Quantum Programmer

Download sound files from your PC and program CVs.
In stock and shipping. List $99.95.

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 1.4.1.
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 $99.95.

Software

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

Q1aUpgrade version 1.3.0.0.
Q2Upgrade (G Scale and Quantum Revolution) 1.8.0.0.
QuantumCVManager version 1.5.0.3.
SiLabs USB Drivers (Win 2K/XP/Vista)
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 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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