Quantum Programmer

Download sound files from your PC and program CVs.
In stock and shipping. List $104.95.

Interfaces between your PC and a program track, which allows downloading software and new future sounds directly from your PC and from the QSI website directly into an UPGRADED Quantum Sound System without disassembling your locomotive.

Setting Up the Quantum Programmer ... at a Glance

Review All Instructions

Quantum Programmer Installation Guide
a. Q1a Upgrade User Manual 1.0.3. (Q1a Upgrade is Programmer's PC Operating Software)
b. Q2Upgrade User Manual 1.6.0.
CV Manager User Manual 1.1.2.
(CV Manager is a PC Assisted Programming Tool)

Other Useful Documents

Install the Software

An installation CD is furnished with the Programmer but the user is advised to check this website often for the latest revisions.

USB Drivers, Silabs, See (1)
Q1aUpgrade/Q2Upgrade, Includes Install Wizards, See (2)
CV Manager, Includes Install Wizard, See (3)

List $104.95.

Software

Important note : QSI Programmer is not compatible with Windows 98 or earlier versions.

Q1aUpgrade version 1.5.0.0.
Q2Upgrade (Quantum Aristo, Revolution and Titan) 2.2.0.0.
QuantumCVManager version 2.2.0.0.
SiLabs USB Drivers (Win 2K/XP/Vista/Win7)
See also Readme file for the USB driver
SiLabs USB Drivers (Vista 64)

Download the file, extract installation program, and run it.

Q2Upgrade Software History

Tues, 15-Nov-11
2.2.0.0
(1) Fix bugs:
- CV51.14 System Volume Balance and CV116.PI Individual Sound Balance
If Spk1 balance is less than 100%, then initially shows as larger than 100% (e.g. 0% is shown as 200%). Correct Spk1 percent is shown if scroll bar clicked.
- CV116.PI Individual Sound Balance
Values not correctly calculated from slider position upon leaving dialog.
(2) New features for FX decoders:
- improved operation for force bootloader mode
- CV117 Individual Sound Selection for diesel onboard libraries
(3) Added to Cut&Paste sound libraries:
- Klaxon horn
- CV 700 Class Whistle

Tues, 8-Sep-11
2.1.0.0
(1) New features for FX decoders:
- CV56.7.SI SMPH/BEMF Ratio
- CV56.8 BEMF Offset
- CV56.14 Chuffs Per Wheel Revolution
- CV56.26 Scale Wheel Diameter
- CV118.PI Individual Sound Pitch Shift
(2) Added to Cut&Paste sound libraries:
- Cab Fwd Pump

Tues, 19-Jul-11
2.0.0.0
(1) Fix bugs:
- Checking the "No Alt Horn/Whistle" radio button does not remove the Alt Horn/Whistle.
- The High Compression radio button is not enabled in the Replace Horn/Whistle dialog.
(2) New features for Q2 and Q1 decoders:
- Load and Save Chuff Rate files
- Select Chuff Rate from Library
(3) New features for FX decoders:
- CV6 VMid
- CV51.2 Special Sound Effects Enable (Enable Bell Actuator Sound Enable)
- CV51.3 Special Sound Effects Enable (Fuel Type,Long Air Letoff on Start Up)
- CV51.14 System Volume Balance
- CV51.15 System Pitch Shift
- CV51.20 Motive State Change Warning Signals
- additional CV52.PI Individual Sound Volumes
- CV53.PI.SI default output mappings for outputs 15...30
- CV55.12.SI Spitter Valve Configuration
- CV55.70.0 bit 7 Gas Turbine Transition Light Behavior
- CV55.PI.17 Light Ramp Up Time (for all lights)
- CV55.PI.18 Light Ramp Down Time (for all lights)
- CV56.6 Speed Step 1 Delay
- CV115.PI.SI Feature to Port Mapping
- CV116.PI Individual Sound Volume Balance
- CV120.PI.SI Ready to Move Scenario

Thurs, 27-Jan-11
1.17.0.0
Added to sound libraries:
- Nathan P5 (SMS Rail) horn
- Lukenheimer 3 Chime whistle
- Amtrak K5La horn
- Baldwin bell

Thurs 4-Nov-10
1.16.0.5
(1) Fix bugs:
- Preview of Diesel motor: motor does not notch up when throttle increased. This bug was introducted in version 1.16.0.0.
(2) Added to sound libraries:
- K5LA_FEC horn
- MD NYC 3 Chime whistle
- MD PRR 6 Chime whistle
- "EMD 710 (SD70LW)" (SD70 MAC) motor
- Winton 201 motor
- Centurion pump

Wed, 29-Sep-10
1.16.0.1
Support for CV55.154.SI Grade Crossing Horn Signal hoot/fancy ending.

Tues, 7-Sep-10
1.16.0.0
(1) Fix bugs:
- A qcv file saved by Q2Upgrade has bad values for the first several lines of the file, making it unreadable by QuantumCVManager. (If a qcv file is read in first, this problem does not occur.)
(2) New features:
- Improved Preview of Baldwin diesel motors.
(3) Added to sound libraries:
- short version of cass generator
- Firebell
- SantaFe_6_Chime whistle
- WabCo E1 horn
- added Strasburg89_Pump_150Hz to diesel pump lib
- RDC bell
- RDC horn
- EMD567_FP7 motor

Thurs, 27-May-10
1.15.0.3
(1) Fix bugs:
- In Cut&Paste sound dialogs where setting Max Volume to 100 causes the volume to revert to the default volume.
- In Change CV Default Values/Feature Config/CV66,136-8.2 where CV value does not change according to boxes checked.
- In Change CV Default Values where CV51.10, CV51.12, CV51.13 not saved to qcv file.
(2) New features:
- "Preview" button added to all Cut&Paste sound dialogs.
(3) Added to sound libraries:
- GP38 LW4 (LB) motor
- GP40 LW4 (LB) motor
- Heisler Pump
- Strasburg 475 Pump
- Strasburg #89 Pump
- Cass #5 bell
- Cass Steam Generator
- Nathan K3L horn from F7 #1017
- F7 #1017 EMD motor
- 1017 bell
(4) MDBanshee whistle - hoot shortened
(5) Baldwin 606na - replaced turbo with generator

Mon 1-Mar-10
1.14.0.3
Added to sound libraries:
- Baldwin 606NA motor
- MDBanshee whistle

Tues, 9-Feb-10
1.14.0.0
(1) Supports Baldwin motor sounds
(2) Added to sound libraries: Baldwin motor Baldwin Dynamic Brakes

Tues, 26-Jan-10
1.13.0.2
(1) Requires USB driver 3.2
(2) User Sound Effect with Start, Loop, End records
(3) Added to sound libraries: GP38_Lee bell Hancock_Air_3_Whistle U2G_Whistle K5LA horn
(4) Choice of low or high compression on most Cut&Paste sound records.
(5) Correct frequency shift so that Preview sounds have same pitch as in locomotive.
(6) Added Firebox2 for Quantum Revolution
(7) Increase range of CV56.5 to 0...31
(8) Cut&Paste of electric motor

Wed, 14-Oct-09
1.12.0.1
(1) Added Steam Generator (218) to CV53 features
(2) Added
CV55.122.11 Firebox Min Intensity
CV55.122.12 Firebox Max Intensity
CV55.122.13 Firebox Mid Intensity
CV55.122.15 Firebox Ramp Up Rate
CV55.122.16 Firebox Ramp Up Rate
CV55.134.0 Exterior Lights Initial State
CV55.135.0 Interior Lights Initial State
(3) Added "GP40 LW" to motor library
(4) Changed "EMD 1st Gen (Mtr2) #1" to "EMD 567A 1st Gen"

Thurs, 3-Sep-09
1.12.0.0
(1) Added checkbox in Upgrade Locomotive page to disable warnings.
(2) Support for new firmware features
- Add Prime Beacon effect to OHBL
- OHBL blinking light uses Min Intensity
- CV55.100.12 Front Number Board Lights Max Intensity
- CV55.102.12 Rear Number Board Lights Max Intensity
- CV55.104.12 Front Marker Lights Max Intensity
- CV55.106.12 Rear Marker Lights Max Intensity
- CV55.116.12 Front Cab Lights Max Intensity
- CV55.118.12 Rear Cab Lights Max Intensity
- CV55.70.15 Front Headlight Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.70.16 Front Headlight Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.73.15 Rear Headlight Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.73.16 Rear Headlight Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.76.15 Front Mars Light Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.76.16 Front Mars Light Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.80.15 Rear Mars Light Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.80.16 Rear Mars Light Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.84.15 Front Ditch Lights Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.84.16 Front Ditch Lights Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.88.15 Rear Ditch Lights Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.88.16 Rear Ditch Lights Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.92.15 Front OHBL Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.92.16 Front OHBL Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.96.15 Rear OHBL Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.96.16 Rear OHBL Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.100.15 Front Number Board Lights Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.100.16 Front Number Board Lights Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.102.15 Rear Number Board Lights Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.102.16 Rear Number Board Lights Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.104.15 Front Marker Lights Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.104.16 Front Marker Lights Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.106.15 Rear Marker Lights Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.106.16 Rear Marker Lights Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.116.15 Front Cab Lights Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.116.16 Front Cab Lights Ramp Down Rate
- CV55.118.15 Rear Cab Lights Ramp Up Rate
- CV55.118.16 Rear Cab Lights Ramp Down Rate

Mon 10-Aug-09
1.11.0.0
Fix bugs introduced in 1.10.0.0:
a) Preview Sounds Chuff Volume slider has no effect.
b) Neutral only features not available in CV53.0.15-30.
Add -2db and +2db buttons to all Cut&Paste Replace Sound dialogs.
Add to Cut&Paste libraries:
a) UP FEF Northern Chuff to chuff library
b) Bell1_12_1_percent to bell library
Add to Configure CV Defaults:
a) Ditch Lights Strobe with Bell
b) CV55.3.5 Automatic Bell
c) CV55.21.0 Speed Steps Per Notch
d) CV51.12 Minimum Sound of Power Scale Factor
e) CV51.13 Maximum Sound of Power Scale Factor
f) CV55.92.1 Automatic OHBL Config
g) CV55.96.1 Automatic Rear OHBL Config

14-Jul-09
1.10.0.0
Preview Sounds:
The throttle is enabled for previewing diesel sounds. The diesel motor sounds are played in the same way as in the decoder, applying all motor parameters and Sound of Power effects. A "Load" slider is added to allow previewing how load effects the Sound of Power.
Configure Light Ports (Quantum Revolution):
HL and RL can be either port 1 or port 2. Previously HL was restricted to port 1 and RL was restricted to port 2. (Requires new yet to be released QR firmware.)
Added to diesel motor library:
"EMD 1st Gen (Mtr2) #1"
"GP38 LW"

7-Jul-09
1.9.0.1
Started new Chuff Library supporting the new Chuff sounds:
Generic Chuff
ATSF Northern Chuff
Pensy K4 Pacific Chuff
Change CV Default Values:
Added CV51.10 Chuff Cutoff Minimum Inertia

2-Jun-09
1.8.0.0
Fixed bugs in Replace User Recorded Sound Effect dialog:
"'fact' not supported" error message may be inadvertently displayed.
"expected 'data'" error message may be inadvertently displayed.
Added to horn library
HH660 horn
SD40 horn
Added to whistle library
Mohawk_whistle
UP_844_Whistle2
UP_2_10_2_A_Whistle
Added to bell library
HH660 bell
SD40 bell
Added to diesel motor library
HH660
EMD A 1st Gen XB
EMD B 1st Gen XB
NSWR 620/720
EMD 2nd Gen (SD40 LW)
Added to chuff library
K4_chuff_XB (used in model 335 BLI Mohawk)
Changed "SD40" to "SD40SW" in diesel motor library

26-Mar-09
1.7.0.1
Added K5LA horn to horn library
Added u30b_bell to bell library
In Replace User Recorded Sound Effect dialog:
Fixed bug: because of an unitialized variable, the estimated number of bytes for Low Compression and High Compression are completely out of line.
Added error messages: AudioFormat != 1 not supported
'fact' not supported

31-Dec-08
1.7.0.0
Add Front and Rear Ditch Lights Min Intensity to Change CV Default Values.
Added CV62 Quantum Control page to Change CV Default Values.
Added Hancock Whistle to whistle library.
Added "K4s_new_bell_2" to bell library.
Added u18b_bell to bell library.
Added u18b_motor_0 to diesel motor library.
Disabled Throttle for Diesel Preview.
Embedded QCmdSta 1.3.0 with detection of invalid FET pin states.

23-Sep-08
1.6.0.1
Added User Recorded Sound Effect.
Added Period and Min, Mid, Max Intensity CVs for various lights to "Change CV Default Values".

27-Aug-08
1.6.0.0
Fix problem where the Quantum Programmer leaves the track power on (red light on) when the upgrade operation completes.

21-Jul-08
1.5.0.0
Added support for SiLabs Virtual Comm Port driver.

26-Jun-08
1.4.0.2
Added EMD XB motor profiles to diesel motor library.

10-Jun-08
1.4.0.0
Eliminate dependence on system vertical icon spacing or system icon size. Add "Change CV Default Values".

6-Apr-08
1.3.0.4
New Quantum Programmer dialog with Get Error Status, Clear Error Status, Reset Quantum Programmer, Upgrade Firmware

03-Mar-08
1.3.0.3
Improvement to make upgrade of Quantum Revolution work more reliably.

24-Feb-08
1.3.0.2
This version has a few additions to support 2001-0v7-22-0.

19-Feb-08
1.3.0.1
This release has a bug fix: Saving a file and later reloading the saved file sometimes results in the error "... byte 73, expected Q2OP_END_NAME" and the file is not loaded. This error occurs when using Q2Upgrade 1.2.0.2 or later with q2 files v7-19-0 or earlier. This release also has two new additions: "Configure Motor" and "Configure PID Parameters", both on the "Cut & Paste Sounds" page. These allow you to specify the "factory default" values for these CV's. 3010-0v7-0-62.q2 supports these new features. With earlier q2 files, these buttons are disabled. Future q2 releases will support these new configurable factory default values.

22-Jan-08
1.3.0.0
Supports USB driver 3.1

20-Jan-08
1.2.0.5
Added support for Veranda Gas Turbine

8-Jan-08
1.2.0.4
Fixed problem with Steam Pump Library Cut&Paste of a Steam Pump resulted in clicking sounds when the pump records were played on the locomotive.

6-Jan-08
1.2.0.3

5-Jan-08
Added "K28_end_short" to whistle library

31-Dec-07
1.2.0.2
Added "Configure Light Ports"

24-Dec-07
1.2.0.1
Fixed bug: Cut & Paste sometimes causes the Cooling Fan/Vent size (Diesel) or Pump size (Steam) to be incorrectly determined. Consequently Q2Upgrade erroneously reports that the flash memory size is exceeded and crashes immediately thereafter.

16-Dec-07
1.2.0.0
Added support for Cut&Paste of Steam records.

28-Nov-07
1.1.0.0
Added support for Cut&Paste of Diesel records.

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