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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$&! Annie back together. I never like assembling and disassembling those things. I installed the G wire cutoff switch in the smokestack, since I've disconnected the smoke generator
QSI doesn't make a 4-6-0 prototype sound--at least not yet--so using the Q2 programmer I made up my own sound file based on the chuff of a C16, and updated the firmware in the card. Worked like a charm.
That's three engines now using QSI and airwire. it works very well
The magnum is really easy--screw terminals instead of solder connections. The hardest part was getting the D$&! 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