Switch-On And Switch-Off Delay; Digital Couplers; Coupler" Mode; Automatic Coupler Function (Removing/Pushing) - Esu LokPilot V4.0 Instruction Manual

Function outputs
off, into the corresponding CV according to the above-mentioned
table. The unit is 0.4 seconds. The default value „0" deactivates
this function.

12.3.6. Switch-on and switch-off delay

You can set switch-on and switch-off delays for each output sepa-
rately.
The switch-on delay causes the function to switch on only after
the predetermined time has lapsed.
The switch-off delay causes the function to be turned off only
after the predetermined time has elapsed.
Both time periods can be individually set in steps from 0 – 15 and
are then written into their common control CV:
Range
Description of
values
Switch-on delay 0-15
Switch-off delay 0-15
The value to be written into the control CV is established as fol-
lows:
Switch-off delay * 16 + switch-on delay
Example: the switch-on delay for AUX3 should be = 13; switch-off
delay equals 8, thus 8 * 16 + 13 = 141 must be written into the
Control CV 292.

12.3.7. Digital couplers

LokPilot V4.0 LokPilot V4.0 DCC
LokPilot micro V4.0 LokPilot micro V4.0 DCC
LokPilot XL V4.0
LokPilot Fx V4.0
Some LokSound decoders can directly control digital couplers.
Subject to the type of coupler, you must adjust certain settings.
Bits within
Time in seconds the control
CV
0-6,144 seconds 0-3
0-6,144 seconds 4-7
LokPilot V4.0 M4
12.3.7.1. „Coupler" mode
Krois® and ROCO® couplers need a special high frequency PWM
signal to avoid burning the copper windings of the coil. This spe-
cial function „Coupler" provides this type of signal. In this mode,
the output switches on at 100% for 250 ms and then reduces the
output power by switching to the PWM-signal.
The ratio between Off and On time can be set by adjusting the
„Brightness Value" from 0 (completely off) to 31 (connected
through = 100% output).
This coupler mode should also be used for modern Telex®-
couplers.

12.3.7.2. Automatic Coupler Function (Removing/Pushing)

The LokPilot V4.0 decoder is able to do the automatic decoupling.
When you push the function button the loco drives backwards
against the train and then removes from it again. This procedure
can be influenced via three CVs.
In CV 246 the speed that moves the loco will be stored (or defined)
(0-255). If this value is 0, the automatic coupler function is not
active.
In CV 247 the time of removing is to be entered.
In CV 248 the time of pushing is to be entered.
The time of removing should be higher than the time of pushing
to make sure that the loco stops in a safe distance away from the
train.
The function output of the option „coupler" needs to be configu-
rated correctly to make the automatic decoupling work.

12.3.8. Servo settings

LokPilot XL V4.0
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