Shunting Mode; Starting Voltage, Maximum And Medium Speed; Speed Curve - Esu LokPilot V3.0 User Manual

Adapting the Driving Characteristics

10.1.2. Shunting Mode

The default setting for the shunting mode is F4. It reduces the
speed to about 50%. Thus, you have smoother control of your
locomotive in the lower speed ranges, which is important for
shunting, particularly in the 14-speed-step mode.

10.2. Starting Voltage, Maximum and Medium Speed

LokPilot V3.0 LokPilot V3.0 DCC
LokPilot micro V3.0 LokPilot micro V3.0 DCC
LokPilot XL V3.0
LokPilot decoders know internally 255 speed steps. They can be
adapted to the characteristic of the locomotive and allocated to
the actually available speed steps (14, 28, or 128):
The NMRA defined two options to facilitate this:
Motor characteristic via CV 2, 5, and 6 (Fig. 12): enter the start
voltage in CV 2 and the maximum speed in CV 5. CV 6
corresponds with the speed at a medium speed step. Thus, you
can define a kink in the speed curve. This mode is active if bit 4
= 0 in CV 29.
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CV 2
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Figure 12: speed settings using CV 2, 6, 5
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CV 5
CV 6
The values of the start, mid and maximum speed are dependent
on each other. Selecting a mid speed that is lower than the start
speed or higher than the maximum speed could lead to some
erratic driving performance. Therefore always adhere to the
principle: start voltage < mid speed < maximum speed.

10.3. Speed Curve

LokPilot V3.0 LokPilot V3.0 DCC
LokPilot micro V3.0 LokPilot micro V3.0 DCC
LokPilot XL V3.0
You may also define your own speed curve: simply enter the
desired values in the CVs 67 to 94 (also refer to Fig. 13). The
decoder will superimpose these 28 values onto the real speed
steps. Thus, you can adapt the driving performance optimally to
your locomotive. This mode is only active if bit 4 in CV 29 is set.
We recommend using the ESU LokProgrammer for easy and
comfortable programming.
When this mode is active, the settings in CV 2, CV 5, and CV 6
have no influence.
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Figure 13 : speed curve