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• Dimmer: normal, continuous power to load
• Blinking light: the output blinks with an adjustable
frequency
• Inverse blinking light: the output blinks as usual
but in opposite sequence. This permits to activate
alternately blinking lights.
• Strobe
• Double Strobe
• Random, fire box
• Smoke, for controlling the intensity of the smoke
generator
• Zoom
• Mars light
• Gyra light
There is a CV (CV 113 - 120) for each output, in which
the desired mode may be stored. Please note that
you may deactivate each output by assigning „0" if
it is not needed. CVs 117 – 120 are only available on
LokSoundXL.
The lighting outputs are factory pre-set to „on". In
steam engines this is also true for the AUX 1 output
that is assigned to the headlight button.
Dimming of lamps
With LokSound you may dim the lamps in 15 steps to
adapt the brightness optimally to your model. The
lamps are pulsed, i.e.: they are continuously switched
on and off. The brightness of each output may be
adjusted separately. The desired dimming value (0 to
15) has to be added to the value of the corresponding
control-CV (113 - 120) that defines the function mode.
Blinking frequency and duration of „bright
period"
If a function output has been set to „blinking" or
„inverse blinking", the duration of the „bright period"
(defines blinking frequency) and the on / off ratio
have to be taken from CV 112 (see Chapter 7.1).
The „bright period" is adjustable in 33 steps. It is
always a multiple of 65.5 milliseconds. The On / Off
ratio is adjustable in 16 steps from 1/16 to 16/16. A
ratio of 8/16 indicates that the light output remains
„on" for the same period as it is „off". The value to
be entered into the control-CV 113 is calculated as
follows:
Duration of „On" period (value: 0 – 15) *
16 + On / Off ratio
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Examples
• Example 1: smoke generator on AUX 1 and F5.
Let's assume you want to control a smoke generator
with function button F5 that should be connected to
output AUX 1. Please refer to the installation
instructions in Chapter 2.5. The output AUX 1 must
be activated and assigned to the F5 button:
First we activate the output. In this example we want
to use the dimming function (the output must be
active continuously) and set at 100% brightness. CV
115 controls output AUX 1 (see paragraph 7.1).The
value to be entered in CV 115 is 15 for maximum
brightness.
Now we have to assign function button F5 to output
AUX 1: refer to figure 13: control-CV 171 controls
the F5 button (third column). In CV 171 we enter
those functions that should be switched with the F5
button. We look at the table in figure 13, locate the
intersection of the row for F5 and column AUX 1 and
find the number (in this case 4). Once we enter this
value in CV 171 the F5 button controls the output
AUX 1. In order to also switch AUX 1 with F5 when
reversing the same value has to be entered in CV
174.
• Example 2: blinking light on AUX 2 and F6
We want to connect a „blinking light" to AUX and
control it via the F6 function button. We also want
the brightness to be set to 6/15 of the maximum
value. The „bright period" and the „On / Off" ratio
are set as described in paragraph 5.2.3.3.
First we have to activate output AUX 2 and set it to
„blinking". We achieve this by entering 16 (for
blinking) + 5 (= 6/15 of maximum brightness) = 21in
CV 116.
Next we assign output AUX 2 to the F6 button. We
enter the functions to be controlled via F6 into control-
CV 177. Again we consult the table in figure 13, find
the intersection between row F6 (forward) and
column AUX 2 and enter the number (in this case 8)
from the table in CV 177. Now the F6 „forward"
button controls the output AUX 2. To program the
same for reversing enter value 8 in CV 183.
• Example 3: Deceleration on / off with F5
Here we want to activate / deactivate the
acceleration / deceleration with F5. This function
represents a „logical" function and not a „physical"
output and thus does not have to be configured. We
User Manual LokSound / LokSoundXL V3.5, 4 th edition, 08/2005
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