reading cv values

[diddydave]

Hi I have just purchased the Dynamis pro box, but I cannot read cv values, I just get error code 11. Could someone explain the correct procedure to read cv values please

[Hunt]

I will try to make time to find my Dynamis tech notes, which has the error codes.
The error codes are not in the Dynamis User Guide or Dynamis Pro Box User Guide.



Click Here to view video. 
About the 5:26 minute mark begins the sequence to program CV 63, which includes the CV 63 READ.



The item in [  ] is a press of the far right Action Key
[MENU]
  < Scroll
[PROGRAM]
   < Scroll
[PROGRAM ON SERVICE TRACK]
    Key the CV number
[READ]

[AGSB]

Some decoders cannot be read when "Operations Mode", "Programming on the Main" or however the manufacturer decided to call it. If you don't know, then it is always best to use the "Service Mode" (as Dynamis calls it) and do it on a programming track. It can be done on the main layout but be sure you remove all other locos from the track or they will all be programmed the same.

[Hunt]

CV Read is a feature of the DCC Command Station not the decoder.

To date,  NO DCC System can read any decoder CV when the DCC System is in Operations Mode programming method . Decoder CVs can only be read when the DCC system is in one of the Service Modes

[Hunt]

more . . . 

Some DCC systems when in Service Mode programming cannot reliably read the CVs of some decoders.

[diddydave]

Thanks for your help, I was trying to read values on main track not the service track. The YouTube video was excellent. Thanks again for you help diddydave 

[Trainman203]

Hunt says: 

To date,  NO DCC System can read any decoder CV when the DCC System is in Operations Mode programming method . Decoder CVs can only be read when the DCC system is in one of the Service Modes

I say:  I have NCE Pro Cab wireless. I exclusively program on the main.  And I can read the values after I enter them for a length of time, at least 15 or 20 minutes before they disappear.

[Hunt]

I will try to make time to find my Dynamis tech notes, which has the error codes.
The error codes are not in the Dynamis User Guide or Dynamis Pro Box User Guide.
. . .

[Hunt]

I will try to make time to find my Dynamis tech notes, which has the error codes.
The error codes are not in the Dynamis User Guide or Dynamis Pro Box User Guide.
. . .

Dynamis Error Code 11 - Reading Error

[Hunt]

Hunt says: 

To date,  NO DCC System can read any decoder CV when the DCC System is in Operations Mode programming method . Decoder CVs can only be read when the DCC system is in one of the Service Modes

I say:  I have NCE Pro Cab wireless. I exclusively program on the main.  And I can read the values after I enter them for a length of time, at least 15 or 20 minutes before they disappear.

You are not reading the CV value in the decoder. The decoder CV value does not disappear. If it did the decoder would not function properly if at all.

[Hunt]

An aside,

. . .
  I have NCE Pro Cab wireless. I exclusively program on the main. 
. . .

Trainman203,

Once PROGRAM ON THE MAIN is selected are you then  selecting and using BROADCAST PROGRAMMING (Option 0) to do your decoder programming?

If so, that is not a recommended method to use on a regular basis as it requires removing all locomotives except the one to be programmed from the layout.