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AWESOME SLOW SPEED THINGY
There is an awesome trick that you can use to get even better slow speed running
and smoother operation with your 5-pole skew-wound motor-equipped F59PH. It’s
called the Automatic Motor Tuning Feature. This feature will automatically adjust
the Back-EMF in most cases (again, in MOST cases) and give you phenomenal
slow-speed performance. We highly recommend breaking in your locomotive (as
mentioned earlier in the manual) to get the gears meshing nicely before applying
this feature.
In order to use this automatic adjustment, you need to setup the following:
• Use Ops mode programming, i.e. programming on the main
• Make sure your locomotive is in “forward”
• Make sure you have a level, straight section of track with ample space ahead
of the locomotive. When we say ample, we mean like 3-5 feet (1-1.5 meters)
of empty track. Avoid gaps, switches or other special track work if possible.
Any disruptions or irregularities could cause improper reading of the motor
resistance.
• You may have to set up pylons or a work block to keep other errant model
railroaders from entering your territory. Little blue flags are also beneficial too.
Once you’ve established your setup, start by setting CV 54 to a value of 0. Then get
out of programming mode and turn on the bell (press F1).
Your F59PH will quickly take off at full speed and suddenly stop. If you had previously
installed an HO scale crew without HO scale seatbelts, you may want to dispatch an
HO scale ambulance to attend to the injured. After that, you should have fabulous
motor control. If you ever have to reset your locomotive, you can do the automatic
adjustment thingy again – it just takes a few seconds. Just remember to install the
seat belts if you haven’t already.
MORE INFORMATION
While addressing the features that most modelers will need for normal operation,
these instructions have covered just a small number of the many customizable
features of your ESU LokSound decoder. For advanced users who want to more fully
explore the capabilities of the decoder we suggest downloading the ESU LokSound
V5 decoder manual. This is available in the Support section of our web site.
