Edit Engine Name - oddity

Hi Hugh,

I could be wrong but I don't think you can change the name on these if I remember.

Barry can tell you if it's possible.

A couple of more inches of snow up here.

You can only edit the permanent name with the dealer loader.  The name you edit into the engine will stick as long as you don't do a factory reset.  The factory reset restores the permanent name that the dealer loader modifies.

An MTH tech can edit the permanent name for you.

I think Joe has it right... We  can't edit trolleys names  like other engines.

From The DCS O Gauge Companion 2nd Edition, page 39:

Initially, a PS2 engine's name is entered into a PS2 engine at its time of manufacture and 

resides in the PS2 engine itself as the Factory Name. When the name is changed, a Custom Name is created and the Factory Name no longer is used, although it remains in the engine. Changing the name of a PS2 engine by creating a Custom Name changes it in the engine and in the DCS Remote in which the change was made. Changing the Factory Name in a PS2 engine may only be accomplished using the Dealer Loader Program. PS2 subways and trolleys may not have a Custom Name.

This and a whole lot more is all in MTH’s “The DCS O Gauge Companion 2nd Edition", available for purchase as an eBook or a printed book at MTH's web store!

Thank you Barry!

I was not clear in my description. I was referring to editing the name in the handheld and not permanently on the board.

I guess your last sentence is the answer for permanent board changes or is it also for handheld name changes?  I was using dealer loader.

It would still be a curiosity question as to why 'technically' not?

I have been editing names in handheld for all other boards since day 1. I never tied a subway though. I will and I did.

Can't change handheld either. Learn something new everyday!

Thanks

Hugh,

I was not clear in my description. I was referring to editing the name in the handheld and not permanently on the board.

No you were plenty clear, however, you need to reread my post.

The Custom Name is the one that is entered via the remote, and that is the one that cannot be changed.

Every PS2 board can have its Factory name changed via the DCS Service Loader Program.

I was just about to jump in here, as I just did a trolley repair and entered the correct name into the new board and it was certainly possible

Never thought of looking to change it in the remote as it's not mine.

Interesting tidbit, I didn't realize they'd restrict the remote name like that, I wonder what the reasoning is?

John,

 I wonder what the reasoning is?

I believe that it has something to do with the memory where the Custom Name goes is instead used by the transit station announcements.

Keep in mind that, in the PS2 5 volt world, these boards are flashed differently than are the standard 5 volt boards. The same goes for the articulated engines due to their dual chuff rates.

Yep, I replaced the 5V board with the 3V, and the 5V was a FLASH board, the 3V was just the regular board.  Jeff told me they put a lot of the logic for many products into the ROM on the 3V board so they didn't need the FLASH except for some of the newer products like operating pantographs.

I have build an articulated engine with the standard 3V board, and there was no issue with the sound file.  I converted a RK Cab Forward, and I used the Premier Cab-Forward file.  Works and sounds great.

The expanded memory of the 3V allows the Steam/Diesel, Articulate, and SS Flash to be loaded in the AE-10 and AE-15.

The 1 meg boards seem to load 9 or 10 sectors depending on the file size being loaded.  Ran into one board that would not load a specific file that required 10 sectors, but loaded a different file that only required 9.

What is funny is that some of those SS files are small compared to other diesels.  680K versus 800 to 900K.  G

The Custom Name is the one that is entered via the remote

Barry,

Wouldn't it be less confusing if you called it the edited name, the same term used as the remote?

Joe,

Wouldn't it be less confusing if you called it the edited name, the same term used as the remote?

MTH calls it a Custom Name, not an edited name.