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Zeeboo04		#1 Posted : 25 January 2024 17:06:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 24/07/2022(UTC) Posts: 20 Location: New York, Saratoga Springs		Hello, I have a question. Recently I picked up the Roco 74039 4 piece set: Railjet for my Marklin 39871 engine. The Roco car set is pre equipped for Marklin digital. On the Central Station 3 the Roco cars show up as its own unit where I can select the direction lights and turn the cabs lights on or off. However, to do all that I need to have the car set loaded up on the right or left controller. Can these functions be moved to the Marklin engines functions so the 2 will work in unison? As of now, I have to have the Marklin engine loaded on one side of the CS3 and the Roco Car set to loaded on the other side of the CS3. If I move forward I have to select the Roco cars and set the controller to forward to have the directional lights set to forward...same for reverse and also same for turning the lights on or off. Seems like I should be able to have that all under the Marklin engine. Thanks, Peter


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kiwiAlan		#2 Posted : 25 January 2024 20:15:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,109 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Originally Posted by: Zeeboo04 Hello, I have a question. Recently I picked up the Roco 74039 4 piece set: Railjet for my Marklin 39871 engine. The Roco car set is pre equipped for Marklin digital. On the Central Station 3 the Roco cars show up as its own unit where I can select the direction lights and turn the cabs lights on or off. However, to do all that I need to have the car set loaded up on the right or left controller. Can these functions be moved to the Marklin engines functions so the 2 will work in unison? As of now, I have to have the Marklin engine loaded on one side of the CS3 and the Roco Car set to loaded on the other side of the CS3. If I move forward I have to select the Roco cars and set the controller to forward to have the directional lights set to forward...same for reverse and also same for turning the lights on or off. Seems like I should be able to have that all under the Marklin engine. Thanks, Peter How many functions are there on the loco? Are there any that you could map the coach functions to? Then you could make a consist of the loco and coaches.

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Zeeboo04		#3 Posted : 26 January 2024 17:23:03(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 24/07/2022(UTC) Posts: 20 Location: New York, Saratoga Springs		Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Originally Posted by: Zeeboo04 Hello, I have a question. Recently I picked up the Roco 74039 4 piece set: Railjet for my Marklin 39871 engine. The Roco car set is pre equipped for Marklin digital. On the Central Station 3 the Roco cars show up as its own unit where I can select the direction lights and turn the cabs lights on or off. However, to do all that I need to have the car set loaded up on the right or left controller. Can these functions be moved to the Marklin engines functions so the 2 will work in unison? As of now, I have to have the Marklin engine loaded on one side of the CS3 and the Roco Car set to loaded on the other side of the CS3. If I move forward I have to select the Roco cars and set the controller to forward to have the directional lights set to forward...same for reverse and also same for turning the lights on or off. Seems like I should be able to have that all under the Marklin engine. Thanks, Peter How many functions are there on the loco? Are there any that you could map the coach functions to? Then you could make a consist of the loco and coaches. Im not totally sure. Im looking at the 39871 manual and it states that there F0-F19 are preprogramed digital functions but I cant seem to find if there are extra functions beyond that. Ill try and poke around some more.


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mike c		#4 Posted : 26 January 2024 18:02:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 28/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 7,898 Location: Montreal, QC		I presume that the Roco coach set has a Zimo function decoder. It may be possible to change CV values using the Maerklin CS, but I'm not certain you can change the outputs (e.g. assign a specific function number to interior lights) If, for example, your Maerklin loco has F0 for lights on/off and your Roco coaches also has F0 for the same function, you can change the address of the Roco controller to the same as the loco so that the lights go on simultaneously. It also depends whether the coach set has separate functions for head/taillights and interior lighting or whether they all go on with the same command. I know with the Piko RBe 4/4 (RBe 540) and pilot coach, the loco and pilot coach have different functions assigned to them, so even if you put the pilot coach on the same address, the functions will not mesh. You may be able to set the loco and coach set as a multiple unit (MU) on your CS, but I am not sure whether the functions can be grouped as well. Regards Mike C


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