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Paragon 2
The motor movement can be delayed after turning
the throttle to allow the engine sound to rev up before
movement. To enable this feature, set CV 245 to 18 or
19. Set back to 16 or 17 to disable. Once enabled, the
delay can be adjusted by setting CV 248.
CV2, 6 and 5 control the motor start, mid range and
maximum voltages. The possible values are from 0 to
255. 0 would cause the motor voltage to be 0 and 255
would cause it to be 100 % on. These can be used to
adjust 2 different locomotives to start and run at the
same speeds. Usually the back EMF must be turned off
on one or all of the engines to enable different types of
engines to run together smoothly.
CV95 is the Forward/Reverse Trim, used to make the
forward and reverse speed match if they are different.
Setting the value from 1-127 makes the engine run
slower in reverse. 1 is the slowest. Setting CV95 from
129 to 255 makes it run faster in reverse. 255 is the
fastest. A value of 0 or 128 disables the feature.
CV2 is the start voltage, and determines the motor
voltage at speed step 1. If back EMF is disabled, this
value must be high enough to get the engine moving.
CV6 is the motor voltage at the middle speed step. It
must be greater than CV2 and less than CV5.
CV5 is the motor voltage at the highest speed step.
CV3 sets the acceleration rate. Its range is from 0 to
255. Setting to 20 makes the engine take an additional
20 seconds to accelerate from stopped to full speed.
CV4 sets the deceleration rate. Its range is from 0 to
255. Setting to 20 makes the engine take an additional
20 seconds to decelerate from full speed to stopped.
Speed Table
: If setting CV2, 5, and 6 is not sufficient
to make 2 engines run together through the entire speed
range, the speed at each step can be set using CV’s
67 through 94. To use these values, CV29, bit 4 must
equal 1. See Paragon 2 Technical Reference Manual for
specifics. This should only be attempted by experienced
users.
