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HELP Athern 45-2 wont crawl
« on: May 15, 2009, 07:55:04 PM »
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I have a Athern 45-2 engine ,and i am using Lentz DCC system and i cannot get this engine to crawl real slow like the outher atlas engines that i have, i have to set it on the second speed notch to get it to start moving and then it starts kind of fast, i have tried to change the voltage and speed settings in the CV, aney sugestions  HELP

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Re: HELP Athern 45-2 wont crawl
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2009, 08:05:10 AM »
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I'm not sure what decoder you have there, but if it's Digitrax, CV 54 set to 1 will give you switching speed on F6.  It overrides any momentum you have, and drops the bottom end speed to next to nothing.  I program all my yard switchers to use that feature.

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Re: HELP Athern 45-2 wont crawl
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2009, 08:26:34 AM »
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I'm not sure what decoder you have there, but if it's Digitrax, CV 54 set to 1 will give you switching speed on F6.  It overrides any momentum you have, and drops the bottom end speed to next to nothing.  I program all my yard switchers to use that feature.

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