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Offline Torrid  
#1 Posted : 06 May 2017 18:31:28(UTC)
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Torrid

South Africa   
Joined: 30/04/2017(UTC)
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Location: Gauteng, Johannesburg
Hi to all members,

I have an issue with setting up my ESU M4 locos, these will register a MFX.

However if the MFX box is unchecked in track settings they can be set up with a DCC address and all of their many functions will be available, however as soon as I run my MFX Marklin locos I have to revert my track settings to include MFX as well. This results in all the ESU M4 locos re-registering as MFX. Obviously this is a problem as I want to run my ESU locos with all their functions and the Central Station is only allowing for 16 functions.

Does anyone know the reason why when set on MFX the CS will not allow for the full 32 functions?

Suggestions appreciated.
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Offline Danlake  
#2 Posted : 06 May 2017 18:44:42(UTC)
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Danlake

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Joined: 03/08/2011(UTC)
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Hi Torrid,

The solution is to disable the Mfx protocol in decoder.

See section 9.5 in the Esu Lokpilot manual:

First register the loco as DCC (as you already did correctly)

In CV 47 write value 1

Then only DCC will be active in the decoder and once you activate Mfx protocol on CS3 it wont be able to register the loco as Mfx.

Then you should be able to access the 32 functions.

Brgds Lasse
Digital 11m2 layout / C (M&K) tracks / Era IV / CS3 60226 / Train Controller Gold 9 with 4D sound. Mainly Danish and German Locomotives.
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Offline kiwiAlan  
#3 Posted : 06 May 2017 19:40:11(UTC)
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kiwiAlan

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Originally Posted by: Torrid Go to Quoted Post

Does anyone know the reason why when set on MFX the CS will not allow for the full 32 functions?

Suggestions appreciated.


The ESU decoders require a firmware update to allow 32 functions with mfx. Currently such an update is not available.
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Offline Torrid  
#4 Posted : 06 May 2017 20:03:22(UTC)
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Torrid

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Location: Gauteng, Johannesburg
Hi Danlake,

Great thank you !!!BigGrin

Regards,

Torrid
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