Following up on the previous post, today we are looking at the configuration of ESU decoders with the ESU LokProgrammer device and program.
Hardware and software
This is reference 53451 that is already mounted on my test bench:
Programming
1- The first step is to download the original setup and store it as a reference point: click on "Read decoder data"
All the factory settings are displayed.
This version is immediately saved as the reference point:
2- As mentioned in the previous post, I'm not going into all the parameters of the decoder, but rather focus on the address of the machine as well as the description.
For address above 128, it is considered a long address and the related checkbox must be selected:
The name provided below will be used as the engine name through RailCom:
Once the address and description are set, I save the project and write the data onto the machine:
3- It's easy to test everything directly from the LokProgrammer:
And it works!
