KB02
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I have just installed an Econami ECO-PNP into my Atlas Dash-8. First impressions: Fantastic Decoder. The motor runs 1000 times quieter until, that is, I turn on the sound which sounds amazing (running a TCS WOW speaker). Very happy with the purchase. My problem comes with the programming the extra functions. I would say that the manual reads like stereo instructions, except, my stereo was much easier to figure out.
Okay, I have wired it up to run ditch lights and number plate lights separate from the headlight. FX3 for the number plates, FX4 and 5 for the ditch lights. As a default, they run off of functions 24, 25, and 26, respectively. Problem #1, My handheld cab only goes up to F15 (MRC Prodigy Express). Now, I know they work as I was able to plug in my wife laptop into the layout and run the MRC computer program which has all 28 functions available and I was able to test the light to ensure they work. BUT, as I wont always have the computer available, I need t find another way to run them. Econami does offer function mapping so I can change this to a function number my cab can access. The process, they say, is simple. You just have to change CV 1.259 to the desired function.
How does one program a CV with a decimal?
My cab can't do it. MRC's computer program can't seem to do it, and JMRI appears to be at a loss as well.
Problem #2: I can get the ditch lights to come on and flash, but they simply flash together and do not alternate. So, I guess it's problem 2a: How do I get them to alternate? Problem 2b: How can I get them to follow Rule 17 lighting light the other locos I have put ditch lights in? I would like them to be on solid until the horn is sounded and then flash (like at a crossing).
Would anyone be able to help with simple instructions? I am really at a loss here.
Okay, I have wired it up to run ditch lights and number plate lights separate from the headlight. FX3 for the number plates, FX4 and 5 for the ditch lights. As a default, they run off of functions 24, 25, and 26, respectively. Problem #1, My handheld cab only goes up to F15 (MRC Prodigy Express). Now, I know they work as I was able to plug in my wife laptop into the layout and run the MRC computer program which has all 28 functions available and I was able to test the light to ensure they work. BUT, as I wont always have the computer available, I need t find another way to run them. Econami does offer function mapping so I can change this to a function number my cab can access. The process, they say, is simple. You just have to change CV 1.259 to the desired function.
How does one program a CV with a decimal?
My cab can't do it. MRC's computer program can't seem to do it, and JMRI appears to be at a loss as well.
Problem #2: I can get the ditch lights to come on and flash, but they simply flash together and do not alternate. So, I guess it's problem 2a: How do I get them to alternate? Problem 2b: How can I get them to follow Rule 17 lighting light the other locos I have put ditch lights in? I would like them to be on solid until the horn is sounded and then flash (like at a crossing).
Would anyone be able to help with simple instructions? I am really at a loss here.
