LGB Sachsen/Massoth sound/MTS3 serial

[KeithT]

Today I discovered by accident that if I press button 5 twice producing 10 pulses that it results in a previously unheard sound rather like a compressor spooling up.
Is this an intentional sound or just an aberration of the card?
This is the same card which very occasionally has a female rather than male station announcer's voice.

 

[muns]

I believe the default sound assignments for this Massoth decoder are:

F1 Horn
F2 Braking sound
F3 Bell
F4 Announcement: "All on board, closing door..." (german)
F9 Cylinder Blow out
F10 Generator
F11 Waterpump
F12 Coal Shovelling
F13 Announcement "Tickets Please" (german)
F14 Auxillary Blower
F15 Preasure release valve.

 

[KeithT]

I believe the default sound assignments for this Massoth decoder are:

F1 Horn
F2 Braking sound
F3 Bell
F4 Announcement: "All on board, closing door..." (german)
F9 Cylinder Blow out
F10 Generator
F11 Waterpump
F12 Coal Shovelling
F13 Announcement "Tickets Please" (german)
F14 Auxillary Blower
F15 Preasure release valve.

Thanks for that Mark. I was not aware of any sounds above button 8 until I produced the "10".
Presumably my mystery female announcer will be the F13 one.
My card has obviously had some changes ie no bell at "3" but a long, wailing whistle" instead.
I will explore these other sounds later.
Just a thought - how do I produce sounds above button 9 without counting the pulses and prodding a second button at the right moment?:thinking:
Also, is it the case that it is possible to record your own announcements and load them into the card?

 

[muns]

I believe the default sound assignments for this Massoth decoder are:

F1 Horn
F2 Braking sound
F3 Bell
F4 Announcement: "All on board, closing door..." (german)
F9 Cylinder Blow out
F10 Generator
F11 Waterpump
F12 Coal Shovelling
F13 Announcement "Tickets Please" (german)
F14 Auxillary Blower
F15 Preasure release valve.

Thanks for that Mark. I was not aware of any sounds above button 8 until I produced the "10".
Presumably my mystery female announcer will be the F13 one.
My card has obviously had some changes ie no bell at "3" but a long, wailing whistle" instead.
I will explore these other sounds later.
Just a thought - how do I produce sounds above button 9 without counting the pulses and prodding a second button at the right moment?:thinking:
Also, is it the case that it is possible to record your own announcements and load them into the card?

Keith,

I may have picked the information from the wrong data sheet!

I dont think that producing F9 and above using a LGB handset in parallel mode is supported. In serial mode it would be pressing X & Y in sequence to produce a (X+Y) function 1 requests - i.e. for F9 you could press 5 then 4 or 4 then 5 etc... as long as the decoder has not had the serial function processing disabled.

To answer your final question - it is not possible to load your own sounds into the decoder (shame).

 

[whatlep]

I dont think that producing F9 and above using a LGB handset in parallel mode is supported. In serial mode it would be pressing X & Y in sequence to produce a (X+Y) function 1 requests - i.e. for F9 you could press 5 then 4 or 4 then 5 etc... as long as the decoder has not had the serial function processing disabled.

That's my understanding too. In serial, the controller sends several iterations of "001" in binary which the central station counts (sometimes incorrectly!). In parallel it sends three binary bits as a sequence (e.g. 101) for the central station to understand as a command.

 

[KeithT]

Thanks Mark and Peter. I will still have a play with it!
I find that pressing two buttons at the right moment produces a "total" of the two eg 1+3=4 and the station announcement.

 

[muns]

Peter, it is the "decoder" that counts the number of sequential Function 1 commands not the central station. That is why when serial processing is enabled, when issuing Function 1, there is a delay in processing it as it is waiting to see if there is another Function 1 command being sent, this would reset the wait period and this continues until the wait period expires, the function number that corresponds with the number of Function 1 commands recieved is then executed.

With serial processing disabled, there is no wait time after receiving the Function 1 command and the action is executed straight away.

 

[whatlep]

Peter, it is the "decoder" that counts the number of sequential Function 1 commands not the central station. (snip)
With serial processing disabled, there is no wait time after receiving the Function 1 command and the action is executed straight away.

Makes perfect sense. Thanks for the correction.