Mike-Greg Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Hi On my Bachmann class 20 sound When it sets off with tick over, if i give the throttle a quick increase and return it to original position the sound increases but speed remains the same ( this is good and how i like it ) Now my Bachmann class 25 if i do this the loco in creases speed before the sound takes off in fact it does this anyway speed seems to increase ahead of the sound level ( not good ) I have set all the cv,s ( accel/decel) start V mid V and so on also the same speed curve so what do i do to get the sound to take up before the speed kicks in ????? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLT 0109 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Mike, I think this may be a feature of the beast. I tried mine out today and it does as you say - moves off on tickover. You may find that lengthening the acceleration time helps you to drive it in the manner you require but see how you get on with notching. Pressing F5 increases the engine revs regardless of loco speed and pressing F6 reduces the revs. However, there is a delay in activation so press only once and wait until there is a reaction before pressing again. It is not clear either from my own trials or Bachmann's instructions whether a second press on F5 cancels the notching or you have to press F6 to reduce the revs again; in fact, I think there may be three stages of notching up - achieved by successive presses of F5 - and I am not sure whether F6 also has three stages. Harold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike-Greg Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Hi Harold I might send it off to get reblown I have seen some UTube clips with it doing what i whant the class 20 is great the tickover is load and when it sets off i give the throttle a flick and the recs increace straight away so i can then drop the trottle back and it keeps the higher revs at the original speed even when its moving i can do the same fick the trottle and it notches up without a speed increase like i said copyed the settings across to the 25 with decoder pro3 but it still wont respond the same still will have to think about it some more anyway thanks for the reply,, cos i know now its just not mine doing it cos i mess up the cv,s somwere problem is i changed some cv,s some time ago and forgot to save the originals now i do a full read and save to file before changing anything so i can go back to the way it was before rgds Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLT 0109 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Yes, mucking up the CVs is easily done. I do not have Decoder Pro or the facility to connect my layout to my computer so I have to change CVs with Power Cab which can be a bit tedious. That also means I have to keep a manual record of my CV settings.but I have learned the hard way not to change settings without first recording the existing value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pufferman Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Is there a list of CVs somewhere, I would like to change the direction on some of my locos so they all go forward the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike-Greg Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Hi Pufferman well there is one , but at the moment not able to check what one it is in decoder pro there is a setting for this were you select normal or revese direction as standard you can also do this with the Elite Controller so assume others will as well will look it up when i get home Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelcliffe Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Direction setting of locos is in CV29. Do not go randomly changing CV29. Look up one of the numerous calculators and explanations of how to set CV29. - Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLT 0109 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 For a Loksound v3.5, adding 1 to whatever value is already in CV29, will reverse the direction of travel - but make a note of the existing value beforehand in cases you need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelcliffe Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 For a Loksound v3.5, adding 1 to whatever value is already in CV29, will reverse the direction of travel - but make a note of the existing value beforehand in cases you need it. The above is poor advice. Sometimes "adding 1" will reverse the direction. Sometimes "adding 1" will reverse the direction AND change some other aspects of the decoder's behaviour in a manner that you don't want to happen. Please adjust CV29 after reading up on how it works. I've written a webpage and calculator for it. I'm not the only person to have done it, so if mine isn't to your liking there are dozens of others. http://www.2mm.org.uk/articles/cv29%20calculator.htm - Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLT 0109 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I appreciate what you say Nigel - that's why I said to note the original setting first. Harold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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