Basic Programming
Tsunami2 Electric User’s Guide
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Customize the Clickety-Clack
Follow the steps below to adjust clickety-clack CVs:
1. Ensure CV 31 (CV Index 1) is set to a value of 16.
2. Enter a value of 3 into CV 32 (CV Index 2) to select Indexed CV Page 3 as the active
indexed CV page, and enable access to clickety-clack CVs.
3. Refer to the following information when accessing CV 3.257 and CV 3.258 from your
command station to customize the clickety-clack sound effect.
You can set the number of axles per truck and
number of trucks per car with CV 3.257 (Clickety-
Clack Rate) to adjust the clickety-clack rate
according to the specifics of your model. This
allows you customize the clickety-clack sound
effect to simulate various prototypes.
For example, a bobber caboose has one truck with two axles, whereas some passenger cars
have two trucks with three axles. To simulate a bobber caboose, enter a value of 1 into CV
3.257. For a passenger car, enter a value of 6 into CV 3.257.
CV 3.258 (Clickety-Clack Sound Scalar) allows
you to fine-tune the frequency of clickety-clack and
flat spots sound effects by setting the proportion
between speed step and scale speed. Scale speed
is calculated in feet per second (ft/s). Higher
values allow faster scale speeds and increase the
clickety-clack frequency, and lower values allow
slower scale speeds and reduce the clickety-clack
frequency.
Enter a value from 1 to 255 into CV 3.258 to adjust the scale speed from 0.01ft/s to 2ft/s. A
value of 0 will disable the clickety-clack sound effects. You can also use the equation below to
calculate scale speed:
Scale Speed (ft/s) = (Speed Step × CV 3.258) ÷ 100
Adjust Motorman Omura Event Probability
Motorman Omura keeps busy when the
locomotive is stopped by performing tasks,
such as opening the cab door, turning on
the air conditioner and chatting on the
radio. A new Motorman Omura task occurs
every 10-30 seconds after the locomotive
has been stopped for two minutes and the
general service function (F18 by default) is
turned off.
You can use CVs 201-208 (Motorman
Omura Probability CVs) to adjust the
frequency of each Motorman Omura task scheduled to occur while the locomotive is stopped.
Entering values from 0 to 255 into CVs 201-208 will adjust the probability for the associated
tasks from 0% to 100%. Refer to Table H to view each event probability CV and corresponding
default values.
CV 3.257: Clickety-Clack Rate
1 = 2 axles/truck, 1 truck/car
2 = 3 axles/truck, 1 truck/car
5 = 2 axles/truck, 2 trucks/car (default)
6 = 3 axles/truck, 2 trucks/car
CV 3.258: Clickety-Clack Sound Scalar
0 = Disabled
1 = 0.01ft/s
↓
128 = 1ft/s (default)
↓
255 = 2ft/s
Table H. Motorman Omura Probability CVs
Event Probability CV
Default
CV 201: Cab Doors Event Probability
128
CV 202: Reserved
0
CV 203: Reserved
0
CV 204: Reserved
0
CV 205: Cab Chatter Event Probability
64
CV 206: Reserved
0
CV 207: Air Conditioner Event Probability
128
CV 208: Reserved
0