They have the same settings for momentum (acceleration
and deceleration).
They were speed matched with BEMF enabled (see my
column):
They start to creep on a low speed step (lower than 5 out
of 128)
They would run several yards at top speed in both direc-
tions and not close up a space of a few inches.
They are speed limited to about 40 SMPH, plenty fast
enough for operations on our layout.
Even though we have a Digitrax system, they are consisted by
advanced decoder-based consisting, see my
column for more information.
Did it take some time fiddling with them (using DecoderPro)
to achieve this result? Definitely. Was it worth it? Yes, I believe
so. They pull smoothly around the layout (most are used
on through freights, running from staging to the main yard,
exchanging cars and returning to staging).
7. The command station shuts down
when the booster sees a short
My friend, Ross Kudlick, contributed this myth.
Lenz provides a way to overcome this. Connecting the E ter-
minal between their boosters and their command station will
force a shutdown of the command station if any booster stops
supplying power due to either a short or overheating.
This makes no matter on a layout with one command station
and one booster. If the booster has shut down, the fact that
the command station continues to run is immaterial.
