{"id":604,"date":"2019-10-14T02:09:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T02:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/?p=604"},"modified":"2019-11-10T03:34:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T03:34:31","slug":"kato-ho-metra-with-loksound-5-select-direct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/2019\/10\/14\/kato-ho-metra-with-loksound-5-select-direct\/","title":{"rendered":"Kato HO Metra with LokSound 5 Select Direct and Custom Sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hobby project I&#8217;ve been working on recently. This project involved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>soldering small electronic components<\/li><li>using a multimeter (to measure current, resistance, amperage)<\/li><li>understanding and installing resistors and LEDs<\/li><li>painting\/spray painting plastic and installing small plastic pieces to the body shell<\/li><li>knowledge of DC<\/li><li>removing the old light board and installing a new LokSound DCC Select Direct board<\/li><li>using LokProgrammer to configure the board and install custom sounds<\/li><li>creating custom station and announcement sounds to use within LokProgrammer<\/li><li>creating a custom sound schedule with logic for station and route sounds<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Metra Station\/Route sounds for LokSound Select Direct v5 \/ Custom Sounds \/ Add your own sounds!\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SZjSr8XDfbk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Custom Station\/Route sounds for Metra Sound Schedule Explained\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nrp6zRC7IvU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photos of the train with the shell off:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4063-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4063-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4063-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4063-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Wiring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4064-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4064-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4064-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_4064-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hobby project I&#8217;ve been working on recently. This project involved: soldering small electronic components using a multimeter (to measure current, resistance, amperage) understanding and installing resistors and LEDs painting\/spray&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/2019\/10\/14\/kato-ho-metra-with-loksound-5-select-direct\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[17,18,71,72,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-personal","7":"tag-dcc","8":"tag-ho","9":"tag-kato","10":"tag-loksound","11":"tag-website"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":634,"href":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nleby.com\/longform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}