Controlling A Locomotive; Changing Speed - Märklin Central Station Bedienungsanleitung

2 = Locomotive Running Characteristics Settings
In this instance the following parameters can be set for certain
decoders:
Reverse operation: The forward and reverse direction of travel can
be swapped on the locomotive.
Vmax: Setting the maximum speed in the highest speed level.
Vmin: Setting the speed in the lowest speed level.
Acceleration rate: Setting the amount of acceleration delay.
Braking rate: Setting the amount of braking delay.
Trim for forward operation: Setting the magnitude of the effect that
the different control settings have on forward operation.
Trim for rearward operation: Setting the magnitude of the effect that
the different control settings have on rearward operation.
3 = Motor Settings
In this instance the following parameters can be set for certain
decoders:
Motor Pulse Width Modulation (can motors with iron-free cores)
frequency: Setting for the frequency used to control the motor. 2
alternatives for setting the frequency (low or high frequency).
Tip: The high frequency is preferred for most motors.
Settings for load compensation:
Control reference: Adjustment for agreement with the feedback
values sent back from the motor.
Control parameter K: Determining the degree of control.
Control parameter I: Setting to the motor's inertia. High inertia (motor
with a large flywheel) requires a low value.
Control influence: Determines the degree of effectiveness of the
control.
Steady state characteristic for speed: Determines the distribution of
the individual speed levels (progressive, linear, regressive, etc.). The
different variations are shown in the settings menu as graphics and
they indicate the resulting speed at different speed levels. This se-
lection menu appears when you touch the arrow behind the symbol
currently shown on the screen.
Note: A locomotive should not be changed whose decoder has
been coordinated with it at the factory. This possibility for
making settings is a very complex area in which individual
parameters depend on each other in many ways. As a
rule a layperson will make the running characteristics for
a locomotive worse by attempting to reprogram these
characteristics.
4 = Function Assignment / Mapping
This control area can be used to determine on certain decoders
which functions are active and which function buttons will be used to
control them.
5 = Sound Settings
On certain decoders with built-in sound modules different parame-
ters can be set here. The most interesting thing is setting the volume.
On certain decoders you can adjust the operating sounds to the
running characteristics of the locomotive.
6 = Special Options
Additional characteristics can be set in this menu for several types of
decoders. These characteristics relate to the handling of data about
the running of the locomotive. We recommend that you keep the fac-
tory settings for these decoders. On several decoders there is also a
field with the designation "RESET". If this field is activated with your
finger on the touch screen, then the decoder in the locomotive is
returned to the factory default setting. This also contains the locomo-
tive address for locomotives without the mfx technology! In unfavo-
rable situations it may happen that the address in the locomotive list
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no longer agrees with the address set in the locomotive decoder after
a decoder reset has been carried out.
Important! Do not confuse the reset for a locomotive with the
reset for the entire. In the one situation the locomotive
decoder is returned to the factory default settings; in the
other situation the Central Station is returned to a defined
starting condition.
Operation Notes for the Settings Fields in the "Expanded"
Submenu
As already indicated, the individual settings fields in the submenus
depend on the different types of decoders (mfx decoders, digital
decoders with coding switches, digital decoders with external pro-
gramming, etc. Which parameter is being set can be reconstructed
easily as a rule from the text on the screen. The particular status in
for a parameter can be changed by touching the corresponding field
on the screen. Such a characteristic is either activated or deactivated
by entering or deleting a check mark, or in the case of variable set-
tings a cursor bar will appear, which can be changed with the arrow
buttons located on the left and right.
Changes involving the programming of a locomotive without mfx
technology are only registered by this locomotive when it is on a
programming track. The Central Station does not check whether the
locomotive has registered the change correctly.
If there is no contact with an mfx locomotive, this will be indicated by
an error message. No changes can then be made to the parameters.

3.3.3. Controlling a Locomotive

After a locomotive has been set up in the locomotive list, it is then
called up actively in the locomotive controller part of the Central
Station.

Changing Speed

Locomotives are controlled with the red con-
trol knobs in the upper left (left locomotive
controller) and upper right (right locomotive
controller) corners of the Central Station.
Turning the control knob to the right - The
locomotive runs faster
Turning the control knob to the left - The
locomotive runs slower
The current speed set for the locomotive is
shown on the display screen. The number of
speed levels depends on the type of deco-
der used in the locomotive.
Turning the control knob further to the right
after you have reached the maximum speed
will not change the speed any more. The
same holds true when you turn the control
knob to the left, and you have already rea-
ched speed level 0.
Changing the Direction of Travel
Pressing on the control knob will change the direction of travel for the
locomotive. The direction indicator on the display screen will change
its position. The speed previously set for the locomotive
will be reduced to speed level 0. The direction of travel
can also be changed by touching the direction indicator
on the screen.
Direction Indicator:
The right arrow is black - The locomotive is running
forwards
The left arrow is black - The locomotive is running in
reverse
Note: Not all decoders can make use of the direction indicator
data. With these decoders it is possible that the direction
of travel indicated on the screen is not the same as that
of the model.
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