[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by spitzenklasse
<br />Hello again Gautham! I do not own either, so I'm definately no ms, or cs expert. I bet the ecos can do that for you though. By reading threads from ecos user members, it sounds like it. Marklin does not want you to acces all the mfx functions with the ms. They want you to buy both. Just as in your field of expertise, you don't give away applications for free. Granted, I'm not sure Marklin warrants themselves to this level of expertise, although their models are priced like it. I'm sure someone knows a way around it, just as was the case with the uhlenbrock intellibox vs. the 6021 control unit.

[size=1" face="Verdana" id="quote]quote:Originally posted by Hemmerich
<br />There is nothing special to be done with a CS for upating the MS loco database. It is performed automtically whenever a MS is connected to a CS and the CS database level is higher than that of the connected MS.

MS pictograms cannot be changed; they're "hardcoded" and allocated to dedicated function buttons. However, by using a MS under control of a CS it is very easy to assign any icon to a specific function and use this on the MS. I did this with many of my Märklin and non-Märklin models.

There are around 1000 entries in the MS database; take the latest list and look for the best match with your model's functions (http://medienpdb.maerklin.de/sy...ok-Datenbank-2006-12.pdf). With most recent DB versions like 1.8 you can for example choose #60902 which provides the light function f0, f1, f2 and f4 (delays) or #60961 which provides the light function f0 and f1-f4. This is quite convenient also for non-Märklin locos.