| Ever since the original Chief
came out, back in 1996, we've kept track of the questions asked by
new users. We used that information to develop the original Chief
Hints and Tips book. It is filled with answers to questions asked
most often, and dialog concerning things and features that new users
didn't understand. Sometimes it's something not well documented in
the manual. Other times it concerns a feature that only Digitrax has,
and the user simply didn't understand it. Regardless of what caused
the confusion, it's covered in this book. The result is that it helps
new users get over the learning curve and into the fun.
The original Chief Hints and Tips was written for the Chief with the
DT100 throttle. When the DT300 throttle was introduced in 2000, most
things changed. So a re-write was done for the DT300 - to make the
Chief Hints and Tips book. In doing so, over 75% of it was changed.
While many new pages were added, many old pages were eliminated (for
three reasons):
First, most things are just flat
easier to understand and do with the DT300 than with the DT100.
Therefore, it eliminates the need to write about some of them, and
takes less dialog to clarify others.
Second, the DT300 does not support
aliasing. Since it doesn't support it, the complex process of creating
and deleting aliases could be completely eliminated. And since the
DT300 can program in decimal and Hexadecimal, there is no need for
a conversion chart.
Third, the Chief manual is much
better than the original Chief manual. This doesn't mean it's perfect
- far from it. There are still some typos, lack of information for
some things, and other anomalies. But overall, it's much better
than before.
When the DT400
was introduced in 2001, we re-wrote the Hints & Tips again to
reflect its operation. The result is the Super Chief Hints and Tips.
When ordering the Chief Hints and
Tips, be sure to get the correct one for the throttle you have: H&T-CF
for the DT100 throttle, H&T-CFII for the DT300 throttle, and H&T-SCF
for the DT400 throttle. If you get the wrong one, about 75% of it
could be irrelevant for your throttle. |
