Seeking some help on what I hope is fairly simple. I have a CS2, a Viessmann 5217 (in lieu of an S88 which was on back order) and three pieces of circuit track (24994), which we'll call A, B, and C. I'd like my loco to begin at A, travel to B, and then reverse direction and travel to C. What, if anything, do I need to do to have my CS2 recognize the Viessmann, and where do I go from there?

Thanks in advance for any help.


Greg

Dear Greg,

I use CS2 and 60880 (Marklin S88), and in order to S88 work correctly, yes, the upside-down T port have to be connected to the brown cable/output of CS2 (the ground cable).
I think it should be the same with Viesmann, but I don't know, never try it with Viesmann S88.
You can search the forum also, there are plenty of this topic in the past, including mine.

Cheers,
Sony

Go to the Layout tab, and click configure. There you have to insert the icon on your layout. The icon called Contact S88, it looks like "an egg with black line" , located just near the Green Check/Confirm Button. Or you can click the Help button, and there you get explanation on all the icon. Then a dialog box shows up, just select the correct port, and jobs finish. When your train activated this contact, then on your layout, you will see that the color will change from white to solid yellow/orange.

I believe you have CS2 manual? If not, you can download this manual from maerklin, http://medienpdb.maerkli.../1/pdf/60215_betrieb.pdf
Unfortunately, there is no English language, only German. Go to page 23, and you find your answer.

Cheers,
Sony

Hi Greg,

if you want to force your V5217 work with CS2 - all you have to do is to join T to 0 and join one of 1-16 outputs to B (I used 1st output). All next outputs I used for connecting 24994 (2-16).

I hope my explanation is clear. Hope this will help.


Cheers,
Boris

Greg,

Once you have connected the S88 (any manufacturers version) to the bottom of the CS2 via the ribbon cable, the S88 inputs are available to the CS2 to be used in routes via the memory page. There is no other defining the S88 to the CS2 like there is for decoders via the Keypad screen. If you are going to add them to a layout page, when you enter the symbol for a S88 contact and then place it on the layout page, you have a opportunity to enter the number of the input, 1 - 16 for the first S88, 17-32 for the second, etc ... When you first enter one, typically the entry defaults to "1". You can change the entry by using the left or right arrows to each side of the entry or "click" on the entry and it brings up a numeric keypad where you can quickly enter a number. The next one you enter will show the last one entered and all you have to do is use the arrows again or "click" on the number and then use the keypad again to enter a different number. Obviously after entering the number, you need to click on the green check mark to accept the entry.

After finishing the work on the layout screen, don't forget to hit the green check mark to save the layout screen. Now when a car rolls over a particular circuit track, the little oval on the layout screen for that contact will change from white to yellow. Also remember that circuit tracks are directional. The track has two contacts, one for each direction.

Hope this helps ...

Robert

Greg,

sorry for using your thread, but let please me ask you a counterquestion (maybe someone else know) about shuttle route: how to setup reverse direction in CS2? For example, train leaves station A, came to B, staying at station B for a while and then make it go back to A automatically - is it possible?

Thanks in advance


Boris

Robert,

No matter what I do, each of my three S 88 contacts keep the same number as all the rest. They are either all keeping the number five, seven, or nine, depending on which one is the last one I put in. It doesn't matter if I save each individual one each time, they all are the same. So as a result, my shuttle train gets to the first contact point, stops, backs up a couple of inches setting off the contact again, stops, then moves forward a few inches, and keeps repeating the process until I stop it. Obviously I am doing something wrong, but I cannot figure out what it is.

Greg,

I have sent you a PM.

Robert