ESU LOK Programmer

Hi folks - well the world sure has changed since my last post approx. 2.5 weeks ago. The Coronovirus pandemic has turned this into a scary time for sure. Although Canada (and Nova Scotia in particular) have implemented many changes to try and keep the virus spread in check, the news doesn't seem to be getting any better and authorities have recommended to people to stay at home except for essential trips which my wife and I are following . If there is any small bright light to all this, for me personally it has allowed more modeling time. I received a package this week from Yankee Dabbler - a New Jersey shop that specials in DCC. I visited their booth back in January at the Big e Show in Springfield, Mass and bought several items. I was impressed with the amount of stock they had and their professionalism and so decided to do a mail order through them. One of the items that I ordered is the ESU Lok Programmer ESU Lok Progammer . Although I have been using a Digitrax PR3 with JMRI for the last couple of years, I have come to realize that there is a vast number of modelers that use ESU decoders, as well as manufacturer who are using ESU brand sound decoders as standard equipment in newly released locomotives. I have decided that in order to offer comprehensive DCC installation and programming services (See my 13 Feb 2020 post) that I would need to have the ability to be able to load and program sound files to ESU decoders. In order to do this  it is necessary to have this programmer ( cant be done with PR3). As well I also have the ESU decoder tester which can be connected directly to the programmer for seamlessly programming and testing ESU decoders before installing - which is a great idea. I have started to watch a few videos on the ESU site http://www.esu.eu/en/start/  to become better familiar with the Lok Programmer. Once I feel comfortable, I will report back with an update on this new addition. Stay well everyone. Till next time

ESU Lok Programmer

ESU Decoder Tester