Normal Forward Direction of Travel
Engine 1 -
Front
Engine 2 -
Middle
Engine 3 - Rear
F
R
F
R
F
R
To set this consists up so that:
The Headlight is ON in the Front engine when going Forward, OFF when
the consist is in Reverse
The Reverse light and headlight is OFF in the Rear engine when the consist
is going Forward, headlight is ON, reverse light is OFF when the
consist is in Reverse
The Middle engine has no lights in either direction
Perform the following:
1.
Build the consist using your DCC system per the DCC system's
manufacturer's instructions. In many newer systems you have the ability to tell the
system which engine is reversed. Remember the consist address you told the DCC
system to be built at as you'll need to come back to that address to actually run the
consist. The instructions assume only CV19 gets the consists address and nothing more
2.
Call up the Front engine on your DCC handheld; address 1 in this example
3.
Select CV22 and write a value of 1. This tells the engine that it's a forward
facing engine and that you want F0 to control the FL function at the consist address.
The engine will give you two horn blasts to announce that it received the CV change
4.
Ensure F0 is deactivated at the Front engine's address. Most systems have a
light bulb icon to indicate whether F0 is active or not. Ensure that it is OFF
5.
Call up the Rear engine on your DCC handheld; address 3 in this example
6.
Set CV19 to 128 + the value of your consist address
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So, if your consist address is 4 you would add 128+4=132.
You would write 132 to CV19. This tells the Rear engine that it's
reversed in the consist. You will get two horn blasts to announce that
it received the CV change. Some DCC systems may already do this for
you but the instructions assume your system does not. If you are in
doubt then go ahead and follow step 5 as it will do no harm
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