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Programming Decoders
18.4.3. Programming on the Main (POM)
Only for DCC. When you select this mode you must enter
the current address in field i). Reading is not permitted in this
mode.
18.5. Manual programming (Motorola®)
• Call up the set-up menu. Then open “Set-up 2“ at the top of
the screen.
• Select this pictogram at the left in order to open the Motorola®
programming dialogue. The following window will open:
a)
b)
c)
Figure 84
a) CV number to be programmed
c) New value to be entered (data entry in decimal format e.g.:
as a number)
d) Binary representation of the current value in c)
f) Screen button “Write data“
g) Number block for data entry
Please bear in mind that a pure Motorola® decoder does not
support CVs. Some decoders particularly the ones from ESU or
Märklin® offer this feature. This feature enables you to write
new values in the CVs but not to get a readout. It cannot be
assured that the decoder actually supports these commands
since there is no standard specifying the programming method
for decoders in the Motorola® mode. However, the programming
method introduced by ESU in 2001 gains more and more
market penetration.
If the decoder also supports DCC you should program it in DCC
mode (also refer to chapter 18.4).
You should program M4 decoders solely via the graphic interface
and the decoder profile.
18.6. Searching the address
A useful function particularly for finding the Motorola® address
of older decoders. ECoS tests all 255 possible addresses and
checks if the loco responds.
This search mode only works if the acceleration has been set
to a low value.
d)
e)
• Call up the set-up menu and select “Set-up 2“.
• Select the third pictogram from the top and an address menu
will open.
Figure 85
• Place the locomotive on the programming track and press
“Start”. The loco will move for a moment. Make sure it cannot
fall off the layout. Please always use buffer stops to secure the
programming track.
18.7. Graphic programming
Besides the sometimes cumbersome method of direct CV programming
– after all, who knows all CV numbers by memory
– ECoS offers a comfortable alternative method:
All ESU decoders and many others can be programmed easily
without having to know CV numbers.
Märklin® mfx® locomotives and those with ESU M4 decoders
can also be programmed with the graphic interface. Since M4
decoders do not have any CV numbers this is in fact the only
useful method.
This is possible due to decoder profiles.
18.7.1. Decoder profile for ESU and mfx® decoders
A decoder profile is a description of the parameters of a decoder.
All CV numbers, their value ranges and their purpose,
as well as the layout of the elements on the ECoS monitor are
summarised here. Every decoder that has a graphic profile can
be programmed by this method.
The ECoS has profiles for all ESU decoders, M4 decoders (with
or without sound) as well as two generic DCC profiles for decoders
by other manufacturers.
18.7.2. Manual configuration of decoder profiles (DCC)
The only exceptions are locomotives with M4 decoders: Here
the suitable profile is automatically set and cannot be modified.
You may assign each loco a decoder profile as follows:
• Call up the loco on a throttle
• Open the loco menue and select „Edit Loco“.
• Change to the third tab called „Extended” and a window opens.
a) Global settings
b) Address settings
c) Analogue settings
d) Running characteristics
e) Motor settings
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Figure 86
f) Function mapping
g) Sound settings
The content of the individual sub-dialogues depends on the
available decoder options resp. the assigned profile. For instance
sound settings will only be available in a LokSound decoder.
• Select the matching decoder profile in the choice list “Decoder
Profile”. If the decoder is not in the list choose “Empty”.
As soon as you have selected a decoder profile the sections
b) to g) will be loaded with the settings of the corresponding
decoder. Now you can comfortably modify any settings on the
graphic display.
ECoS transfers standard values according to a manual profile
selection. They do not necessarily match the actual values of
your loco. Therefore we recommend using the automatic assignment
of profiles.
18.7.3. Automatic assignment of profiles (DCC)
During the automatic assignment of the decoder profile the
decoder data is read out and then the matching profile is assigned.
All CV values of the decoder are read simultaneously and
displayed on the graphic interface. That way it can be assured
that the displayed settings correspond with the ones saved in
ECoS. This is how you proceed in detail:
• Place the loco on the programming track.
• Call up the loco on one of the two cabs
• Open the loco menue and select “Edit Loco”.
• Change to the third tab called “Extended” and a window as
shown in figure 86 opens.
• Touch the screen button “Continue” to start the read out.
• First ECoS finds out which decoder type is used and then selects
the matching profile.
• ECoS reads out all CV values from the decoder. This may take a
while.
• Finish the process by pushing “Finish”.
• If the command station cannot read the decoder in DCC mode
then it will try to establish a Motorola® address. In this case the
command station assumes that the decoder is a non- readable
Motorola® decoder.
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