Rapido Trains FP9A Product Manualline - Factory Reset
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“THE CANADIAN” CONSISTING OPERATION
If your FP9A locomotives were included in Rapido’s “Canadian” passenger train set then
they incorporate special CV settings to simplify the lighting operation while operating
together in a back-to-back consist. You will first need to create a consist. Please see
your DCC system manual. Note that our decoders support both basic and advanced
consisting.
Once the units are consisted you will note that several of the lighting functions have been
set up for easy operation. The headlights (F0) will switch direction from one end of the
consist to the other when the consist is reversed, but the back-up lights will remain off as
would be prototype practice. When the number boards are turned off or on (F11) in
one unit the other unit will automatically turn off or on to match, again matching proto-
type practice.
Note that the class lights are still controlled individually as these would be lit on only
the lead unit of each consist. To turn the class lights on simply call up the address of the
lead locomotive then hit F10 to cycle through the optional colours as described above.
If you decide that you do not want to utilize these features they can be removed by
programming both CV21 and CV22 to a value of 0. If you decide that you later want
to add these features back in simply program CV21 to a value of 127 and CV22 to a
value of 49.
FACTORY RESET
If you need to revert to the original factory settings on your decoder simply program
CV30 to a value of 2. Note that this will cause all of your new settings to be lost, so you
will need to reprogram any settings that you want to keep. You did keep notes like we
suggested earlier, didn’t you?
MORE INFORMATION
While addressing the features that most modelers will need for normal operation, these
instructions have covered just a small number of the many customizable features of
your Soundtraxx Tsunami decoder. For advanced users who want to more fully explore
the capabilities of the decoder we suggest downloading the “Tsunami Diesel Technical
Reference Manual,” available from the “Manuals” page of the Soundtraxx web site at
www.soundtraxx.com.
LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY
We will do our best to solve any problems or issues that you may have with your FP9A
locomotive. If your locomotive has any defects that originate from the factory, we will