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Joseph Meiring		#1 Posted : 13 July 2011 10:51:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2009(UTC) Posts: 1,157 Location: Western Cape Cape Town		While "playing trains" last nite, I thought I would chnge the acc/dec, max and min speed settings on the V300 diesel - and the volume, *mighty loud diesel rumble!!*I must have upset some or other setting/s, because the loco would start/stop intermittantly, and also speed off at low speed settings! I only had the diesel on the track at the time, and the "long" passenger coaches with interior lighting via pick-up shoes (Don't know if this could have muddled things up?) Anyway, I removed the coaches, to be safe, did a factory reset on the MS2, and all is well again.....just wondered what I did wrong....maybe a "clash" combination of min/max speed settings or dec/acc settings? I've left it a the factory settings for now, except the volume! The FD says it sounds as if the Diesel's coming thru the lounge any minute, and she can't hear her fave soapie properly! Any thoughts anyone?....don't want to mess things up again!! (I did reset the acc/dec settings on the BR23 a while ago, with no ill-effects. The loco handbook actually states that the max speed setting should not be changed, as this would upset the running characteristics of the loco - maybe the same goes for the V300?) thanks, Joe


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river6109		#2 Posted : 13 July 2011 11:07:49(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 14,728 Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square		Just re-program the decoder and see what the result is, you can't do any damage to it. I've had this with ESU decoders, whereas the light didn't come on and like you haven't done anything abnormal. Reset it and everything was fine again. It is a bit of a worry, you may think you've ruined the decoder. regards., John
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Joseph Meiring		#3 Posted : 13 July 2011 11:29:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2009(UTC) Posts: 1,157 Location: Western Cape Cape Town		Thanks John - do you think I should "delete" the loco from the MS2, and "start from fresh" again? Would this set everything back to the origonal settings again? Altho, after the "re-set" last nite, everthing is working fine again. Joe


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David Dewar		#4 Posted : 13 July 2011 11:43:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,343 Location: Scotland		Hi Joe. IF everything is now working as it should then leave well alone. I dont have an MS2 but I use the programme track for any changes I make. Not really necessary but I have not had any bother. dave
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Joseph Meiring		#5 Posted : 13 July 2011 14:28:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2009(UTC) Posts: 1,157 Location: Western Cape Cape Town		Originally Posted by: Joe Meiring Thanks John - do you think I should "delete" the loco from the MS2, and "start from fresh" again? Would this set everything back to the origonal settings again? Altho, after the "re-set" last nite, everthing is working fine again. Joe I see the MS2 also has a "factory default reset"....what does this do as opposed to just the re-set key? Not that I'm about to try.....as Dave suggests: leave well alone! Joe


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arconell		#6 Posted : 13 July 2011 15:19:42(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/07/2010(UTC) Posts: 174 Location: Kreis Kleve, Germany		Hi Joe, The factory default reset brings the MS2 back into the factory default settings, i.e. it looses everything, like the loco´s and their addresses and the choices of protocols and language you have made yourself. But I presume when you said "Altho, after the "re-set" last nite, everthing is working fine again." you meant a decoder reset, not a MS2 reset? Anyway, the problem was most likely caused by your coaches, certainly if the lighting fixtures of these coaches were fitted with capacitors. When programming loco decoders always make sure that literally nothing else is on the track. Best practice is to use an insulated piece of track with a separate connection to the programming station (i.e. your MS2) and no connection of that station to the remainder of the tracks. i.e. use 2 sets of rail connections and swap them accordingly. Regards, Robert

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H0		#7 Posted : 13 July 2011 15:24:26(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,267 Location: DE-NW		Hi, Joe! I think you did nothing wrong. It seems that mfx doesn't have error detection during transmission, so sometimes incorrect values are written to some registers. I've also had this, did a decoder reset and tried the programming again - successfully this time. Lighted coaches on the track could have a negative effect, but theoretically it should work. So reset and retry is the way to go ... With an MS2 you can reset the decoder and you can reset the MS2 (clears the loco list).
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Joseph Meiring		#8 Posted : 13 July 2011 22:12:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/12/2009(UTC) Posts: 1,157 Location: Western Cape Cape Town		Thanks Robert and Tom - yes, I did the decoder re-set, and all is back to normal again. Good idea to have that insulated piece of track.....tonite I set the acc/dec values to my preference,and volume, to the BR23 and after that I did the V300 (actually ML 2200 'C'C!), and this time all worked a treat....thanks guys Joe Edited by user 14 July 2011 11:08:25(UTC) \| Reason: spelling change


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