Also would like to upgrade the smoke to synchronize. Will this fit in that semi-scale locomotive? If so, do I need to buy anything else to make it work?
Jim Harrington posted:Is the enhancement to cut all power to the smoke fan if the smoke unit isn't energized a feature of the PIC chip programming, or is it tied into the hardware of the new board?-Jim
Both. I needed an extra uP pin to control it, and I had to add a opto isolator to sense the smoke heater voltage and let me know that the smoke was active/inactive.
Jim Harrington posted:...And is the wiring the same ( I don't see the instructions/tech info on Hennings site, as is provided for the original).
There is a one-wire difference, the two +5V outputs are now one, the other one is the smoke heater voltage in. Also, the H2 header is gone, that was a feature that sounded good when I originally designed it, but in practical applications, isn't really needed.
Here's the new documentation for the Super-Chuffer II: Super-Chuffer II Documentation.pdf
jstraw124 posted:A quick question. I have the Lionmaster Class A TMCC 6-38049. I am going to upgrade the cruise with ERR hopefully later this year. Also would like to upgrade the smoke to synchronize. Will this fit in that semi-scale locomotive? If so, do I need to buy anything else to make it work?
Yep, it should fit. The whole point of the redesign was to make it smaller and easier to fit into smaller locomotives. If you also want 4-chuffs/rev for the upgrade, you'll also want to consider the Chuff-Generator. I've put the older Super-Chuffer into a couple of Lionmaster locomotives, so no reason this wouldn't fit in that one.
Love it, few of my engines are going to get this little board.
superwarp1 posted:Love it, few of my engines are going to get this little board.
And I have the boards waiting patiently for you!
Hi Gunrunner John, I want to be on your list for the new signal enhancer...Thank You...Leapin Larry
I realize this thread is about the super chuffer 2, and I will see about one or more of these to, in the near future. Keep up the good work and let us know how your new layout is coming along.....
Will you be attending the upcoming LCCA Meet in Chicago, end of July?
You're on the list Larry. I won't be at LCCA, but I'll be at York in the fall.
That’s great, thank you and hopefully I can get to York in October, however, if not, we can get together by email. Although I am retired, it still seems there’s not enough time to do everything I want to do. Like everyone else that’s worked most of their lives, home projects that were on the back burner, suddenly became very important.....it’s all good.
