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lownote
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Arlington VA
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 | | 09/18/2008 6:32 PM |
| Today I got a QSI magnum (universal) board to put in a Bachmann Annie. The Annie had already been gutted and made to work with an aristo 75 mhz, so the hardest part was done.
The magnum is really easy--screw terminals instead of solder connections. The hardest part was getting the D$&! Annie back together. I never like assembling and disassembling those things. I installed the G wire cutoff switch in the smokestack, since I've disconnected the smoke generator
QSI doesn't make a 4-6-0 prototype sound--at least not yet--so using the Q2 programmer I made up my own sound file based on the chuff of a C16, and updated the firmware in the card. Worked like a charm.
That's three engines now using QSI and airwire. it works very well | |
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| Greg Elmassian
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| | 09/18/2008 7:53 PM |
| Yep, I have an Annie that needs to get a QSI, but I pulled it apart before, and did not enjoy it... I guess I'll document the disassembly this next time!
By the way, if you can find a 4-6-0 sound file, qsi will help you do custom sounds and put it in the right format.
What version of the q2upgrade program are you running?
Regards, Greg | |
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| reeveha
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| | 09/18/2008 8:10 PM |
| I have been chatting with Josh at QSI about an Annie Sound file. He suggested that I download Q2Update and customize a steam file the way I wanted for an Annie and then he'd burn a chip with the customized file. I kind of think that since we can upload the Q2 file to the decoder, it's kind of a overkill to have a chip burnt.
I am still in the process of qweaking by starting with the 4-4-0 sound file but changing the whistle to the HWBeg, Alt Whistle to 3751, Bell to SSBell, Chuff to T1Chuff1 , Steam Gen to Steam_Gen_beg_a and the Air pump to SSPump_10. You might set these up and let me know what you think.
Happy RRing,
Herb
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| lownote
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Arlington VA
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| | 09/19/2008 3:17 AM |
| Greg, I thnk I'm using the most recent version of Q2--I downloaded it from the website. Version 1.6.0.0.
Herb, I like your soundset better! I had been using this, below, but I think yours is a better fit. The truth is I've actually neve heard the Annie prototype and was kind of making it up |
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| Greg Elmassian
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| | 09/19/2008 9:33 PM |
| Yep, latest.
I have not tested it thoroughly, but seems fine... wish they would provide a release file to describe what is changed/fixed between versions.
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Be sure to visit my site, lots of technical tips and modifications, and you can search for topics and key words.
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