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CVs in DCC operation
CV
Denomination
Range
Default Description
#12
Operating modes
117
Bit 0 - DC analog
0 = disabled 1 = enabled
Bit 2 – DCC NOT deactivatable 1 = enabled
Bit 4 – AC analog
0 = disabled 1 = enabled
Bit 5 – MM
0 = disabled 1 = enabled
Bit 6 – mfx
0 = disabled 1 = enabled
Programming CV #12 = 0 (all bits 0) is NOT executed
(because the decoder would get un-addressable)
#27
BREAKING MODES:
Position-dependent
Stopping
(“before a red signal”)
or driving slowly
by
“asymmetrical DCC sig-
nal“ (“Lenz ABC“)
See chapter
“Stop in front of a red
signal and driving
slowly... “
or “ZIMO HLU”
(see chapter ‘ZIMO “sig-
nal-controlled speed in-
fluence” (HLU)’)
Automatic stopping
by DC brake section
(“Märklin brake section”)
see chapter
“DC Brake Sections”
0 =
ABC not
active,
HLU
active,
other
brake
sections
not active
Bit 0 and Bit 1 = 0: ABC not activated; no stopping
Bit 0 = 1: Stops are initiated if the voltage in the right
rail (in direction of travel) is higher than in the left rail.
This (CV #27 = 1) is the usual ABC application)
Bit 1 = 1: ABC stops are initiated if the voltage in the left
rail (in direction of travel) is higher than in the right rail.
If bit 0 or bit 1 =1 (only one of the two bits is set):
Stopping is directional, i.e. only in direction of travel to
the signal, travelling in opposite direction has no effect.
Bit 0 and Bit 1 = 1: Stops are independent of direction
of travel. See chapter “stop in front… (Lenz ABC)”
Bit 2 = 0: HLU train protection system (H, UH,…) active
= 1: Effect (halt, limit) of HLU deactivated
Bit 4 - DC braking section, if polarity is reversed
0 = disabled 1 = enabled
Bit 5 - DC braking section, if polarity
is equal to direction of travel
0 = disabled 1 = enabled
Bit 4 and bit 5 = 1 (CV #27 = 48): stopping when
DC voltage (e.g. by a diode) independent
of the polarity (“Märklin brake section”)
#28
RailCom Configuration
0, 1, 2, 3,
65, 66, 67
3
resp.
67
(for Bit 6)
Bit 0 - RailCom Channel 1 (Broadcast)
Bit 1 - RailCom Channel 2 (Data)
Bit 6 - High voltage RailCom (large scale decoders onl.)
for all Bits: 0 = OFF
1 = ON
#29
Basic Configuration
0 - 63
14 =
0000
1
110
Bit 3 = 1
(RailCom
is activaterd),
and
Bits 1,2 = 1
(28 or 128
speed steps
and auto-
matic analog
operation en-
abled)
Bit 0 - Train direction:
0 = normal, 1 = reversed
Bit 1 - Number of speed steps:
0 = 14, 1 = 28/128 speed steps
Bit 2 - automatic change to analog operation
0 = disabled 1 = enabled
Bit 3 - RailCom („bi-directional communication“)
0 = deactivated 1 = activated
Bit 4 - Individual speed table:
0 = off, CVs #2, #5 and #6 are active.
1 = on, according to CVs #67 – #94
Bit 5 - Decoder address:
0 = primary address as per CV #1
1 = ext. address as per CVs #17 & #18
#153 Time limit of the continu-
ation without rail signal
0 - 255
0
= 0 (default): Drive on while energy is available
= 1 - 255 (tenths of a sec.): Stopping time if no rail sig-
nal, although power is coming from energy storage.
CV
Denomination
Range
Default Description
#250,
#251,
#252,
#253
Decoder-ID, thereof
CV #250
= Decoder-
Type
(See chapter 1, types)
CV #251
and CV #252 and #253
= serial number
Read only
-
The decoder ID (serial number) is automatically entered
during production: The first byte and half of the second
byte denotes the decoder type; the rest contain a serial
number.
The decoder ID is primarily used for automatic address
assignment when an engine is placed on the layout
track as well as in combination with the “load code” for
“coded” sound projects (see CVs #260 - #263).
#260,
#261
#262
#263
“Load code”
for
“coded” sound projects
-
-
New ZIMO sound decoders can be ordered for an addi-
tional small fee with a “load code” pre-installed, which
entitles the user to install “coded” sound projects of a
selected sound bundle. The load code can also be pur-
chased and installed by the user at a later date: see
CV
Denomination
Range
Default Description
#8
Manufacturer
ID
and
HARD RESET
by CV #8 = „8“
or CV #8 = 0
Read only
always
shows “145”
for
ZIMO
ID
Pseudo-
programming
see descr.
on the right
145
(= ZIMO)
Reading out this CV always result in “145” (10010001),
the number issued for ZIMO by the NMRA.
This CV is also used for various resetting processes
with the help of Pseudo-Programming.
“Pseudo programming” means that the entered value is not really
stored, but rather used to start a defined action.
CV #8 = “3”
→
21MTC decoder FO3, FO4 logic-level
CV #8 = “4”
→
21MTC decoder FO3, FO4 normal
CV #8 = “5”
→
21MTC decoder FO5, FO6 logic-level
CV #8 = “6”
→
21MTC decoder FO5, FO6 normal
CV #8 = “8”
→
HARD RESET (NMRA standard);
all CVs return to the last active
CV set or
sound project,
or (if no such set was active before)
the default values listed in this CV table.
CV #8 = “0”
→
NOT recommended (service purp. only)
Default values of the CV table
#7
SW version number
Also see CV #65
Sub-Version number
and
Auxiliary procedure for pro-
gramming via
"Lokmaus-2" and similar
"low level" - systems
Read only
-
CV holds the firmware vers. no currently in the decoder.
CV #7 = number of the “main” version
CV #65 = Sub-version number
At the same time this CV is used to make digital sys-
tems with limited number space (typ. example: old Lok-
maus) usable for programming the decoder by means
of "pseudo-programming":
Ones digit = 1: Subsequent programming value + 100
= 2: ... + 200
NOTE
: The default values on sound decoders are overwritten by the loaded sound project. The
program ZSP (ZIMO Sound Programmer), however, provides the here defined default values, in
case the values set by the sound project are not wanted. In the course of updates, differences
between ZSP and the default values given here can occur.