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I have an Atlas SD40 with TMCC. It has 4 RPM levels: idle, 1/2 power, 3/4 and full. I'm operating it with a LEGACY CAB1-L/Base 1-L Command Set.

 

I cannot get this locomotive to increase/decrease diesel roar in automatic mode. When I turn the throttle the RPMs go to 1/2 power then back to idle when I stop turning the throttle. It only increases manually by pressing 3 and decreases manually by pressing 6 on the CAB 1-L. It's not that big of a deal since there are only 4 RPM levels but my other TMCC locomotives will increase RPM in both automatic and manual modes.

 

This is what I've done so far:

 

Reset the engine by pressing AUX1 + 0.

 

Reset the R2LC boards.

 

Set up the locomotive to run in both 32 and 128 speed step mode.

 

Adjusted the pre-pulse and background pulse of the EOB by changing the numerical values to higher and lower settings.

 

Reset both the master chuff and chuff rates. Default chuff rate for a diesel is 4 but I tried 1 and 2 and that didn't seem to work either.

 

All resets/rates are back to their original, factory default values and the engine runs in 128 speed step mode.

 

It's really not that big of an issue but I thought that since my other TMCC locomotives run in both modes that maybe this one would as well. All other features work as they should.

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Thanks for the replies. It's a minor issue in my opinion, certainly not one that's worth the effort of contacting Atlas for an RA #.

 

In 128 speed step mode, I normally advance and slow the locomotive with the BOOST and BRAKE keys on my CAB-1L anyway then increase/decrease diesel roar with the 3/6 keys respectively. With just 4 RPM levels it's easy to go from idle to full power and vice versa.

 

I'm not completely sure about this but I think the only way I can increase/decrease RPMs automatically in my other TMCC locomotives is by using the throttle. Pressing the BOOST/BRAKE keys requires manual control of the diesel roar until the throttle is engaged.

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