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c) Speed direction indicator of the currently active locomotive.

Is a locomotive already controlled by another cab the arrow

indicating direction is shaded grey. Normally this arrow is

green.

d)  None active locomotive.
e)  Empty fields for displaying other locomotives.
f)  Toggling between single cab and multiple cab modes
You may assign a locomotive to each field:

• Click onto the field to which you would like to assign a locomo-

tive. It is immaterial if the field is empty or not.

• Call up the locomotive choice screen button and select the

desired locomotive as shown in chapter 11.2.
Simply click onto the field that displays the locomotive that you

want to control with this cab.
In the multi cab window the locomotive menu for adjusting

parameters cannot be opened. If you wish to adjust any pa-

rameters first select the locomotive and then go to the single

cab mode.

11.8. Adjusting locomotive parameters

You can change any of the locomotive parameters at any time

should you wish to do so. First call up the desired locomotive

on one of the cabs.
Call up the locomotive menu. Select “Edit locomotive” in the

menu. All following steps are described in chapter 11.1.
The field “Edit locomotive” is shaded grey and is not available

if:

• Another user is running this locomotive. Only locomotives that

are listed for this cab can be edited. Read chapter 11.9.2 for

more details.

• Access control prevents editing locomotives. Read chapter 21.4

for more details.

• The locomotive is run by the automatic shuttle train mode.

Chapter 17 provides details.

11.9. Interesting information on how to run a loco
11.9.1. Conflicts of addresses

A conflict of addresses occurs if you want to run a loco but

another loco with the same address is already running.
Each locomotive should have its own unique address. That way

there will be no problems during operation. In practice it hap-

pens frequently that two or more locos are listed in ECoS and

have the same address: collectors often own several locos of the

same class and to whom they have assigned the same address;

e.g. class 44 with address”44”. Of course, normally only one

of the models will be put on the layout while the others remain

in a display case. However, the owner of these models wants to

list all of them in the list of locomotives in ECoS.
At first this can easily be achieved. ECoS permits you to enter as

many locos with the same address as you wish.

However, it is not possible to run them at the same time on

your layout. The first loco can be run in the normal way. When

the second loco with the same address is selected the symbol

shown on the left will be displayed and this loco cannot be

operated. In reality this would make no sense at all. As soon

as a command is transmitted to the first loco both locos would

respond – after all, they have the same address!
The same occurs if you enter the following locos:

• Loco1: Address: 03, DCC 28 speed steps, „E 103“
• Loco2: Address: 03, Motorola®14 speed steps, „BR 03“

In this case the display would also show a conflict of addresses

since both locos have the address „03”. The differing data for-

mat does not have any impact, because ECoS cannot know if

a modern multi-protocol-decoder (e.g. LokSound) will respond

to both formats.
In practice assigning the same address to two different lo-

comotives is often the cause for operational disruptions that

seem to be unexplainable at first glance. We strongly recom-

mend assigning a dedicated address to each locomotive.

11.9.2. „Locking“ - Exclusive access to locomotives

ECoS only permits one throttle to run a certain locomotive at

any point in time. As soon as a cab runs a loco or consist the

same loco can be selected on another controller but it cannot

actually be operated. The inferior controller indicates this with

the symbol shown here.
This setting is ideal for club layouts or display layouts where it

is intended to give control to individual controllers over certain

objects. „Taking Over” a loco from another controller is not

wanted.
When you often run your trains alone but have located sever-

al handheld throttles around your layout it is useful to „hand

over” a loco form one throttle to the next. ECoS offers a set-

ting for this that we call „Taking Over Locomotives”. Chapter

21.2 explains how it works.

11.9.3. Address ranges – recommendations

If you want to run vehicles multi-protocol-operation with Mär-

klin®, ESU LokPilot, ESU M4 und DCC-decoders simultaneously

we recommend to arrange for a split of addresses as follows:
Märklin®-decoders: Addresses 01 – 80
DCC-decoders: short addresses: Addresses 81 - 99
DCC-decoders: long addresses: Addresses > 256
With this method you make sure that no address is assigned to

two different locomotives and that the available addresses can

be optimally utilised.

12. Operating consists

Consists also get an address in ECoS like locos. They are listed

and run in the same way as single locomotives.

12.1. Add a new consist

Select the loco menue of the left or right hand throttle and

select „New Consist”.

a)  List of all locos
b)  List of locos in this consist
c)  Adds another loco to a consist
d)  Deletes a loco from a consist
e)  Moves the currently marked loco at the right up or down
f)  Extended settings for consists
g)  Chooses  the  desired  direction  of  travel  of  the  locomotive

marked in the right list

h) Sort and filter options for the left locomotive list

• Select the first loco to be added to the consist from the list on

the left.

• Touch the icon in order to add this loco. First touch the screen

button “Clear cab” (also refer to chapter 11.2.2.) if you wish to

add the locomotive that was run most recently into the consist.

Then the locomotive is not active any longer and can be added

to a consist.

• Use the same procedure with the other locomotives you wish

to add to the consist.
In the sub menu “Extended” you may select a symbol repre-

senting this particular consist as well as a name for picking this