Thanks for the review! Glad to discover that I can run the Lok Programmer from my Macbook Pro. I also like how your videos are quick and contain a lot of good information, and I can go back and pause if I need to listen more closely to what you are saying. Thanks again!

Wow! I'm brand new to LokSound decoders and this helps me out A LOT! Very informative and well done. Thank you very much for the well detailed review!

I am a newbie when it comes to programming or changing CV levels. You covered a lot of info in a short period of time but I will save your review and view over again I am sure. Thanks for the thorough review!

I feel the cable issue needed either a deeper investigation, or more points off. Since you had a replacement cable, it was easy to fix. For those of us that don't have one, either a note "this driver worked" or "the cable was truly bad, and I needed to get a replacement". A driver issue probably would be worth just a 5-point deduction (at most), but a bad cable I think is a 10-15pt reduction. Aside: I a little surprised they haven't gone to the USB-printer style cable and still have a serial end.

First do not use MAC unless it is a SD80 or 90 lol, Thanks for the informative video. Best programmer i have ever used.

Great tool!! I was able to modify bad settings from a used engine I bought which had an older locksound version of 3.5 and I am starting to standardizing all my engines functions between manifacturers

Great review Dan! This is something I might consider getting and start getting into programming sounder decoders.

Great video, definitely getting the ESU Lokprogrammer for Christmas.

Great video! Love the voice over nice and relaxing to listen.

another great review Dan, Thanks for sharing. Rob

Very interesting review Dan. Thanks

Great review!

Great info Dan. Thanks

You should do a segment on your G Scale set up Dan!!! Great video as always!!!

Glad to see you are back. I subscribed

Good review. I bought an ESU LokProgrammer from ScaleTrains before they went out of stock. What with the chip shortage, it might be a while to restock some of these items. I figured since my stable of LokSound equipped engines is growing, I better have one of these!

Dan I appreciate your review and explanation on this programmer. I have several scaletrains locos now and using 2,5,6 is just ok. takes too long and only gets you so close. Ive noticed that JMRI does not work with ESU decoders. so I have decided, partly based on your review, to get a LokProgrammer thanks, David

An in depth how to edit sound files inside the programmer software would be most welcome Dan. As you state this is a complex piece to work with.

Good choice with the screw terminals

nice review There is a adapter chip inside the cable, maybe the newer cable uses a different chip than the old one and so needs a different driver to work.

I was expecting a prototype accuracy for this, guess it scored so high you didn’t need to include it lol. Great review!

thank you for this video

Greetings Daniel. Thanks for the videos . I’ve enjoyed your channel since finding it a few months ago. Your wife has been a lovely addition. My wife also models with me. A question on the programmer in this video, does it program only esu decoders or can you program other brands as well? Thanks, Kent

Great review Dan, one question I have for this ESU Lokprogramer does it talk to other manufacturer decoders

It's a little expensive, but if you have more than 5 Loksound decoders, it's worth it just for the upgrade factor of your existing decoders !!

thank you getail video set up ESU LOKPROGRAMMER UNIT

Did you check the couplers on the Lokprogrammer with the coupler height gauge?

I would really like to use one of these for a couple locomotives of mine. I'm an NKP steam guy and I have a pair of brass models of their L1 class Hudsons as well as a pair of Proto Heritage Berkshires. Once I get one of the Hudsons running on dcc, I have a recording of nkp 175's whistle I'm wanting to sample and upload into a decoder and similarly, to keep some variations of sound that are still accurate to prototype, I would like to sample nkp 757's whistle from 760 from the Berkshires at Bellevue event, most notably the last of 757's whistle blasts when she had finally gotten her voice warmed up. That sound will go to my model of 776 while 765 can recieve any decoder with her whistle in it but it would be interesting to program a decoder specifically for nkp 765 with the sounds of her air compressors and injector as standing next to her while she's being serviced, the usual sounds in a decoder are absolutely nothing like the real deal.

Hello, great video, thanks a lot. I try to run my lokprogrammer on my 2017 MacBook and I have an issue with the COM3 USB port, which is not recognized as a "true" USB port, so there is no way to run correctly the lokprogrammer. What is the exact FTDI driver you downloaded to make it running? Thanks for your help.

Thanks for the great review. I would have subtracted an additional five points, maybe even ten, for the use of a serial port. I know that the transfer speed between the programmer and loco/decoder may not warrant a faster connection, but seriously, a serial port? ESU can and should do better than that, especially considering we're now into the third decade of the twenty-first century and USB type-A has been available since the mid-1990s. Plus, have you seen what ESU is charging for a replacement cable? Maybe the reason why they used a serial port is because they know that if anyone needs a replacement, they'll have to buy it from them. After all, who actually has a serial cable any more?

Thank you. Is there any functional or performance difference between old and new LokProgrammer versions?

Can you show us how to save the LokSound V5 sound files from the decoder to a hard drive? There is a lot of people saying it can not be saved!

hi I would like to know how I can program the decoder for timed output of a digital hook thanks.

I have an esu built engine (31182) except the lokprogrammer can’t find It. It says “ lokprogrammer cannot recognize device” put the the virtual throttle works, but I can’t program her. Any ideas?

Question, if you have a Lokprogrammer for a windows laptop, does you have to have a USB adapter cables or no?

Do you need a LokProgammer to remap functions on ESU V5?

Hi. Do you tutor online. I have LGB G scale on all ESU Decoder.

M2 chip OSX and Parallels simply doesn't work. FYI. USBC to Serial issues. Bummer.

If you are in the US purchase at your own risk. They block their website from US customers.

I can not download the file .FTE, what is wrong do you think?

Great post but $150.00 to program a ESU decoder Is absolutely ridiculous. Other decoders can be programed in JMRI for free. Soundtraxx decoders have multiple loco sounds built right into them and their new Blunomni will expand that ease with just using your phone to change CV's. ESU makes great decoders, but they are definitely not user friendly.