Wow! This video has given me a way to resolve my issue with class light programming on my Rapido M420W. Until now, I had no idea what you've shown here, was possible! Thank you so much for posting this!
I did something similar to this and it works fine unless my units are consisted, the rear lights stay on. Do you have issues when you consist locomotives using your logic?
I like it, ill have to give this a try when I pick up some v5 decoders. Currently, I program the headlight to always be dim until the ditch lights are turned on. Its cool but not as cool as this.
Very fine!!! A great way to remember where the light switches are hidden! Thanks for sharing. The hardware part for older locomotives might be at www.nixtrainz.com. Nick
@@CentralJerseyRailfan You can change the flash rate, not the pattern itself. If you replace the incandescent bulbs on a real locomotive with LEDs, the flashing would resemble a Siemens SC-44 or ACS-64, because the LEDs don't take time to warm up or fade out. Each flash cycle is about 0.5 seconds of constant power followed by 0.5 seconds of absolutely no power. They aren't strobes. ESU made the flash pattern look more like strobes that fade out, rather than a full half second of illumination _before_ fading out.
Wow! This video has given me a way to resolve my issue with class light programming on my Rapido M420W. Until now, I had no idea what you've shown here, was possible! Thank you so much for posting this!
This is excellent! Great job, and great idea! Maybe the manufacturers or decoder companies will take note!
Thanks!
Hi I have an operator NS ES44 from Scale trains do u know what CV,s I need to change to make them alternate when I blow the horn thanks..
I did something similar to this and it works fine unless my units are consisted, the rear lights stay on. Do you have issues when you consist locomotives using your logic?
Do you know anyone that does ESU sound Installs ? I need some done in a few locomotives
I like it, ill have to give this a try when I pick up some v5 decoders. Currently, I program the headlight to always be dim until the ditch lights are turned on. Its cool but not as cool as this.
Can this be done for a Loksound Select?
no
Very fine!!! A great way to remember where the light switches are hidden! Thanks for sharing.
The hardware part for older locomotives might be at www.nixtrainz.com.
Nick
I feel like I'm back in my logic class playing around on Quartus.
Hopefully ESU updates the flashing on these, they look pretty terrible.
the flashing ditch light rate can be easily altered for now using CV112
@@CentralJerseyRailfan You can change the flash rate, not the pattern itself. If you replace the incandescent bulbs on a real locomotive with LEDs, the flashing would resemble a Siemens SC-44 or ACS-64, because the LEDs don't take time to warm up or fade out. Each flash cycle is about 0.5 seconds of constant power followed by 0.5 seconds of absolutely no power. They aren't strobes. ESU made the flash pattern look more like strobes that fade out, rather than a full half second of illumination _before_ fading out.
@@Traincraft101 exactly
That's cool. But damn my head hurts just watching. How do you learn all this.
I always have ideas. Not all of my ideas make it to reality, however this is one of them.
DBRX Drunk Bee Model Railroad, Say I wonder you can make your ESU Loksound V5 Custom horn or bell sound just like BradleyDCC?