German Ice HST
The Intercity-Express (written as InterCityExpress in Austria, Denmark, Switzerland and, formerly, in Germany) or ICE is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and its surrounding countries. It is the highest service category offered by DB Fernverkehr and is the flagship of Deutsche Bahn. The brand name "ICE" is among the best-known in Germany, with a brand awareness close to 100%, according to DB.[1] There are currently 259 trainsets in five different versions of the ICE vehicles in use, named ICE 1 (deployed in 1991), ICE 2 (1996), ICE T (1999), ICE 3 (1999) and ICE TD (2001–2003, back in service 2007). The ICE 3, including its variant models, is made by a consortium led by Bombardier and Siemens.
Sound Projects
This project was put together using actual sound recordings of the German ICE Electric units and sounds generated by other authors of whom I am very grateful to be of their use
Project:German Ice HST
project:SDF: German Ice HST Electric Scheme
Author: Barry T Gaskin rework
(A) Function Key Usage:
F0- Lights
F1- Bell
F2- Horn [CV150 selects Horn type]
F3- Coupler crash [Autocoupler/brake set by CV151 max spd]
F4- Air features disable - F4 to OFF enables pop-off,drier and starts compressor
F5- Dynamic brakes
F6- Not assigned
F7- Not assigned
F8- Mute control, [F8 ON is muted.]
F9- Engine brake squeal
F10- Grade crossing airhorn sequence
F11- Milepost indicator
FX defined CV's: [sound project download reset value in sq. brackets]
CV58 Master Volume, 0-15, 0= max, (F8 used for mute) [9]
CV122 Product type, 12 = Digitrax SFX sound decoder (Read Only Value)
CV123 Hardware version (Read Only Value)
CV135 Volume when muted [00]
User configurable Sound CV's:
CV140 Prime mover volume 0-64 [60]
CV141 Bell volume 0-64 [20]
CV142 Horn volume 0-64 [60]
CV143 Air features volume (popoff, drier, comp) 0-64 [30]
CV144 Dynamic brake volume 0-64 [30]
CV145 Misc volumes 0-64 [40]
CV146 Bell delay (1 = 24mS) 1-100 [0]
CV147 Drier rate (1 = about 2 secs) 1-64 [05]
CV148 Compressor start rate [30]
CV149 Compressor run time [20]
CV150 Horn select: 0=default, 1=playable default, 2=alt. horn, 3=playable alt. [0]
CV151 Peak speed to allow auto coupler/brake on DIR change and F3 on 0-60 [48]
CV152 Author ID Alex Stroshane = 0xAA [170]
CV153 Project ID AEM-7 [09]
CV154 Auto horn signals: 0 = Off, 1= On 0-1 [00]
CV156 Bell selector: 0=default, 1=alternate 0-1 [00]
(C) General Notes
This sound project was designed for The German ICE Inter City Express Electric Units of the DB German Railway
Because the throttle of an electric locomotive is continuous, with no "notch" positions, there is no semi-auto or manual
notching functionality in this project. Instead, the sound of the traction motors varies directly with the speed. In real
life, little is heard above the humming sound of the blowers that run constantly - electrics are a lot quieter than diesels!
This sound project has been assembled from Digitrax-supplied sound clips as well as new sounds from custom recordings. I am
also indebted to Bob Grosh and Fred Miller for their early work in deciphering the SDF language and engineering new functions.
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