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Just got Legacy (V 1.51) up and running recently and loaded the engine modules for my 5 Legacy engines.

 

Four out of five loaded perfectly, but one (Legacy NH Mikado) seems to be bad - not recognized by the system - keeps saying insert module even when in place.

 

So I manually set up the Mikado's engine ID with engine name, cab number, set type to steam, control to Legacy, sounds to Legacy Railsounds. The engine runs perfectly and seems to have full Legacy functions (at least those I am aware of at this time).

 

My question is: would the module have loaded any other info into the system? In other words, is it necessary to get the module replaced for any reason other than to simplify re-loading at a later date should that become necessary?

 

Thanks.

 

Jim

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The answer is no, in the manual go to page 46 to follow steps to manually load info versus module usage and if done correctly you should have icons for functions etc and unless the module is mislabeled for some other product its a dud. Your base and remote data can be saved using the Lionel Utility Program and two black modules ( One for cab and one for base) .Merry Christmas!!!

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the modules do not do anything other then put in the info. if you put the info in manually then you did what the module would have done. 

 

the modules do not do anything to run the engine.

 

lets say you were at a club and someone was already using the number you gave your loco.  no problem start up your engine at run your train.  the info would just be different.  the other thing that might be different is some icons..

 

Lionel has said they may stop providing modules.

Thanks, guys. Looks like I entered everything correctly - engine runs great - all options and displays are identical to the ones provided to my other steam engines via their modules.

 

I can't believe the control you have with Legacy to vary both steam sounds and loco control with various degrees of labor, braking, momentum, etc.

 

Jim

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Jim, my missouri pacific legacy mikado came with a blank module also. The only icons on the remote that I were not able to load manually with just the remote were the marker and rule 17 lighting. This can now be added with the lsu software. I just asked lionel to send me a new orange module so in the event of having to reload the info it would be easy.I purchased a cigar box from a cigar shop to keep my modules in. I painted it up black to match my power supplies and put a lionel logo on it. Have it setting on my control panel so that they are easily accesable.

Why does lionel keep making all these changes?,it seems that i just start to learn one way,they come along and change things, for me this is very frustrating,i have enough problems trying to learn the computer, without having to struggle learning how to run trains to, i like things plain & simple,the easyier the better i want to have fun ruinning trains not to struggle everytime somebody desides to make a change,so LIONEL LETS KEEP THINGS SIMPLE, keep the modules!!!!!!

Gerald by the time you set your second engine up without the module you will not miss them. The most tedious part is the naming of the engine. But even with the Modules I had to do that because I always renamed my engines, usually to something shorter, than what the modules did.

 

I think I did hear someone say the AF engines would be the first to be shipped minus the module

I guess i will get the hang of it ,my small brain is really going to get more of a workout now than it ever got in all the years i went to school,maybe it will help keep me young,it really is interesting the train hobby,it's learning new things that slows me down,but as long as there are people such as Ron,Chris & all the other forum members willing to help out i will surive!!!!!

Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:

Well, the orange modules still come with Legacy locomotives, so they're not doing away with those.  They're just trying to handle updates without sending out blue modules for every version.  I've heard nothing about not getting a module with each Legacy engine. 

 

as an FYI for the new people here, the orange module days are numbered.

 

"As mentioned in the forum, Orange modules are hoped to be phased out.  Replaced by LSU, IR track, or manual entry."

 

https://ogrforum.com/d...ent/8187868221388102

Originally Posted by bigdodgetrain:

as an FYI for the new people here, the orange module days are numbered.

 

"As mentioned in the forum, Orange modules are hoped to be phased out.  Replaced by LSU, IR track, or manual entry."

 

https://ogrforum.com/d...ent/8187868221388102

BUMMER!  I didn't realize they were doing that.  My latest Legacy locomotive is a 2011, they still had them.

 

I wonder if they'll have downloadable parameter files to save having to sit with the remote and program all the stuff that was in the orange modules?

 

It's a good thing I made myself a handful of black modules, I'll have some to load my engines into.

 

Thanks for the info, John.
 
Today I looked at the replacement parts pages at the Lionel website .... it seems that they don't want to readily sell these engine specific RailSounds boards. The "RAILSOUNDS 5.5 / ATSF GP-9 #2791" board for my engine is not able to be ordered from the website. It states .... "Must contact Lionel to order."
 
For the PRR GP7, while it shows the RailSounds board in the parts diagram, they don't list it in the part-number/price/order section. I saw the same thing with other engines.
 
I was thinking of repainting my Legacy ATSF GP7 #2791 to the PRR GP7 #8510, and buying the PRR RailSounds board from Lionel. I guess Lionel does not want us to do this? They want us to buy more engines.
 
Jim (a relative newbie to modern O trains)
 
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Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:

Sure, those sounds are in the locomotive, they're canned in the RailSounds firmware.

 

There is nothing in the module you can't manually enter.

 

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