LOKPilot 4 and Athearn Genesis Factory Light Board

[nebrzephyr]

LOKPilot 4, 8 pin installed on Athearn Genesis factory light board

OK, I realize out of the box the LOKPilot supports AUX1 (green wire) with F1. However, I have never liked the "reversing lights" on F0 with most decoders. So I program all my non-sound decoders to have F0 front headlight only, and F1 rear head light, so I can control the lights independently.

So on this Genesis unit I have a rotary beacon that is attached to the secondary (Green) outputs on the light board. I know the outputs are functional because I can control them with F5 on a non-LOK decoder. On the LOKPilot I have figured out how to set up the front and rear lights on F0 and F1. The issue is I can not get the LOK configured to control AUX1 (green wire) with F5.

Here's a snapshot of the configuration screen. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Bob

[Mark R.]

Don't understand why you are using the multiple forward and reverse conditions to control the same thing. (?) Making it way more confusing than necessary .... but it still works.

Regardless ....

It's been my experience with the factory Athearn boards, that the green wire on the 8-pin plug wasn't actually connected to anything (check the solder post - no traces connected to it). If I recall correctly, you need to remove the green wire from the 8-pin plug and solder it to the hole in the board marked F1.

Mark.

[nebrzephyr]

Jun 18, 2015 16:56:29 GMT -8 Mark R. said:

Don't understand why you are using the multiple forward and reverse conditions to control the same thing. (?) Making it way more confusing than necessary .... but it still works.

Regardless ....

It's been my experience with the factory Athearn boards, that the green wire on the 8-pin plug wasn't actually connected to anything (check the solder post - no traces connected to it). If I recall correctly, you need to remove the green wire from the 8-pin plug and solder it to the hole in the board marked F1.

Mark.

Mark....just getting back to this project. And you are absolutely correct on the Genesis 8 pin connector. Neither the green wire or blue wire from the 8 pin connect to the "F1" tabs. I just ran a jumper from he green & blue pins on the 8 pin connector to the corresponding tabs on the JST 9 pin connector. This way I had the use of the F1 voltage regulator on the Genesis board. (I had removed the JST connector for space considerations.) Bob



edit: I did get independent control of the front head light (F0) and rear light (F). Just took some time deciphering the way ESU maps the function keys to functions.