Problem With FL12 N

[Kotori]

Excellent information here.  Didn’t want to start a new thread in case someone did the exact same topic… I just bought an EM13 and a pair of FL12s for my end cars.  Do I need to program the FL12s the same way as the EM13?

[Kingmeow]

At a minimum, all three should have the same DCC address.  There are other CVs in the EM13 that don't apply to the FL12 so not all CVs are present in both EM13 and FL12.

[Kotori]

5 hours ago, Kingmeow said:

At a minimum, all three should have the same DCC address.  There are other CVs in the EM13 that don't apply to the FL12 so not all CVs are present in both EM13 and FL12.

Great, thank you.  Do I need to mess with the CVs at all or leave them alone?  I don’t have a CV setter.

[Kingmeow]

10 hours ago, Kotori said:

Great, thank you.  Do I need to mess with the CVs at all or leave them alone?  I don’t have a CV setter.

 

Other than the address, not really.  Personally I don't run with BEMF and it's on by default so I set that CV to zero in the EM13.  If you don't care about BEMF, you just set the address and run!

 

BTW, if you don't have a CV "setter", how do you change the address?  (Unless you only have the BLI address changer which only does the address.)

[Kotori]

7 hours ago, Kingmeow said:

 

Other than the address, not really.  Personally I don't run with BEMF and it's on by default so I set that CV to zero in the EM13.  If you don't care about BEMF, you just set the address and run!

 

BTW, if you don't have a CV "setter", how do you change the address?  (Unless you only have the BLI address changer which only does the address.)

I have an NCE throttle that can program; a CV setter is a totally different thing right?  Don’t you need to hook up something else to mess with that?  That’s what the hobby shop said about cv’s.

 

Sorry, I’m new to the whole DCC thing.

[Kingmeow]

I'm assuming your NCE "throttle" is  the PowerCab?  If so, it's a command station and you can absolutely program CVs with it!  🙂 You may have to connect a program track to the unit.  I'm Digitrax and that's the way it does it but it may be different for NCE.  I would check your manual.

 

Digitrax can also "program on the main" without using a programming track but I don't advise newbies doing that as you have to remove all locos with decoders off the layout or you end up programming everything at the same time!  🤣  I don't know if NCE can do that but again check your manual.