Hi Boris,

Welcome to the forum !
I'm a analog man so I can't help you, but usually it does not take long here before someone offers help.

Marco

Welcome to the forum Boris!!

A question for you ... are you using a CS2??

Robert

Boris,

Are you changing the braking value on the initial loco screen or are you changing it via CVs?? If I remember correctly, the braking value on the initial loco page uses the CS2 software to emulate braking where the CV changes the value within the decoder. Also if I remember correctly, the braking function is turned on when the symbol for the braking function is not highlighted on the CS2 screen and is turned off when it is highlighted. Sort of the opposite of what you would expect.

I hope I have made myself clear, if not, let me know ...

Robert

Robert,

I went on my own risk and changed CV parameters of loco (15 by default). I can tell you that it seems to me working - many thanks for advice!!!.
Could you please tell me about 3rd section (secure): when pickup shoe touching 3rd section, locomotive just switching off and make some minor "triggering" sound, as it didn't have enough power supply. This only happening when "red" signal of semaphore and when I switch to "green" signal - locomotive continue moving on.

My guess, that behavior of my loco is normal as 2nd section (braking area) is not long enough for full stop BEFORE 3rd section. So I have to play with parameters.
Only I would like to know few things, if this is normal situation, when locomotive is switching off in 3rd secure section? And how to get locomotive to proceed slowly on "yellow/green" signal. As I understand, brake module supporting this feature also?

I hope I have made myself clear

Please feel free if you have any questions.

Your help is much appreciated!


Boris

Robert,

thanks once again for 0 value advice!

Well, I will try to find out how I can make loco to proceed slowly on yellow/green light. If I can, I will be sure to tell


Boris

Hi, Lars

thanks for explanation!

Yes, you are right. As far as I tested, braking module can't do this, BUT I have tried iTrain - best software which make my life easier. The only thing that I am bored of is setting up my layout with signals, loco setting etc.


Boris

Boris,

I would say the latter would apply, a signal braking module is designed whereas a train comes from one direction, activates the transition section and than enters the braking section and last, in case the loco overruns the braking sections, the stop section. coming in from the other side, e.g. if the signal is red, the braking section and the live section of track would cause a short when a loco passes over these two sections. I don't know what would happen if you put another transition section there instead of the stopping section but than you come to the other side from a braking section to a transition section.

ESU decoders have a CV setting whereas you can program the distance for a loco to stop, regardless of its speed which is handy when you have a smaller layout, your ice train could come at a fast speed into the braking section but will always stop in front of the signal but, there is always a "but", I run my inner circle and the branch line with switching tracks and these switching tracks operate the running of my locos automatically and the most important phase of this operation is the loco stops at the same spot and therefore will activate the switching track (next signals braking module, turnouts) before the loco comes to a halt, if it doesn't reach the switching track or stays on top of it, the next loco either will not receive its next command or the signal braking modules can't activate its command. e.g. to set the signal to red again because the switching track with its loco wiper sitting on top of it, still activating a pulse hence no other command can be activated and what would happen, the braking section for the next loco hasn't been allowed to activate the red signal and it stead of stopping in this section the loco continues to run through and the same time by doing so is activating the next track for the loco to proceed.
to cut the story short, everything was running fine, turned the whole system off, came back about 3 days later and turned everything on again (it resets the previous settings automatically) but what I found the distance for the loco to stop had changed and this is a great concern to me. whether or not the loco has to be run in before it reaches the same distance again, I don't know but it is a dilemma to reset all the locos again to achieve the correct distance.
Have to write to the ESU forum and find out what's going on.
the latest ESU decoders have this feature (distance only) whereas before some of my locos being set for braking distance the locos varied from time to time and it wasn't 100 % reliable especially when you run 20 trains or so.



John