Advanced Dcc Operation; Additional F Functions - M.T.H. Premier 2-4-1A Operator's Manual

If you have performed the 55-55-55 reset and the engine still doesn't respond
then place the engine on the programming track output of your DCC system and
program a value of 3 to CV1. This will set the engine's short address to 3. However, as
long as the engine is NOT programmed as address 55 then the 55-55-55 reset will
always set the engine's long and short addresses back to their factory defaults. It will
also set the engine's addressing back to short (if you happened to have CV29 set to long
addressing)
The 55-55-55 Reset can be confusing at first but the main point to note is that you are
NOT setting the engine's address to 55 to perform the reset, you are just calling up
engine address 55 on your DCC handheld and sending a value of 55 to CV55. Again,
MTH engine's will listen to the 55-55-55 reset command even though the engine's
address isn't actually 55 (and it can't be for the 55-55-55 reset to work).
MTH PS3.0 Expanded DCC
Functionality

Advanced DCC Operation:

This section of the manual provides more in-depth detail on how to set up and
configure your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine using the NMRA-standard CV's as well as
the manufacturer-specific CV's. It also explains some of the other F Functions not
covered in the Basic DCC Operation section.

Additional F Functions

Idle Sequence - F14-F16. Pressing F14, F15, or F16 twice (toggling on then off) will
trigger an Idle Sequence if the engine is not moving. These vary from engine to engine
and may include things like checking the coal load, checking the water level, using the
Alemite grease gun on the drivers, etc. When triggered, these will run through the
sequence that varies in duration.
NOTE – The engine must be sitting still in order to trigger these
Extended Start-Up – F17. If your engine is shut down or you've just applied DCC
power pressing F17 twice (toggling it on then off) will start the Extended Start-Up
sounds. This is very similar to F3 except you will hear the crew talking back and forth
about getting the engine ready to run.
Extended Shut-Down – F18. If your engine is already up and running you can play the
Extended Shut Down sounds by pressing F18 twice (toggling on then off). The
Extended Shut Down is very similar to F3 in that the engine will ultimately shut down
but in the case of Extended Shut Down you will hear the crew talking back and forth
about how the engine ran, time schedules, etc.
Call up address 3 on your DCC handheld and hit F3. The engine
should now start-up
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