7. Set CV22 to a value of 2 to the Rear powered car's address to
tell the Rear powered car that you want to control its FL control
with the F0 button at the consist address. The powered car will
give you two horn blasts to announce that it received the CV
change
8. Ensure F0 is deactivated at the Rear powered car's address. Most
systems have a light bulb icon to indicate whether F0 is active or
not. Ensure that it is OFF
9. Call up the Middle non-powered car on your DCC handheld;
address 2 in this example
10. Ensure F5 and F0 are toggled OFF. You may have to toggle F5
on/off a couple times to get the lights in sync with the DCC
command station. This will depend upon your DCC system
11. Call up the consist address (address 4 in this example)
12. Press the F0 button to ensure the FL is toggled on. Most
systems have a light bulb icon to indicate whether F0 is active or
not. Ensure that it is ON
Note:
The convenient thing about setting up the consist as described
above is that it allows you flexibility in the orientation of an engine in
a consist; particularly the head and tail engines where the FL control
is integral. For example, if you wanted to flip the Rear powered car
around and make it face forward in the consist all you'd have to do is
go into the Rear powered car's address (address 3 in the example) and
clear bit 7 of CV19. In other words, just write the consist's address to
CV19. The FL control will automatically understand what you've
done so there is no need to go in and change CV22.
Below is a table that outlines which bits correspond to what F
Functions F0, F9-F12 are used in a consist:
F
Function
Not
Used
F12
F11
F10
F9
F0
(Engine
Facing Rev)
F0
(Engine
Facing Fwd)
Not
Used
Bit
(Decimal
Value)
7 (128)
Not
Used
5 (32)
4 (16)
3 (8)
2 (4)
1 (2)
0 (1)
6 (64)
Not
Used
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