I just got the loco with the sound card for Xmas - sweet running but both front and rear headlights stay on regardless of the direction of travel or standing idle. Is this normal for this loco?
Thanks,
On30 modeler in Mexico
Yes
Hi,
This topic was covered some time ago in a post on this forum, but I can't find it at the moment.
However, Jamie at Soundtraxx supplied the CV settings needed to make the lights directional, and I kept a hard copy of those settings.
They are :- Set CV 33 to value 1
Set CV 34 to value 2
This will give you directional lighting.
I found I couldn't get the lights to dim effectively using the supplied instructions, so I fitted an 8.2K resistor in each light circuit so they would both be dimmer all of the time, which is what I wanted.
I hope this solves your problem.
Happy Railroading and Happy New Year.
Thanks for the info - I will try setting the CV's.
Also per your suggestion I may add the resistors to the lights circuits - they are a little bright.
Your model do what you want but.....
Lights on the model appear to be carbide-fueled type lamp. Directional lighting would require the crew to go back and forth extinguishing and igniting the lamps every time the direction of the locomotive changed. Thus once ignited lamps would remain lit.
The lights and their effects are controlled by
CV 33 and CV 49 for Headlight
CV 34 and CV 50 for Backup Light
When i got my first heisler some months ( over a year now!!) ago i reprted on the lighting problems
I posted a set of CVs to rectify the issues they should still be readable if you can go back on the forum!!
renenber that if you are going to fit a sound module , the CVs must be re set to factory settings to enable the sound unit to initialise ,, then CVs can be reset as required.
Steve North Wales UK (Cold windy & Wet)
PS I wonder if we will have to go through all this again when the Whitcombe diesels arrive??!!
Quote from: Stevelewis on December 30, 2013, 08:40:50 AM
PS I wonder if we will have to go through all this again when the Whitcombe diesels arrive??!!
My magic 8 ball says "signs are favorable" :-\... ;) :D