Rapido Trains F40PH-2D Operating Instructions Manual - Locomotive Address
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If you are running your F40PH-2D with an F9B or other non-HEP unit you don’t have to
worry about F4 and F5 as the HEP is not needed. Just operate your locomotive in Idle.
HEP MODE: HOW TO TURN OFF THIS ANNOYING FEATURE
If you don’t want to futz around with F4 and F5 and you just want to put the F40PH-2D
on the track and make it go, but you still want to hear the sound of the HEP, we have a
solution for you.
On your programming track (or using a LokProgrammer), input the following (in order):
CV31=16, CV32=2, CV413=128, CV415=16
This puts your F40PH-2D into Run as soon as you press F8 to start it up, and it will stay
in Run until you press F8 again to shut down the locomotive.
But if you want to run your locomotive in a non-HEP environment, such as in freight ser-
vice or pulling conventional passenger cars, you can’t. Your F40PH-2D will always be
screaming at notch 8.
LOCOMOTIVE ADDRESS
Your Rapido F40PH-2D comes from the factory with a decoder address of 3. We suggest
if you are using DCC control that you first test that the locomotive responds on address 3.
Once you have verified that the locomotive is responding you should assign it a unique
address (we suggest the road number of the locomotive) before going any further. This
can be done either on your programming track (recommended) or on the main if your
system supports programming on the main. Be aware however that if you do program
the locomotive on the main and you have any other locomotives on your layout assigned
to address 3 (the normal default address for new locomotives) that ALL of them will likely
also be changed to your new address!
Also please keep in mind that some DCC systems do not have sufficient power to pro-
gram sound-equipped locomotives on the mainline. If you have an old DCC system made
by a manufacturer whose name starts with D and ends with X which was purchased in
the early Victorian era, this locomotive won’t work at all – and neither will a bunch of
other locomotive models produced since the turn of the 20th century. Go upgrade your
system to a newer version from that manufacturer.
TURN ON THE SOUND
Press F8 and you will hear the F40PH-2D startup sequence followed by the sound of
it idling. You can adjust CVs to prevent the locomotive from running until the startup
sequence has played out. Jason is really impatient so he turned this feature off. Refer to
a full ESU LokSound Select decoder manual for more information. You can download it