Skip to main content

Closed2 replies

3rd Rail Engines and the ZW-L

PR Principal RailRookieOGR Forum Member

First thanks to the OGR for the Digital Edition, I think it is a great feature and defintely worth the cost of premium membership.

 

The latest editon (263) features articles about the ZW-L and 3rd Rail's 2900 class Northern.  After reading both articles I believe I could control the 3rd Rail Northern by actually giving commands to the ZW-L via my Legacy remote.  In so doing, the Northern would then have 200 speed steps rather than the 100 steps innate to the ERR cruise control.  Is that right? 

 

I, like most am amazed with the detail of Scott Mann's engines.  The primary reason I purchased the Legacy Northern over the 3rd Rail version was because of how smooth Legacy engines run.  Correct me if I am wrong, but the ZW-L for the purposes of acceleration and braking now makes all engines perform like Legacy engines.  Is that correct? 

Original Post

Replies sorted oldest to newest

RailfanRonRailfanRonOGR Forum Member

Yes you're right but only in conventional mode. The 200 speed steps refers to the voltage to the track being varied with 200 steps. In command mode the track voltage is constant and the electronics inside each engine set the amount of speed steps. So right now in command mode only Legacy engines have 200 speed steps in command mode.

Dave45681Dave45681OGR Forum Member

I think that essentially the answer to the question is "no".

 

What Ron says about the speed steps of the transformer is correct, I believe, but there is no way to run a command engine in conventional mode when using command mode to control the transformer.  (since the engine will see any command signal present and just sit there until addressed when it recognizes the command signal)

 

-Dave

Views: 639
Post

Membership Required

We're sorry. You must be signed in to continue. Sign In or Register
×
Are you sure you want to remove from your Block List?
×
Loading...
×
When you block a person, they can no longer invite you to a private message or post to your profile wall. Replies and comments they make will be collapsed/hidden by default. Finally, you'll never receive email notifications about content they create or likes they designate for your content.
Note: if you proceed, you will no longer be following .
×
Link copied to your clipboard.
×

Access to this requires an OGR Forum Supporting Membership

OGR Forum Supporting Membership

Help support this forum with an OGR Forum Supporting Membership.
You will be able to watch the videos in the INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO FORUM!
A one-year OGR Forum Supporting Membership is only $12 per year, so sign up now!


    OR     


Access the ALL the OGR VIDEO FORUMS AND  over 300 back issues of OGR
with a DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION!



$12.00 per 12 Months (plus tax if applicable)
×