Most customers that use Digitrax command stations use Universal Consisting instead of Advanced Consisting as described here. With Universal consisting, the consist information is handled by the command station instead of by the decoder.
CV19 is the advanced consist address. CV19 also contains data for the direction in which the consist will operate. See the table below to determine what value to program into CV19
|
CV19 Value |
Effect on Adv Consist Address |
Normal Direction of Travel of Advanced Consist |
|
000 |
Advanced Consist Addressing Disabled |
N/A |
|
001 - 127 |
Advanced Consist Addressing Enabled |
Forward |
|
129 - 255 |
Advanced Consist Addressing Enabled |
Reverse |
When CV19 is active, the functions within the advanced consist are individually controlled at their regular addresses.
CV21 & CV22: Advanced Consisting Controls
Controlling Advanced Consist Functions with the Advanced Consist Address
CV21 & CV22 allow you to override this and place specific functions under the control of the advanced consist address. To determine the hex value to program into these CVs, add up the hex values of the functions you want to control in the advanced consist and program that value into the CVs. To make all CVs be controlled by the advanced consist address, program a value of 255 to both CV21 & CV22.
CV21 Values
|
F1 |
01 |
|
F2 |
02 |
|
F3 |
04 |
|
F4 |
08 |
|
F5 |
16 |
|
F6 |
32 |
|
F7 |
64 |
|
F8 |
128 |
CV22 Values
|
F0F |
01 |
|
F0R |
02 |
|
F9 |
16 |
|
F10 |
32 |
|
F11 |
64 |
|
F12 |
128 |
For example: If you want to have F0, F1 and F5 controlled by the advanced consist address, program CV21 to a value of 017 and CV22 to a value of 001. All other functions will still be controlled by the decoder's regular address. You might also find the CV Calculator helpful: http://www.digitrax.com/support/cv/calculators/