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generated and sent out over the rails for the current active locomotive on each cab. The
rate of sending these packets is approximately .004 * n seconds (where n = value).
Example: n = 250 refreshes all function group one packets about once each second.
This should only be used when using Decoders (such as LENZ and TCS) that do not
remember their Function status after a power interruption. All NCE and some premium
Digitrax decoders remember their function status.
FUNCTION REFRESHFUNCTION REFRESH
FUNCTION REFRESHFUNCTION REFRESH
FUNCTION REFRESH
ENGAGE 1=Y 0=NENGAGE 1=Y 0=N
ENGAGE 1=Y 0=NENGAGE 1=Y 0=N
ENGAGE 1=Y 0=N
If you use these brands of decoders exclusively you do not need to set this to anything
other than zero. It is recommended that this value be set above 400, numbers below
100 will not be accepted. Factory default is 0. Press ENTER to skip setting this
parameter.
MEMORY BACKUP OPTIONS
You can backup the memory of your Power Pro to a computer using three options. You
must connect your Power Pro to a computer using and RS-232 cable or RS-232 to USB
cable to backup your system memory.
Most PCs are supplied with a program called Hyperterminal that can be used to capture
setup data from the Power Pro system memory.
HYPERTERMINAL SETTINGS FOR SYSTEM BACKUP:
CONNECT TO CONFIGURE menu
9600 or 19200 baud (38400 only works right on some computers)
No parity
8 data bits
1 Stop bit
Flow Control - none
SETTINGS TERMINAL MODE
ANSI
SETTINGS ASCII setup
Echo typed characters locally
Append line feeds to incoming line ends
Line Delay: 10mS
Use “Capture Text” to receive backup data and save it to the PC disk.
There are three backup options:
Macro backup - saves all 256 macros.
5120 memory locations from 0xC800 to 0xDBFF
System backup - saves the system setup (SET CMD STA menus stuff)
80 memory locations from 0xDC00 to 0xDC4F
Consist backup - saves the advanced consist tables
1536 memory locations from 0xF500 to 0xFAFF
The data is sent as an ASCII file to the terminal program.
Format for the data is:
:aaaa dddd dddd dddd ..... dddd (macro and consist data) or
:aaaa dd dd dd dd dd dd ..... dd (system data)
:aaaa = RAM address in hex (high byte first)
dd or dddd = 8 or 16 bit data (high byte first if 16 bit)
The data is formatted for easy(?) modification with a text editor. Well, easy if you know
how the data in RAM is setup and understand hex.
Macro data: Each line of the Macro data contains one macro. There are 10 two byte
macro commands on each line. Macro 0 is at memory location C800. Addresses are in
DCC format (Refer to RP-9.2.1).
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