BDL168 (Digitrax) Recommended Setting

Trachsler

Find enclosed the recomended setting for the BDL168 from Digitrax:

BDL168
OPSW9 = Closed (No message sent if un-powered)
OPSW36 = Closed (Ignore GPON)
OPSW37 = Closed (Long delay for sensors)
OPSW38 = Closed (Extra long delay for sensors)
OPSW39 = Closed (Verbose mode enabled)
OPSW42 = Closed (Respond also to first interrogate command)
OPSW43 = Thrown (Filter for transponding enabled)
OPSW44 = Closed (Extra filter for transponding)
OPSW45 = Closed (Don't send transponding messages at GPOFF)

Commandstation DCS100:
OPSW28 = Closed (Disable interrogate commands)

TrainController:
Add the following entry to the file railroad.ini:

[Connections]
LNEnableInterrogate=1

With this entry, TrainController will send after it has initialized itself the eight interrogate commands to the BDL and gets the current status correctly.

David Townend · Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 55 Location: Bournemouth UK

Hi Stefan,

It would be worth adding the OPSW settings in the DCS100 command station to avoid the Slots interaction problems of Traincontroller / DCS100.

OPSW 14 = Closed Disable loco purging
OPSW 44 = Closed Set the number of slots to 120.

Regards

David
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daryl · Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Posts: 16

Ops 43 & 44 are listede in this thread opposite from what the digitrax manual says RR7Co recommend. Here it says 43 thrown, 44closed. On digitrax site it says 43 closed and 44 thrown. What's the real deal????

Daryl

rcblackwell · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:54 am Post subject:

Trachsler · Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:00 pm Post subject:

The BDL Documentation is wrong. I told this already a few times to digitrax, but it did not help.

Stefan