The DB150 has 22 “Slots” for locomotive addresses The DB150 command station can run up to 22 loco addresses and throttles at a time. Each of these addresses occupies one of 22 “slots” available in the DB150’s memory. Once those 22 slots are full the system will display the “slot=max” message to let you knot that you need to release some locos if you want to select and run others. The DB150 manages the addresses that occupy slots by assigning different statuses to each decoder depending on how it is being used in the system. This allows the DB150 to ...
Digitrax command stations have Option Switches that care used to customize their operation. Command Station option switches should not be changed unless you fully understand what you are trying to accomplish. Information on these Option Switches is included in each command station's manual.Be sure that you are changing the correct Command Station Option Switches as the unit can be crippled by closing the wrong switches. NEVER CLOSE OPTION SWITCH #1!!Clearing your Command Station's Mobile Decoder SlotsMost command station problems are caused by filling up the command station's available slots by the following:1. Operators failing to zero the speed of unused ...
A slot is a memory location in the command station that holds an active decoder address. The number of slots is the number of locomotives that the command station can support in operation at a time. When the available slots are filled with decoder addresses, trying to select another locomotive address to run generates the "slot=max" error code. When all the slots are full you can't select another address until one is released from the system. See Clearing your Command Station's Mobile Decoder Slots below for how to prevent this from happening.The DCS100 Command Station/Booster that is included with Super Chief Xtra and other ...
Does your throttle say slot=max ?This means that the system's capacity to handle operating locos is full. The DCS100 can run up to 22 or 120 addresses at the same time. If you have the slot=max message, be sure that all locos that are not running are released from throttles or set DCS100 OpSw 44 to closed to increase the number of address slots available to 120. The DCS100 command station that comes with all Genesis, Empire Builder and Chief series starter sets are set with a factory default of 22 slots. So, once you begin to operate significantly more locos, you may need to ...
If your throttle says "slot=max", this means that the Super Empire Builder's capacity to handle operating locos is full. The DB150 can run up to 22 addresses at the same time. If you have the "slot=max" message, be sure that all locos that are not running have been released from throttles. This will free up room inside the DB150 for other locos to run. A DCS100 command station can run up to 120 locos so, if you are having this problem often, you should consider adding a DCS100 to your LocoNet system. To Release Locomotives 1. Use the throttle to ...