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Contents
1
Important advice, please read first! ...................................................................... 4
2
Features of the SILVER decoder.......................................................................... 5
2.1
Motor control ........................................................................................................ 5
2.2
Capacity ............................................................................................................... 5
2.3
Overload protection .............................................................................................. 5
2.4
Starting and braking delay.................................................................................... 5
2.5
Constant braking distance.................................................................................... 5
2.6
Shunting speed .................................................................................................... 6
2.7
ABC = simple signal stop and slow approach....................................................... 6
2.8
Push-pull train control........................................................................................... 6
2.9
Function outputs................................................................................................... 6
2.10
Lighting effects..................................................................................................... 6
3
Setting (programming) the decoder ...................................................................... 7
3.1
Variable decoder features - Configuration Variables (CV) .................................... 7
3.2
Standardisation in NMRA ..................................................................................... 8
3.3
Different presentations of numerical values: "bits" in CVs .................................... 9
4
Installation.......................................................................................................... 11
4.1
Preparations and tests before installation........................................................... 11
4.2
Affixing the decoder............................................................................................ 11
4.3
Locomotives with interface ................................................................................. 11
4.4
Locomotives without interface ............................................................................ 12
5
Setting the address ............................................................................................ 15
6
Setting the motor control .................................................................................... 16
6.1
Selecting the motor type..................................................................................... 16
6.2
Switching the control on and off ......................................................................... 17
6.3
Switching off the high-frequency control ............................................................. 17
6.4
Activating the EMF switch .................................................................................. 17
6.5
Repeat rate ........................................................................................................ 17
7
General settings ................................................................................................. 18
7.1
System change during analogue operation ........................................................ 19
7.2
System change with switched-off analogue operation ........................................ 20
8
Overload protection ............................................................................................ 21
9
Starting and braking delay.................................................................................. 22
9.1
Switching off the starting and the braking delay.................................................. 22
10
Minimum, maximum and mid speed................................................................... 24
11
Characteristic speed line .................................................................................... 26
12
Constant braking distance.................................................................................. 27
12.1
Setting the constant braking distance:................................................................ 27
13
Shunting speed .................................................................................................. 29
