Post by Mr. Trainiac on May 19, 2022 20:21:32 GMT -8
This may be a bit of a strange question, but it's something I just thought of when setting up an ESU V5 decoder.
Can you use a function key to enter a locomotive into a consist? For example, the locomotive is normally under a 4 digit long address, but when I press F20 (or any other key), the locomotive joins a consist? This would effectively allow me to turn advanced consisting on and off on the fly, rather than having to change CVs every time I wanted to change the consist.
I have never been a fan of consist addresses and having to change CV's during an operating session when building an advanced consist. Almost everyone programs their locomotives to the road number, but the advanced consist number overrides that, and the locomotive will only respond to throttle inputs on the consist number while in that consist. It seems counter-intuitive to have multiple addresses, but the locomotive only responds to one.
I understand that this is similar to 'command station consisting' like that which is offered by NCE, but if we could dedicate a few of the lesser-used functions like F27 and F28 to a consist, we could have a few preset values dedicated to consisting. In the engine terminal, I would select my locomotives by road number, turn on F28 for the locomotives I want, and now they are consisted. Another consist could be assigned to F27 or any other function key, thereby allowing you to have multiple consists on the same layout. Turning on and off function keys when building consists sounds a lot easier than having to program on the main and start changing CVs before I can drive my locomotives in a consist. Is there a way to link CV19 (advanced consist address) to a function key using JMRI or ESU LokProgrammer?
Can you use a function key to enter a locomotive into a consist? For example, the locomotive is normally under a 4 digit long address, but when I press F20 (or any other key), the locomotive joins a consist? This would effectively allow me to turn advanced consisting on and off on the fly, rather than having to change CVs every time I wanted to change the consist.
I have never been a fan of consist addresses and having to change CV's during an operating session when building an advanced consist. Almost everyone programs their locomotives to the road number, but the advanced consist number overrides that, and the locomotive will only respond to throttle inputs on the consist number while in that consist. It seems counter-intuitive to have multiple addresses, but the locomotive only responds to one.
I understand that this is similar to 'command station consisting' like that which is offered by NCE, but if we could dedicate a few of the lesser-used functions like F27 and F28 to a consist, we could have a few preset values dedicated to consisting. In the engine terminal, I would select my locomotives by road number, turn on F28 for the locomotives I want, and now they are consisted. Another consist could be assigned to F27 or any other function key, thereby allowing you to have multiple consists on the same layout. Turning on and off function keys when building consists sounds a lot easier than having to program on the main and start changing CVs before I can drive my locomotives in a consist. Is there a way to link CV19 (advanced consist address) to a function key using JMRI or ESU LokProgrammer?
