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Another great video! Did you modify the coupling on 171? It seems like you have the valance fitted.

Yeah F9 is the fan.

I assume this is just the radiator cooling fan. When you actually get into programming the soundfile on the Lokprogrammer you also have logic functions in the decoder that are labelled as "dynamic brake" which are used to control normal braking on the loco.

Lads, these really do look good and the price is also excellent imho. Unfortunately it's outside my "sphere of modelling interest" so I doubt I'll be ordering one but I appreciate all the hard work the lads put into this.

Got home from work and there was a parcel waiting....

The original conversion was done by another member whose photos are gone, but I posted photos of a similar conversion on my workbench thread.

Yeah grabbed a couple of them too.

No problem at all. It only took a couple of minutes on the Lokprogrammer software. Even if you never buy a Lokprogrammer you can download the software for free, it's easy to re map function keys, adjust sound slot volumes and lighting effects. There is a feature which then shows which CV's were altered to achieve this and you then use them to manually programme your loco. With the best intentions programming can still go wrong when manually inputting CV's. All it takes is dirt on the track or some bad track writing for the commands to get corrupted.

By the looks of it I got the last pack of kegs!

Lovely!

On the subject of the flashing marker lights, I don't think this it's possible to have steady state lights that change to flashing at the push of a function key. I'll ask on the Loksound IO Group but I don't think it can be done.

Some info for you... I was messing around with the Lokprogrammer software and experimenting with getting the marker lights to flash. To do this you alter the following CV's: CV31 = 16, CV32 = 0 ---------------------- CV259 = 14 CV267 = 14 CV31 = 16, CV32 = 3 ---------------------- CV417 = 16 CV422 = 16 Now you said you altered the volume of the engine sound. This is in sound slot 1 and to do that you change the following CV's: CV31 = 16, CV32 = 1 ---------------------- CV259 = 63 You'll notice you alter the same CV, in this case CV259, to change both the light function AND the sound slot. It's the index CV's - CV16 and CV32 which need to be given the correct values to change the functions or sounds you want. I'd say an incorrect value was entered in to one of these and that caused the lights to behave erratically. This just shows how important it is to get these index CV's right as it can cause the decoder to have a fit!

As far as I know the Lokpilot supports these features. No additional hardware are rewiring is necessary, the decoder will control the flashing functions. In fact a lot of lower spec decoders support these features as well, I have flashing headlights on a couple of Athearn F units which are fitted with Lenz decoders. Yeah but get you're point that the marker and end lights are an the same circuit, so they would flash together!

That's weird. I suggest doing the reset a few more times, sometimes it does'nt take the first time. Also when you do the reset cut the power to the track, this helps sometimes.

CV's 31 and 32 are indexing CV's. They don't control anything directly they are used when programming CV's above 255. They won't affect anything by themselves. The reset is your best bet.

Yeah you need to do a hard reset, it sounds like the decoder has gotten itself in a twist!

This type of mod is way above my skill level so I'm very interested to see how that works out. It would be great if you can take a few pictures of the install. Space is VERY limited inside the baby GMs, so I'm not sure how you would handle the lighting mods.

As someone who missed the boat on these, a rerun would certainly be welcome!

Interesting stuff. Does the extra output you require need to be hardwired to one of the 21 pin connections? On the subject of the V4 vs V5, nearly all suppliers stopped selling V4's as soon as the V5 was released. ESU were clever enough to not make the V5 more expensive! If I were you I'd use the V4 in a 141/181. The lighting in those locos is very basic. Unless of course you want to modify the light setup.

Yeah I thought that was the case. The only option is to use the switch to disable the red marker lights. Unless you want to rewire.....

I wouldn't even attempt this tweak without using the Lokprogrammer! Yes, you can do it with CV's but the Loksound and Lokpilot use indexed CV's which need to other values adjusted before you can change any CV's above no. 255. If you don't set the correct index you can put the decoder in a tailspin! I 'd have to check but I don't think the 201's front and back marker lights can be set independently of each other. Is there a switch on the 201 for turning marker lights off while in analogue mode?

Eoin that's cracking work!

Incredible! Well worth the wait!

The main Loksound decoder used in the US is the Loksound Select. This is a slightly lower spec then the V4 or V5. Files for the Select decoders can not be customised like V4 and V5 Loksound files and are generally smaller as the select has less memory. There are also 2 different versions of the V5 being released for US and Euro market. The V5 is the standard EU decoder and works with DCC as well as other control protocols. The V5 DCC is only available in the US and is DCC/Railcom only. I've heard it also has some differences in the brake features but I have'nt been able to find out much more than that. So the upshot is that you can only purchase the V5 DCC on your side of the pond. However, that should'nt matter. If you can get the files from Wheeltappers they will still work as the 2 versions are identical in all respects except for the ones I mentioned above.

Well to be honest I'd probably use the old MM 071 file and just change the engine sound.