F8 mutes the decoder and keeps it muted until you press F8 again.
OK how do put this thing in silence mode? I only want the sounds to start up, only after addressing the loco. Like all my other locos.
I read through the entire manual and can't find anything?
Michael
CEO- Mile-HI-RailroadPrototype: D&RGW Moffat Line 1989
I got it working!!!
I just programmed it using JMRI. F1 was set to SND 17, so I disabled that, wrote decoder, then enabled it again and wrote the decoder. Then I went to the sound volume and adjusted that.
That seemed to do the trick. Working perfect now.
Not sure I like how they identify sounds in JMRI though. It doesn't have the individual sounds named, all it says is Master volume, sound slot #1, sound slot #2, etc. So I have no idea what each of these are.
Anyways, I must say holy heck batman, the motor control on this thing is incredilble. The slow speed speed step 1 crawls very slowly, I love it.
This would be quite unusual and a first for me. Does the F1 function work the bell for other locos? IOW, could it be that your button has packed it in? Otherwise, it must somehow be a defective decoder, but it beats me how this one function could be amiss and no other.
Crandell
Two possibilities:
1. The bell has been mapped to a different function key -- have you tried other keys to see what happens?
2. The decoder's bell volume CV has been set to zero.
I suggest that you download the V4.0 LokSound manual from ESU's web site and try resetting the bell volume CV.
You should find what you're looking for in Chapter 13, paragraph 13.1.2 of that manual. LokSound uses Indexed CVs, so note in particular the procedure for resetting individual sound volume. The manual indicates that the bell volume default setting is 128, which is max volume, but Rivarossi may have programmed it wrong.
V4.0 decoders come from the factory with no sound files loaded, so someone at the Rivarossi factory programmed it and their computer program may have gotten corrupted.
Here's a link to the manual download page: http://www.esu.eu/en/downloads/instruction-manuals/digital-decoders/
Hey guys. I just got a new Rivarossi Allegheny with a loksound v4 decoder in it. I ran it for the first time last night, and everything works fine, except the bell isn't working.
When I press the Bell button or F1 the bell sound doesn't come on.
Any ideas? I haven't tried a decoder reset yet, I can try that. But I've never had this problem before, weird?