Programming Soundtraxx Tsunami with Digitrax Zephyr

[Herc Driver]

Really appreciate the info guys...I recently downloaded the Tsunami manuals and noticed the same suggestion about the power booster. I think that will be the best bet. The way things are now, I programmed the road number (Santa Fe #107) as a two digit address (as opposed to the four digit 0107 that I first tried) and I guess it successfully wrote that address to the decoder. Either way, it runs albeit too quickly from a dead stop, and I have control over all the sounds as well as the lights. So until I get that power booster to read the CV values, I guess I'll have to live with it the way it is.

The only thing I'd like to "fix" is the initial start up speed. On my cab's speed scale, the engine starts moving at an almost constant speed at about .5 on the 1 to 6 scale, then the sound grows to match the fast speed of the engine. It seems to slow down better, but it isn't possible to make it creep into a station. Once you hit the magic .5 mark on the dial, it stops dead, then the sound decreases. So something isn't right with the speed CV values. I was thinking about trying to program CV02, 06, and 05 blindly based on the speeds suggested in my Digitrax manual, but I'd really like the ability to read back the values instead of just guessing/hoping I did it right. I guess the power booster is the best way to go in this case.

Thanks again for the info guys!