ESU sound for my Accucraft K27?

PhilP said:
By default, steam on Phoenix uses a chuff-trigger, so would need the sensor for that fitting (plus magnets).

So a little bit of extra wiring..

PhilP
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Yus, the Sierra system used a couple of magnets on one of the tender truck wheels
 
For my Accucraft K27, I fitted a Zimo MX699KS decoder with authentic sound file from a K27, with a Visation FRS speaker. I use the Train Engineer Revolution transmitter and receiver and batteries from Fosworks. Absolutely brilliant!! Dead easy to convert from rail pickup.
Unfortunately, I’m selling soon due to house move.
 

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rusty spike said:
For my Accucraft K27, I fitted a Zimo MX699KS decoder with authentic sound file from a K27, with a Visation FRS speaker. I use the Train Engineer Revolution transmitter and receiver and batteries from Fosworks. Absolutely brilliant!! Dead easy to convert from rail pickup.
Unfortunately, I’m selling soon due to house move.
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I'm not converting it from track power - my loco, as shown in the video, is already on battery r/c.
 
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Just curious? Are the Blunami units available in GB. They came out Spring a year ago here. I just finished installing my fifth receiver. I love them and I considering dumping my Sierra unit in my K-28 as they are so superior. Does everything from your phone or I-pad.
 
tac foley said:
Sierra, with the flat acid battery - no more batteries.
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I had an Accy K27 with sierra sound (I had a few Soundtraxx Sierra equiped locos) and when the little lead acid batteries died and became non-existent to buy, I used a 4x1.5 AAA NimH rechargeable battery 'stay alive' pack instead (it enables sound when just starting up motion and also ancillary sounds when motion stops). Everything worked fine.
I then started to replace all of the Soundtraxx cards with Phoenix boards.
The sound was even better than the Soundtraxx Sierra boards.
I bought pre-owned Phoenix BigSoundTM 2K2 boards, and as the loco sounds could be up-loaded (using the Phoenix programmer), it did not matter which sounds the second-hand jobbies came with.
The 2K boards are also compatible with DC and DCC (the sounds can be controlled with a DCC controller).

When I began to incorporate DCC into my layout, I tried just adding a motor DCC board to work with the Phoenix 2K2 boards but eventually I wanted a simpler route and started to buy ESU V3.5 DCC motor with sound boards cheap. I also purchased the ESU programmer and was able to upload different loco sounds. The quality of the sounds was easily on par with the Phoenix boards.
As the ESU DCC boards will also happily work on analogue, there is no problem using them on analogue lines.

Phoenix have brought out the SM18 DCC which is motor and sound but they are not cheap.

I would highly recommend ESU DCC motor/sound boards.... especially if you can get Version 3.5 or V4.0 cheap.

I do have spare, a few Phoenix 2K2 boards and maybe an ESU V3.5 or two.
 
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Thanks, Gentlemen - lots to think about in this thread. I much prefer an ordinary hand-held controller to a phone or tablet, so that is the direction in which I'll be looking. The cost is immaterial, bearing in mind that the first owner of my loco paid almost £3500 for it in 2003. It has served me, the third ownerist, faithishly these many years since I bought it from John Power in Hinckley.
 
Hi, just saw the thread from K27, both of my K27s are from Bachmann and have ESU digital decoders inside.


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The MLS (MyLocoSound) board in the video is very old..in fact the first one we produced about twelve years ago when memory capacity was much smaller. The simple solution is to swap the old MLS soundcard for a new one. We now have a dedicated American Steam soundcard which makes extensive use of sounds recorded on the actual locomotives. You have a choice of five whistles, two bells, three brake pumps, three chuffs plus injectors, rod clank, brake squeal and "All aboard". Fosworks, Micron and LocoControl all sell them in the UK.

Peter Lucas, MyLocoSound
 
I forgot to mention that there are two ways of timing the chuff on MLS (MyLocoSound). You can use magnets glued to a wheel and a reed switch which will give you a 100% accurate result. Much simpler is to connect the soundcard to the motor terminals. The soundcard will then read the motor back emf to determine the loco speed. This is a method which is completely accurate on the level but will drift off a bit when the train is going up or down a steep gradient.

Peter Lucas, MyLocoSound
 
Oh, I forgot. It's DCC rail power. I run in the garden with an ESU digital center with a 15A booster from Heller. With all the US locomotives and trains that are 20m long, I need power.
 
Moonraker said:
I forgot to mention that there are two ways of timing the chuff on MLS (MyLocoSound). You can use magnets glued to a wheel and a reed switch which will give you a 100% accurate result. Much simpler is to connect the soundcard to the motor terminals. The soundcard will then read the motor back emf to determine the loco speed. This is a method which is completely accurate on the level but will drift off a bit when the train is going up or down a steep gradient.

Peter Lucas, MyLocoSound
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Where can I listen to a sample of your latest version? We don't have any grades on our track.
 
tac foley said:
Where can I listen to a sample of your latest version? We don't have any grades on our track.
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Tac,

Our current soundcards contain many sounds which the customer can select from to match a given loco. The American steam soundcard includes 5 whistles, 2 bells, 3 chuffs, 3 brake pumps and several other sounds. So I went onto Youtube and watched a couple of videos of K27s in action. I then picked the soundcard options most relevant and recorded the attached. You will need to download the zip file and then expand it and play it. Let me know if you have any problems.

Regards
Peter Lucas MyLocoSound
 

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Tac,

Our current soundcards contain many sounds which the customer can select from to match a given loco. The American steam soundcard includes 5 whistles, 2 bells, 3 chuffs, 3 brake pumps and several other sounds. So I went onto Youtube and watched a couple of videos of K27s in action. I then picked the soundcard options most relevant and recorded the attached. You will need to download the zip file and then expand it and play it. Let me know if you have any problems.

Regards
Peter Lucas MyLocoSound
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I can transfer it just fine, but it then a pop-ip tells me that my Winnzip trial is over and please buy it to continue. I've had this computer for six years, and have always been able to open a zip file before. Is this some kind of a scam?
 
tac foley said:
I can transfer it just fine, but it then a pop-ip tells me that my Winnzip trial is over and please buy it to continue. I've had this computer for six years, and have always been able to open a zip file before. Is this some kind of a scam?
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Tac,

Certainly not a scam. I had to zip the file because GScaleCentral would not handle a sound file. Please send an email to me at sales@mylocosound.com and I will email the sound file back to you.

Regards
Peter Lucas, MyLocoSound
 
Moonraker said:
Tac,

Certainly not a scam. I had to zip the file because GScaleCentral would not handle a sound file. Please send an email to me at sales@mylocosound.com and I will email the sound file back to you.

Regards
Peter Lucas, MyLocoSound
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Peter,
I have downloaded a copy, unzipped it, and emailed a copy to Tac..

PhilP
RC Trains.
 
PhilP said:
Peter,
I have downloaded a copy, unzipped it, and emailed a copy to Tac..

PhilP
RC Trains.
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Sorry, I didn't mean that YOU were the scammer - the sudden appearance of an unknown company - Winnzip - following hard on the heels of an unsuccessful attempt to open a file that yesterday would have opened by a single click was just way too suspicious to me.
 
tac foley said:
Sorry, I didn't mean that YOU were the scammer - the sudden appearance of an unknown company - Winnzip - following hard on the heels of an unsuccessful attempt to open a file that yesterday would have opened by a single click was just way too suspicious to me.
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Winzip changed a few years ago - it used to be free with MS Windows - I don't know why things changed.

There is a different file compression programme on Windows now, but I can't remember the name, and it wouldn't help with a .zip anyway :oops:
 
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