Does anyone know where I can find a video tutorial or some plain English notes on how to program Faller servo motors with a Faller Controller 180725 ?

"Comprehensive" ??? I would say "absolutely confusing". On page 45 (using a digital control unit - in my case an Ecos), what does it mean "On the digital control unit press one of the two keys of a coli item address that is intended to move the servo later." This is a clear as mud to me - after all, I'm just a drongo.

Thanks Lasse, I'm almost bald and trying to understand these instructions, I'm pulling what hair I have left out. I'll try again later when I've calmed down. These manuals must be designed by people who think we all understand programming.

Thanks for the help. I can set the address on the EcoS (in this case 180) and when I press the icon (which is a 2 way signal) the servo moves in one direction. I press the icon again and the servo moves back however when it reaches its end it reverses and goes back and forth. In the manual it says I can program the servo using the CV's but the instructions on how to do this are not clear. Can someone please give me a set of examples of what the CV's values are to be. All I want to do is open the doors of the shed and close the doors.

What does "rocking amplitude hold position" mean ?

Well, hope you have sorted out the programming of the unit. If not, i have made a little video showing the basic procedure that should be enough to open the doors of a loco shed.
Hope it helps
Regards

Hi. I dont know exactly since I dont have an ECOS. As you can see in the CS2 there is a keyboard page to control solenoids, i has just to use them. I dont know how the ECOS Display the solenoids Buttons.
I made the same in the CS3, it allows me for programming in DCC Mode with no problems. There you dont have a keyboard page like the CS2, so i previously create 3 solenoids accesory Buttons, one with adress 500 meant to be the control Button for the faller unit, and one with adress 510 and one with adress 511 meant to be the temporäry + and - Buttons. If the ECOS dont have a keyboard page, perhaps this is the way to proceed. Adresses of course can be the ones you like better.
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well, keep us posted, if you dont manage to sort it out, i can make another video showing the procedure with a CS3+, here you can also easily work with CVs for advanced programming
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Hello
here it is
hope it helps
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Hi fellas,

In my last post I gratefully thanked Fransico for his wonderful video in helping me program my servo motors, Well, I happen to have an ESU Lokpilot left over from a previous project and the only reason I didn't buy more Lokpilots was because the Faller roundhouse that I bought for my new turntable, could be easily installed with Faller servo motors. As it turned out the Faller decoder 180725 was a nightmare to program. So I hooked up the lokpilot and followed the easy installation video and within 5 minutes I had it all working. What does this mean ? Faller should stick to what it does well - manufacture models and scenery and leave the electronics to the electronic experts. If Faller was to design the ESU servos into their models then life would be easier. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion never to buy and electronic products from Faller. Obviously, whoever at Faller is responsible for marketing their products, doesn't spend anytime trying out the products before they are released. It makes you wonder how companies survive - imagine if they did their homework correctly.

Anyway, I need to buy some more Lokpilots - anyone want 2 Faller 180725's ?

Regards
Greg