Changing Sound Files On Engines

Ricky,

As long as you play by the riles, you can change sound files till the cows come home. Just be aware of the following:

The rules for which sound files may be loaded into which DCS engines are as follows:

• A PS2 5 volt Sound File may only be loaded into a 5 volt PS2 engine.
• A PS2 3 volt Sound File may be loaded into a 3 volt PS2 engine or a PS3 engine.
• A PS3 Sound File may only be loaded into a PS3 engine.

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Do also be aware that the speeds probably will be off, since the "sound file" is resumably" created with consideration of gear ration and wheel diameter.

Hi,

Thank you for your help. 

Ricky

Hello,

I tried uploading a new sound file. The process finished, but it did not come up with new sounds. The engine had no sounds but it moved. No headlight or smoke. How do I fix it? Thanks,

Ricky

Hi again,

I forgot to mention this. DCS is recognizing the new sounds because the soft keys are the same. Should I try in conventional? Thanks,

Ricky

Ricky,

I forgot to mention this. DCS is recognizing the new sounds because the soft keys are the same. Should I try in conventional?

Perform a Factory Reset of the engine which will also delete it from the DCS Remote. Then re-add it to the DCS Remote and see if things improve.

Hi,

I tried that and it did not work. Thanks,

Ricky

Hi,

I just re did it and the engine starts up but there are no lights and it does not move. Thanks,

Ricky

Hi Ricky:

Just curious, any errors or warnings of any kind with the upgrade / transfer process?  Did you load the chain file corresponding to your sound file with similar success, (if there is one)?  In other words, did you follow the guidelines in Barry's book to the letter?  The upgrade process is not hard, but you can run into issues if the procedure is not followed exactly.

It seems a matter of your locomotive not being recognized properly by the remote (as Barry eludes to), or an issue with your chain file upload.  I ran into this problem sometime back with a PS3 Premier motor, where some sound functions worked, but there were no lights and the motor did not move.  I ended up having to do a little tinkering, resetting and re-uploading of files to get the motor back in the remote properly.

Hi,

After it stopped the first time I tried again and it worked. There was an error message. It works fine now. I might do another. Thanks for your help,

Ricky

Hi Ricky:

This sounds very much like what happened to my PS3 unit.  There were some errors, then there wasn't, then the motor had sound but no lights, etc., etc.  I actually had two motors with these symptoms.  I started them both again from the top, and took it slowly through the process as Barry and MTH laid it out.  For the first motor, there were no errors loading the sound or chain file, and I was able to add it to the remote and it worked again as it should.  The other one had no errors on the sound file but would not load a chain file.  Now its PS3 board on the way to MTH for a forced-reflash of its software.  I followed the procedure, and something still went awry somewhere.

I will always defer to Barry's vast knowledge of DCS, and what he says above about loading whatever sound files you want provided you follow the rules in his book.  However, my experience has been that loading other sound files is OK and usually works fine, but should be done so rather sparingly as boards can still get scrambled even if you follow the proper procedures.

Hi,

That’s what happened with me. Thanks,

Ricky

Have a look at this thread, which outlines my sound file issues in detail.  It might not be totally applicable to your situation, but may be at least educational.

Ricky, let me suggest one more thing.  A conventional reset.  This is not the factory or feature reset.  It cannot be done if there is a DCS signal on the tracks.  If you can hook up a transformer direct to a track with no TIU, power up.  Then ress whistle button on transformer once and bell 5 times, all at 1/2 second intervals.  Timing is critical.  When successful, loco should respond with 2 toots.  If it fails, try it again--timing is VERY critical.