MODEL RAILWAY - BASIC CV SETTINGS 4 REALISTIC RUNNING 

Thank you, you are very welcome, glad it was helpful

Great, thank you. I am so glad you found it helpful.

Lol, you are welcome

Brilliant Wayne, leave CV 29, but the rest wont cause any damage, have fun thats what its all about

Thankyou Dennis, so glad it was helpful. There is a ‘mystery’ set up around CVs and many are put off adjusting them out of fear of damaging the model or decoder. There actually is a whole new realm of possibilities which could easily be tapped into.

Brilliant Lyndon, so glad to be of help. CVs are billed as complex and bit mysterious. The reality is they they are codes for the control system, so when you know what each does they are a valuable resource.

Hi Peter I didn’t know that about ESU. Wondering then if there is anything on CV25 which is the speed map nos around 10-20. You would need to record the original value, ( just in case), but it may help I usually use 13/14. Hoping that’s helpful.

@@piccadillysidingsoogaugemo6445 Thanks , I will have a look . I always note original CV settings . Cheers.......Peter

Thank you, I’m so glad that found it useful. Yes I believe everything can be done on the hornby elite. Regarding CV29 you don’t need to touch this unless there is a problem. If you remember I had red lights front and back of the train, so I needed to switch the red to white on the power car. Yes CVs 3 & 4 are perfect.

Good thx David glad you like it. This is barely the tip of the iceberg.

@@piccadillysidingsoogaugemo6445 John Warner sinks UK model railways by revealing the secrets below the C and V!

Bless thanks, glad you found it helpful. I did this video for someone considering z21, maybe helpful. Any questions contact me on on ‘messenger’, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pX-LByAwYXU.html

Glad to help. You can send your unit to Hornby for upgrade, which I believe allows you to modify CVs, but there is a charge and may well be restrictions in place due to COVID lockdown.

Brilliant Mike thank you.

Hi Robert, so glad to hear from you, please come back soon. Yes you are right you could buy a select, which has been updated. Hornby are only ones who can do further updates at a current charge of £18+ pp. I’m not sure how many trains it would run on a layout of your size, mind as I THINK it comes with a 1amp power pack ( upgradable for extra £).

What do you mean? You can reset it by setting CV8 to 8. This will do a factory reset.

Hi Steve, personally I don’t need to, but we each do what works best for us. Thank you for taking the time to comment

Thank you, I’m so glad the video will be useful. There is too much mystery been built around CVs and the basics are really not that hard. Hope you get your electrical cord sorted!!

Brilliant Merv, I think you are right there has been too much mystery, with people scared to alter something tiny because they spoke to someone who did the sharp intake of breath thing lol.

Fantastic, yes I’m aware than the select was upgraded. Mine remains as you saw. I only use it for testing and when it’s not practical to use z21

Thanks Neil glad you liked it. Yes many seemed have the DC to DCC switch. I won’t buy anything that cannot run DCC these days. Guess I’m hooked

Lol, well kinda, Ive decided if a video is not actually gauge related to put it out on both channels, Thank you Ive had literally hundreds of people saying the same thing. Many fearful, understandably, that they could damage something. It’s actually not the dark art it is portrayed to be. Really pleased it was helpful The test track is 6’ x 2’ I could turn it into a layout but just wanted something very small and incredibly lightweight. As you’ve seen it’s on 2” polystyrene, not the best for a layout. Done it been there, got teashirt, hat and video on that one. My previous layout was the same, ok till I redesigned the track plan. From then always battling the even or not even surface as the surface kept crumbling making a huge mess Lol

@@piccadillysidingsoogaugemo6445 haha crumbling like a new biscuit just dipped into a hot drink 😆🤭, yeah, we where going to do a test track under the stairs so we coukd have a loop to run them in, but for what ever reason we haven't

I’m sure you will if the need arises lol

Ha ha ha, I love that Andy, it was very kind and honest of you to say. If you put both powercars on the programming track you could address them the same. Does it have a TTS sound decoder by any chance? Ive read that CV150 to 1 can help, BUT only on certain locos, not sure about HST. Had same issue on one of my peckets, after extensive research it was suggested I cut out the diode across the motor terminals as DCC doesn’t require it. The diodes were put in to suppress TV signal interference, but the decoder does that, so two clash. Been perfect since

@@piccadillysidingsoogaugemo6445 hi John yes it's the tts sound version. I originally had the powercars as 1 address. With my old dynamis controller I have no problems with it but that's only 1.5 amp output. However when I upgraded to digitrax I went for the DCS210 which has 3 settings for n 00 and 0 so it's output is 5amp for 00 8amps 0 gauge. Then I had this problem of the train running off on its own in reverse. I did check and was told cv29 turn off dc. The rest you know. However it advises for prototypical running use 2 addresses and run as a consist. Since then no problems. You watch now I've said that it'll do it again lol. Thanks for your other tips I'll bear them I'm mind. Thanks Andy

I do love the HSTs hence having 3, love to see yours running.

@@piccadillysidingsoogaugemo6445 your wish is my command. I think I had 2 running on this week's video. Yes pretty sure I did towards the end.

Hi David, thank you for the question. The DMU had red lights front and back of the train so I needed to remove the dummy car so that stayed with red lights. By switching the polarity in the motor car that then switched them to white. So when the dummy goes back on the track the lights are correct. White at the front, red at the back. Hoping that makes sense

Hi Wayne, yes that is certainly possible, could you let me know the type of things you want to do with the z21? I ask as there are things covered already and dont want to repeat myself. Ive put links below, but I did a teaser type thing for a mate thinking about z21 on my main channel and the class 33 video from last week had a programming slot around 9 minutes 23 seconds take a look. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cqqtteEjMHs.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pX-LByAwYXU.html Anything else please let me know, please also be aware I dont know everything about it, but am reasonably comfortable.

@@piccadillysidingsoogaugemo6445 That was the first video of yours that I saw after putting a z21 search i and was very helpful, now saved and stored with the above for future reference.Anything would be good as I am wandering through trying to suss it all out blindfolded. I think I have got to the bottom of the loco library and rearranging and transferring info via wifi. I have sorted a schematic track plan and added points etc but cant work out how to do the ? "freehand" version. I lack knowledge on the little things like keeping the layout design the correct size after I have switched off and rebooted. For some reason it trebles in size and I have to pinch it back to size. The main thing that I have failed with is using the maintenance site to update my wlanmaus. It just wont have it. So, in summary, I would be grateful for any tutorials to go with what you have already done. Thanks for replying. Wayne

Hi Wayne, I ask for specifics as it is a mine field and most you dont need for running a few trains, I can do something on creating a track plan, but it is very wild. I use an ipad pro with an apple pencil and its still difficult. I usually find on apple devices I have to pinch into the image as it tends to show the whole track plan and its far to small to operate. Pinching is part and parcel Im afraid. Sorry Ive never used a multimaus. If Im honest sounds like you think its necessary to know the app inside out, to run trains you need to be aware of the three icons on the left hand side of the home screen. ie Vehicles - have you been able to program trains with a DCC address and get them running? Do you have sound fitted locos and locos with function eg directional lighting? Control station - have you drawn your track plan? You only need one track plan and dont need the freehand version - do you have dcc operated point motors? CV programming in which you use ‘manual’ and choose which function you want to do down the left hand side. Just had a thought roco has a manual on its website.( below) switch to English in top right.. Go to ‘downloads’ click ‘manuals’ its the EN version you need. Then go to z21 system and z21 app there is a manual there. www.z21.eu Please take a look as its very difficult to assess your needs with seeing you operate the system. Im more than willing to help but as you can appreciate I have try make videos which can help many with alienating many others too. Take a look at the z21 website and come back to me if you have questions we can perhaps use messenger to physical talk to each other rather than typing here as I do find reading bit difficult being bit dyslexic myself

@@piccadillysidingsoogaugemo6445 will do. I wasn't aware of a manual so you may well have sorted my problems by just pointing it out. Thanks again.

Sorry I just remembered, hope its useful, do remember unless theres particular things you want the z21 to do you dont need to everything. Any questions Ill do my best.