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Page 18 MX31 Cab, MX31FU Radio Cab
13. E - Procedures
OPERATOR, EXPERT
WHEN?
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from the LOCO mode with the E key and the number key, marked with desired E-procedure
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from the SWI mode with the E key and the number key, marked with desired E-procedure
All E-Procedures can also be called up using the menu, where the key combinations for above men-
tioned shortcuts are also shown.
Start of an E-Procedure,
for example: E-Procedure “NAM”
with E + 4 keys (in succession)
LOCO
display in OPERATOR mode E-Procedure, in this example:
ready to enter a name after E+4
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CAB?
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Display color of the selected mode remains (green or red), capital “ E” displayed to confirm E-
procedure programming, beside it prompting and entry lines of the respective procedure.
The bottom display bar indicates the exit options: A = Accept, E = Escape.
HOW?
There are a number of different E-procedures available, named after the key that is pressed following
the E key.
All E-procedures are started with the E key, followed by another key that selects a procedure. Keys
that offer an E-procedure are marked accordingly just above the key; the two keys are pressed in
sequence, not together! The relevant information can now be entered or a selection made from the
list presented using the scroll wheel and exited with the A or E key.
WHERE TO AND BACK?
Exit: with A key (= Accept): Accepts the selections made with the E-procedures and returns to pre-
vious mode (LOCO, SWI or MENU); E key (= Escape): Returns to previous mode without imple-
menting selections made with E-procedures.
♦
E-procedure
8/12
(press E - 1) – selects between the 8 and 12 function mode for the active
loco address; selection for this address remains stored in the system even after address gets de-
activated.
This procedure is no longer relevant today, if all ZIMO components
(command station and decoder) in use were produced in 2003 or
later – they all operate in the 12 function mode by default. If on the
other hand ZIMO decoders from earlier productions are used and
functions above F4 and/or the MAN key employed, an adjustment
may be required that is, the relevant addresses need to be set to the
8-function mode with the help of the E-procedure 8/12. See the leaf-
let “8/12 functions” available on the Zimo web-site.
However, this procedure will gain new significance in the future (in the course of 2006) when the
new DCC standard with more than 12 functions will be introduced!
♦
E-procedure
PUK
(press E + 2) – selects between “normal” and “serial” function actuation,
also known as “pulse chain commands”; selection for this address remains stored in the system
even after address gets deactivated.
This procedure is only relevant for older LGB locomotives
equipped with original LGB decoders (built before 2004) that oper-
ates function outputs with just one function key (F1) by sending dif-
ferent number of pulses for each function. The ZIMO command sta-
tion generates this pulse chain command automatically containing
between 2 and 8 pulses when function keys F2 – F8 are actuated, if
activated with the PUK E-procedure.
♦
E-procedures
AZ, BZ, ABK
(press E + 3, 6 or 9) – Sets acceleration and deceleration rates
as well as specific characteristic curves for the active address; selection for this address remains
stored in the system even after address gets deactivated.
The acceleration and deceleration rates set with this procedure have
nothing to do with the decoder configuration variables (CV #3 and
4), but rather determines the succession rate of speed step com-
mands sent out by the system. Both system and decoder controlled
acceleration and deceleration rates supplement each other in the re-
sulting driving characteristic.
Values between 0 and 15 can be chosen for AZ and BZ, which is the
time in seconds it takes for an acceleration or deceleration event to
occur from a stand still to full speed or the reverse. ABK determines different characteristic curves
(shallower curve with values between 1 – 8 in the lower speed range or steeper with 9 – 15) with
fixed time elapse according to AZ and BZ.
♦
E-procedure
NAM
(press E + 4) – to enter or edit names used for the active loco or accessory
address; allocated names remain stored in the system even after
address gets deactivated.
If a name is already allocated for this address, it will be shown in the
display and can be deleted letter by letter with the “C” key. Enter
names with the number keys that act as alpha-numerical keys, same
as with telephones.
NOTE: If the E-procedure NAM is started for an address belonging
to a consist or switch ladder (“T” marker in the LOCO mode or “H”