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Silver Locomotive decoder

 

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North American Warranty

 

Lenz GmbH does everything it can do to ensure that its products are free from defects and will 
operate for the life of your model railroad equipment.  From time to time even the best engineered 
products fail either due to a faulty part or from accidental mistakes in installation.  To protect your 
investment in Digital plus products, Lenz GmbH offers a very aggressive 10 year Limited 
Warranty.  

This warranty is not valid if the user has altered, intentionally misused the Digital Plus product, or 
removed the product's protection, for example the heat shrink from decoders and other devices.  
In this case a service charge will be applied for all repairs or replacements. Should the user 
desire to alter a Digital Plus Product, they should contact Lenz GmbH for prior authorization.  

Year One:

  A full repair or replacement will be provided to the original purchaser for any item that 

that has failed due to manufacturer defects or failures caused by accidental user installation 
problems.  Should the item no longer be produced and the item is not repairable, a similar item 
will be substituted at the manufacturer’s discretion.  The user must pay for shipping to an 
authorized Lenz GmbH warranty center.  

Year 2 and 3:

  A full replacement for any item will be provided that has failed due to manufacturer 

defects.  If the failure was caused by accidental user installation or use, a minimal service charge 
may be imposed.  Should the item no longer be produced and the item is not repairable, a similar 
item will be substituted at the manufacturer’s discretion.  The user must pay shipping to and from 
the authorized Lenz GmbH warranty center during this portion of the warranty period.  

Year 4-10:

  A minimal service charge will be placed on each item that has failed due to 

manufacturer defects and/or accidental user installation problems.  Should the item no longer be 
produced and the item is not repairable, a similar item will be substituted at the manufacturer’s 
discretion.  The user must pay shipping to and from the authorized Lenz GmbH warranty center 
during this portion of the warranty period. 

Please contact your dealer or authorized Lenz GmbH warranty center for specific instructions and 
current service charges prior to returning any equipment for repair.

 

 

Hüttenbergstraße 29 

35398 Gießen, Germany 

Hotline: 06403 900 133 

Fax: 06403 900155 

[email protected] 

http://www.lenz.com

 

Lenz Agency of North America 

PO Box 143 

Chelmsford, MA 01824 

ph: 978 250 1494 

fax: 978 455 LENZ 
[email protected] 

This equipment complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules.  Operation is subject to the following two 
conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept 
any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. 

 Please save this manual for future reference!

 

© 2005 Lenz GmbH,  All Rights Reserved

 

Summary of Contents for Digital plus Silver 10331

Page 1: ...ps Operation on conventional DC layouts is possible or can be disabled Motor output 1A continuous 1 8A max 5 A stall Motor and function outputs protected Four function outputs rated at 100mA each with advanced function mapping Directional or independent lighting with dimming and special effects Support for Advanced Consist Control and Extended Addressing Support for programming on the mainline ope...

Page 2: ...Motor control Silver decoders have a very smooth and quiet high frequency motor control 23kHz If necessary the performance of the decoder can be optimized to one of 6 specific motor types in the locomotive using CV50 These motor types include parameter sets which have been specially adapted to the respective models In addition it is possible to perform additional fine tuning via CV113 or CV114 whe...

Page 3: ... locomotives vary the braking distance differs from locomotive to locomotive even if the same value is set in CV52 Use a short test section to measure how long your locomotive s braking distance will be with a given value set in CV52 Start with the default value 100 in CV52 Accelerate your locomotive until it has reached average speed At a chosen point in time set the speed to 0 This requires movi...

Page 4: ... the signal position this module creates an asymmetric track voltage in the braking section in front of the signal The decoder reacts to this Combined with the constant braking distance precise on the spot stopping in front of red signals is not a problem Of course passage in the opposite direction is also possible The signal indication slow approach caution can be set using CV53 You can operate a...

Page 5: ... Instead put electrician tape over any part of the locomotive frame or body that might touch the decoder and use double sided foam mounting tape to mount the decoder This will prevent short circuits without suffocating the decoder The SILVER decoder can not be set up for simultaneous use for 2 rail pickup and overhead cantenary or trolley operation If the locomotive is turned the wrong way the dec...

Page 6: ...ion controlled by Output A If the bulb is isolated connect the blue wire Pin 7 to the other terminal Yellow wire Pin 2 to the rear headlight or the function controlled by Output B If the bulb or function is isolated then connect the blue wire Pin 7 to the other terminal Green wire Pin 3 to function controlled by Output C If the bulb is isolated connect the blue wire Pin 7 to the other terminal Vio...

Page 7: ...ns can of course be changed Resetting the decoder If you wish to reset all the decoder CVs to its factory setting enter value 33 in CV8 The CVs of a connected S U S I module are not reset Please note Some CVs such as CV29 have specific meanings for each bit The bit assignments in this table use a bit numbering scheme of 0 7 to correspond the NMRA convention for universal bit numbering Many handhel...

Page 8: ...ess low order byte 0 255 100 19 Consist address 1 99 0 29 Decoder Configuration Byte 1 6 dec bit 0 1 Locomotive direction of travel 0 locomotive s direction is normal 1 locomotive s direction is reversed 0 1 1 0 bit 1 2 Headlight mode 0 Operation with 14 or 27 speed step systems 1 Operation with 28 55 or 128 speed steps Note your system must be set to the same mode 0 1 2 1 bit 2 3 Usage on convent...

Page 9: ...n 7 1 2 4 8 0 42 Function 8 1 2 4 8 0 43 Function 9 1 0 44 Function 10 1 0 45 Function 11 1 0 46 Function 12 This range does not allow mapping of functions 1 0 These values are not significant for SILVER 10432 and 10433 50 Motor configuration 0 dec bits 0 3 1 4 Select motor type 0 5 enter as decimal number 0 1 0 5 0 Bit 5 6 0 EMF switch inactive 1 EMF switch active 0 1 32 0 Bit 6 7 0 Control switc...

Page 10: ...tion output A the tens digit for function output B 0 No effect 1 Marslight 2 Gyrolight 3 Strobe 4 Double strobe 0 255 0 61 Function mapping lighting effect at function outputs A and B 0 255 0 62 Lighting effect at function outputs C and D 0 255 0 The tens digit of the value stands for function output D 0 No effect 1 Flashing at same time as function output C 2 Flashing alternately to function outp...

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Page 13: ...cturer defects If the failure was caused by accidental user installation or use a minimal service charge may be imposed Should the item no longer be produced and the item is not repairable a similar item will be substituted at the manufacturer s discretion The user must pay shipping to and from the authorized Lenz GmbH warranty center during this portion of the warranty period Year 4 10 A minimal ...

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