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Programmingotherparameters:
WiththeProdigyAdvanceorExpress,therereallyisnoneedtoknowwhichCV
numbersareusedtoprogramyourloco’srunningcharacteristics,like“StartVoltage,
[SV]”,“Acceleration,[Acc]”,“Deceleration,[dEc]”,and“TopVoltage,[TV]”,onceyou
entertheaddressandpress“Enter”thenextstepcomesup.
Thereisnohard,fast,ruleofthumb,onwhatvaluestoinputintotheserunning
characteristics.MostdecoderscomewithaCVchartshowingtheminimumand
maximumvaluesthattheseCV’scanaccept,pluswhatthefactorydefaultvalueis.Also
mostmanufacturersdonothavehiddenCV’sintheirdecoders,theCV’sthatarelisted,
areusuallytheonlyonesbuiltintothedecoder.Youhavetoexperimentwiththe
differentvaluesforeachparticularlocomotivetogetittorunlikeyouexpectitto.The
bestwaytodothis,istoseteverytozero,thengouponevalueatatime.
Somethingtorememberifyousetthesevalueswhilethelocomotiveisrunning“light”,
[norollingstockbeingpulled],anypieceofrollingstockyouaddorsubtractwillaffect
thesettings.Thatiswhere“nohard,fast,rule”applies,youmighthavetoadjustthese
settingsforthetrainthatthelocomotiveishaulingatthetime.
StartVoltageSomelocosmayneedmorevoltagetogettheirmotorsandgearing
moving.IfyouturnupthethrottleonyourDCCsystemandforexamplethelocodoes
notstarttomoveuntilahighernumberisshowingonyourdisplay,thenyouhavetoadd
ahighervalueintotheStartVoltageCV.
AccelerationandDecelerationOtherwiseknownas“Momentum”,thesesettingsaffect
thetimethatthelocogoesfromastandstilltofullthrottlesettingtosimulatethedraga
realtrainexperienceswhenhaulingaload.Againalocomotivetraveling“light”willstart
andslowdownfasterthenitwillwhenpullingamilelongfreighttrain.*An
easy…steadyhandonthethrottlecangiveyouthesameeffectfortheconditionsat
hand.
TopVoltageThissettingcanlimitthetopspeedthatthelocomotivecantravel…The
higherthevaluethefasteritcango.Forexampleifyouhaveafastpassengerlocomotive
youwouldwantit’smaximumspeed,[highervalue],ifthelocomotivewasadiminutive
switcher,youwouldinputalowervalueintoit’sTopVoltagesetting,soittravelsslower,
butgivesyoufullrangeofthethrottleknob.
Thissettingisalsogood,ifyouknowsomeonewithanitchytriggerfinger,wholikesto
operateyourtrainsasiftheywereslotcars.SetanytrainthattheyusetoalowerTop
Voltagesetting,thiswillavoidhavingyouconstantlypickingupyourtrainsfromthe
floor.
ProgrammingCV#29ThisCVistheheart,soul,andbrainsofthedecoder,awrong
valueinputtedintothisCVcanputthedecodertosleep.Ifyoumustchangethevalueof
thisCV,pleasevisitourwebsite www.modelrectifier.com andcheckoutourCV#29
chart.