Km/Hr Mode

[Adrian L]

I feel like a real bunny, but I installed 2009.4b update and decided to have a go at the new wireless option.  When I press the nice new wireless icon it says "Network module only available when using a project with enabled 'km/h-mode'!

Well we went metric down here in 1974 so I can't believe that I would have set anything else. Anyway, I can't find reference in the manual and I have spent the last hour going through the menus. It is now 21:00 down here, I am tired and I have to go to work tomorrow.. Can someone please tell me where the setting for Km/hr is?

Thanks
Adrian

[Peterlin]

Hello Adrian,

Ok, you have to make a copy of your old project using the special Win-Digipet  project program. Give a new name and make a hook on "Using km/h in the project for Locos".

Thats all ! By the way, it's always better to use this new mode !

regards

[Adrian L]

Thanks Peter. It's so easy when you see the screen shots.. This is my original project, which has been upgraded version to version since my first purchase of WDP in 2004...  I will fix this in the morning as it is 23:31 down here and it was a long week at work..

Thanks again
Adrian

[Adrian L]

Worked perfectly and the Ipod Touch tool is very handy..

Thanks
Adrian

[André Grandmaison]

Hi,
I used the previous information to put my system in KM/H.
But I have a trouble with profile, old info are keep in old system, when I modifie the profile it's come in Vitesse, that ok. I have suppress several profiles and recreated it, as the profile is create old value are showed (not KM/H),
and some are V075, when the value is old that is the correct value from the started speed of a selected loco, and there are several lines of profile for the same loco with a starting speed of V075, that is to much for most situation and need to be correct line by line. Where comes that value?
Best regards
André

[André Grandmaison]

Additional request about km/h
After the change in km/h , the speed mesuring is available on each loco properties, but after using this mesurement , the start speed is desappeared, is the blue point the center of diagram ?

[Stefan Lersch]

Hi André,

it is correct that after meassuring the start speed disappears - it's no longer needed. WDP knows now the real speed of the loco so the start speed is always 0 km/h.

[André Grandmaison]

Thanks Stefen,
I am disturbed by this new interpretation, several locos are able to go up to 200km/h. but depending the king of train , waggon people or goods, I want limite at 120 or 80 km/h , is the speed limite the good way?
previously, the starting speed was the running speed.
Oslo the speed indication into the profile, I notice that only section modified recenly by the routes editor, gives the km/h into the loco editors.
That not simply.

[Markus Herzog]

Hello André,

With km/h mode we are only talking about absolute speeds. This is a great advantage against the old relative to starting speed thing.

Now you have to measure the locomotive only once and if your route now states 70 km/h it will run with 70 km/h for a locomotive with max 100 km/h as well as for a locomotive with max 200 km/h.

If you want to limit locomotives with very high max speed (e.g. because their model in 1:1 has a lower max speed) you have to possibilities:
1. Pull down the upper border of the measurement window, so that a red line will appear. From this moment on WDP will limit the locomotives max speed to this value. But this method has the disadvantage of loosing speed steps, so better...
2. Try to limit the locomotives max speed by reprogramming the decoder and then make the measurment again.

After some experience with km/h you will never want the old relative stuff back...

Regards
Markus

[André Grandmaison]

Thanks Markus,
I agree with this new principle, the only probleme is that the migration of more than 5000 lines of profil will take several weeks.
Bye