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I am no expert on DCC  and just if anyone could give me some advice on this it would be appreciated. I got a few of the Hattons Originals DCR-21Pin-Direct-Neo 21-pin 6-function decoders and have tried fitting to a MM 201, marker lights red/white and directional with F0 and the headlights on F1 and F2  ok but can't get cab lights working  Next I tried fitting another  Hattons 6 function chip to a MM 071 and same result as above and no cab lights. Furthermore, I fitted one to an A Class IRM and can only get marker lights red/white and directional with F0 to work, no other function works. I also tried a Class 121 and the same marker lights red/white work but no other function working. At this stage I got a MM0004 chip and tested it to make sure the locos/pcb wasn't faulty and all functions worked on each model ok bar the cab lights on the A Class. Any thoughts or advice on this from anyone would be very helpful or do we have to buy M.M./IRM chips to get all functions working on these locos. It would cost me €1500 to do all my locos.

To try to answer gfh 2000 I have successfully fitted my 141/181 locos with a 4 function decoder the cv are as follows I hope this helps in someway CV33=1 CV34=1 CV35=1 CV36=2 CV49=0 CV50=16 CV51=16 CV52=0  

 Hi Sean, any chance of that  screen grabs from the Mapping and Settings i'm in the same boat as gph 2000 

Hi johnfromoz,

Did you get the headlights to work? I tried a Hattons 6 function chip but no luck with the headlights any advice on c.v.s or mapping on this  I would very greatful

On 10/27/2021 at 8:49 AM, johnfromoz said:

For those like me: 1). Lucky enough buy a fleet of these and; 2) Maybe cannot afford to put sound chips in all of them, I offer the following observations:

If. You cannot source/ afford the ESU V5 Lockpilot, a cheapie Lais 4 function + 2 Aux will control all light functions independently. But you will miss out on internal lighting.  This is an acceptable compromise for me, given I can source the Lais for 10GBP equivolent and will have non-sound in at least five locos.  Width space for the chip is tight in the A class, so had to shave a smidge off the chip silicon on both sides to slot in nicely.  Hope this helps someone...

On 10/27/2021 at 8:49 AM, johnfromoz said:

For those like me: 1). Lucky enough buy a fleet of these and; 2) Maybe cannot afford to put sound chips in all of them, I offer the following observations:

If. You cannot source/ afford the ESU V5 Lockpilot, a cheapie Lais 4 function + 2 Aux will control all light functions independently. But you will miss out on internal lighting.  This is an acceptable compromise for me, given I can source the Lais for 10GBP equivolent and will have non-sound in at least five locos.  Width space for the chip is tight in the A class, so had to shave a smidge off the chip silicon on both sides to slot in nicely.  Hope this helps someone...

Saw it on TG4 last week,so I brought the kids to see it and it looks pretty good. The staff were really nice and gave the kids the history of the railway. The kids were delighted when they were able to operate a hornby layout.