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D&H decoders can be easily remapped. Where did you buy it? Do you have a list of volume CVs? Did you ask your retailer because it is usually just a matter of minutes to give you the right CVs. If you had a list of volume CVs I could do it even without knowing the actual mapping.

ESU bashing? Zimo user?

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To me comments like these are absolutely annoying. Strangely enough they only ever come from Zimo users . . . and they add nothing, absolutely nothing to the topic.

Difference from V4 to V5 is that its just working the other way round. CV 179 on the V4 was the braking TIME - the lower the value, the harder the braking. CV 179-181 on the V5 are the braking FORCE - the lower the value, the softer the braking. CV 179 - 181 give the percentage which is temporarily subtracted from CV4. CV 179 = 0 means no braking, =128 means -50%, =178 means -70%. Example: CV4 = 100, CV 179 = 178 (70%) --> CV4 temporarily reduced to (100-70) =30. If you use more than one brake function, percentages are added if the brake functions are active at the same time. Example: CV4 = 100, CV 179 to 181 all set to 77 (-30%), all brakes active --> CV4 temporarily reduced to (100 - 30 - 30 -30) = 10. Means that each brake function reduces braking distance by 30%.

Hi, thats because you chose the wrong settings. Try CV 182 = 0 and CV 179 between 120 and 200, value 170 would be a good choice.

You always get what you pay for . . . . . .

Correct. In addition, remove all catenary contacts.

Andy, if you already have a LokProgrammer the decision should be easy - download the west german (DB) BR50 file V5 (which is excellent) and exchange some of the sounds (announcements etc) to the east german (DR) sounds you find in the "reko" files for V5 and V4. On the esu download pages you have a search function, search for "reko". The Henning files are authentic - the D&H files are taken from the Zimo version - but you'll be happier with a self-built ESU project. Wolf

Well, the Henning project has no active brake, no forced coasting, no forced heavy chuffs, no playable whistle, no automatic coasting option, no dynamic smoke control, no transitions between chuffing and coasting, no high speed chuffs, a limited number of chuffs, a limited number of functions, no real 16bit sounds, . . .

To be honest, I just downloaded the file for my own loco and I have to say the Henning project does not do justice to the possibilities of the D&H decoder.

Hi Andy, you can find this list here: https://doehler-haass.de/cms/pages/produkte/soundsystem/soundprojekte.php Search for "DR Baureihe 52.80" You will probably have to call Locoman to get this file from him on the decoder.

No its a D&H decoder. You asked for an authentic sound which ESU does not have (in my opinion). Important question, is it a Roco or a Guetzold model? For Guetzold you might need a Plux22, for Roco it might be an 8-pin, but I am not sure. The D&H sound is more or less identical to the Zimo file for Roco/Fleischmann because it comes from the same Sounddesigner (Mr. Henning).

I am not sure if Locoman has the Plux22 decoder in stock but maybe worth to ask The sound file seems to be for free so it should be around 75 bucks I estimate

If you are patient enough to wait a whole minute after a short has occurred, you can even use a nineteen Volts Laptop power supply with 4.7 amps. I do so since 2009.

That square speaker with the metal membrane seems to be a good alternative to the EM speakers.

Hi, its a Loksound 3.5 from 2011 so you need a 100 ohms speaker.

Maybe think about the following: If you put a 21pin decoder into a 21pin interface, all 21 pins are live and all connections on the circuit board in the car might be live, too. If you put an 8pin decoder via adaptor into the inteface, just 8 pins on the interface and just 8 connections on the circuit board are live. Maybe the problem happens on one of the remaining 13 connections on the circuit board which are not live when using the 8pin decoder? Does the car have rear lights on Aux2 ? This is not connected on the 8pin and could be direction dependent, so maybe the problem is there?

Yes, this crackling sound can really be annoying. But it has absolutely nothing to do with ESU or Zimo but with the 8-bit technology of the previous decoder generation. If the volume of sound samples is incorrectly faded out and the sequence is not optimally programmed, this noise occurs. Loksound 5 and latest Zimo as well as all D&H sound decoders have 16-bit sounds. If this crackle still occurs there, old 8-bit samples were used. Thats all.

Difficult. The 3.5 has 2 circuits: power and internal. Power means track voltage. Internal is 5V, so you need 2 capacitors. Google search gives this: 6.3 V / 330 uF for internal and 1000 uF for power are usually sufficient. If and when you use an electrolytic capacitor (and only then) 16 V is ok even for 20 V track voltage, otherwise you have to use 25 V capacitor or a voltage limiter.

I guess it will be CV115 = 95 ?

Depends on whether you have V4 or V5. On the V4, the value in CV 179 just replaces the value in CV4 as long as the function is active, thats all. Logically, the value in CV 179 must be smaller than CV 4. If you have the function on all the time, it is the same as permanently reducing CV4 . On the V5 its more complex. CV 179 defines the brake force. The higher the value, the higher the brake force and the lower the brake distance. So its vice versa to the V4. And on V5 there is also CV 182 which defines whether the loco shall slow down automatically when the function is on, or whether it shall follow the throttle. CV 182 defines the speed down to which automatic deceleration is to take place when the function is active. A value of zero means that the locomotive brakes automatically to a standstill without you touching the throttle unless you switch the function off, and accelerates to the set speed after the function is switched off. A value of 126 means that the locomotive only follows the throttle setting. Maybe your problem is caused by value zero in CV 182`? EDIT: same for 2nd and 3rd brake (forces are CVs 180 & 181, speed limit are CVs 183 & 184)

For Zimo and ESU yes. I think on Zimo formerly it was 'hidden behind' the shunting mode function. Same for D&H.

Hi Nick, it must have been in 2009 when I updated my Loksound 3 to version 3.5. With this update came a function called dynamic brake. In fact it was possible to assign it to an F-key and it reduced the CV4 value by half and so I used it as a brake button. At this time nobody talked about or was even thinking about a brake button. My model rail friends didnt even understand what I was doing. They always set CV4 low and did everything with the throttle. Coming to a halt with full chuffing was not criticized, they didnt know better. All this was refined with the Loksound 4, now you were able to adjust the CV4 reduction with CV 179. Years before, Zimo had a similar function, but the reduction of CV4 was set to 25%. Later it was also possible to adjust this value. Interesting, you can update every ESU decoder since the V3 and almost all Zimo decoders to get this brake button. One or two US suppliers also came out with a brake function around this time, I think it was first called dynamic brake, too. Nobody talked about a brake button, but in fact it was there, just with a different name. Zimo and ESU have developed their things further - Zimo with a progressive brake force feature (by P.C.?), ESU with 3 different brake settings which can be matched to different operational situations. D&H is on the '2017 level' now, means they have a brake button with separately adjustable deceleration (for me that would be enough because progressive or multiple braking can get complicated in model railroading stress situations). Interestingly they offer the feature to automatically (!) activate the brake function as soon as the throttle is set to zero.

Yes and no because that is exactly where you will find Locoman's D&H decoders. For £ 85. (Unfortunately, the vast library of sounds is still missing)