I was testing the ATSF and BN GP-9s and did not get a wheel slip light at full throttle foreword with the tain moving backwords. Surely the wheels on a real unit would be slipping at that point! I looked through the "CVF" files and can not even find a wheel slip light listed. Is there an upgrade I missed or is this a problem waiting to be fixed?

The other thing I noticed on both units, plus the FTs, is that the Amp Meter which shows how much current is going to the motors starts at the far left hand side of the meter. When in dyanmic brakes, the meter just sits on the left hand peg. I would think that the meter should start in the middle, swing right for throttle and swing left of center for dynamic brake.

While I am being picky, I would also like to see some red marks on the amp meter, both ends, showing the overload zones. I believe the real units had both a yellow zone and red zone on each side. At one time, some units came with instructions that said traction motors could be run in the red zone for 15 minutes and then the engineer must throttle down. Of course, this is not a problem with the new units as the computer will slowly reduce power on the unit until you either stop or they cool down due to the train speed increasing.

The wheelslip light (and an overspeed indicator) will be added to an update once I finish the new low-nosed cabs. As for the amp meter, I don't know of a means to get the indicator to change based on dynamic brake settings, but I'll monkey around with it some and see what I can come up with. The back-color for the amp panels was only colored for early F3's (and prior) - everything since has been black and white AFAIK.

Cheers!
Marc

Mark,

Glad to here you are on top of the problem.

I hacked the CVF file for the F-Units. You can get the meter to swing both ways by changing the Load meter file. I replaced the 0 - 1500 amp setting to -800 to 1500. Then ran the engine. The meter then starts straight up and move to the right at the thottle is advanced. When you go into dynamic brakes the meter swings to the right.

Thanks for the info, but the actual scale starts from the far left - I'm wondering if there's a method to get it to work as you have, yet still get the guage start in the prototypical position?

Cheers!
Marc

If the meter started at the left hand peg and went clear to the far right, how did the dynamic brake amperage show up. Did the same meter needle follow the same left peg to right peg path?

If the dynamic brake meter followed the same path would it be possible to create a second needle? The air gauges have two. I realize that one needle would then sit on the left hand peg all the time, but that would be better than not having a dynamic brake needle at all.

The actual guage didn't have a second needle - However, I can email the guy who owns SP 5623 and ask how the amps are read on units with dynamics.

Cheers!
Marc