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I quickly discovered that LGB MTS does not have a standard for what the various Function Keys do.
On one LGB loco F1 might turn a light on and on another LGB loco F1 might blow the whistle. With another loco F4 may turn the sound on but it might be F8 on another loco. I don't even know if all Moguls are programmed the same or if all Mikados are programmed the same (but I doubt it). I still don't know which F Keys turn the smoke on or off - I just keep pushing F Keys until I see smoke.
So what does everyone else do? Do you just live with it and try to remember what every key does with every different loco? Do you make up a check list to remind you of how each loco functions?
Or do you reprogram your locos so that the Function Keys do the same on each of your locos?
I'm lazy and I hate to reinvent the wheel. Rather than come up with my own system I would rather learn from those ahead of me who have worked out their own system.
What about YOU? How do YOU handle the functions of YOUR F Keys?
If you reprogram to a standard, what is that standard? Did you come up with it yourself or is it some sort of universal standard?
How difficult is it to reprogram the keys to a different standard? What are the CV numbers to be changed and what are the values to change them to?
Are there any disadvantages to reprogramming the key functions?
Is there anything else I should know before I start reprogramming function keys?
Thanks,
Jerry
On one LGB loco F1 might turn a light on and on another LGB loco F1 might blow the whistle. With another loco F4 may turn the sound on but it might be F8 on another loco. I don't even know if all Moguls are programmed the same or if all Mikados are programmed the same (but I doubt it). I still don't know which F Keys turn the smoke on or off - I just keep pushing F Keys until I see smoke.
So what does everyone else do? Do you just live with it and try to remember what every key does with every different loco? Do you make up a check list to remind you of how each loco functions?
Or do you reprogram your locos so that the Function Keys do the same on each of your locos?
I'm lazy and I hate to reinvent the wheel. Rather than come up with my own system I would rather learn from those ahead of me who have worked out their own system.
What about YOU? How do YOU handle the functions of YOUR F Keys?
If you reprogram to a standard, what is that standard? Did you come up with it yourself or is it some sort of universal standard?
How difficult is it to reprogram the keys to a different standard? What are the CV numbers to be changed and what are the values to change them to?
Are there any disadvantages to reprogramming the key functions?
Is there anything else I should know before I start reprogramming function keys?
Thanks,
Jerry