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Athearn mp15 beacon light help - Espee - 10-24-2021

Can someone possibly help me out?

When it comes to dcc I am a fossil at best, anyway I have a athearn genesis mp15 with a flashing beacon light on the roof. 
Basically I made an error not sure how & did a factory reset cv 8 to 8 & as a result I've lost the beacon light function. Instead when I press function 5 the engine throttles up slightly. I've tried to look over the manual to see if I can see anything about programming the light to work but I cannot see anything. 

Could someone please tell me what to do to get it working again.


RE: Athearn mp15 beacon light help - Schraddel - 10-24-2021

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What brand of decoder?
Factory mounted?
Aftermarket fitted?


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RE: Athearn mp15 beacon light help - Espee - 10-25-2021

Evening Schraddel

At first I thought it was a factory fitted tsunami but it seems from the paperwork in the box it has a digital DH126D decoder fitted? I purchased the model second user from the hobby store so it could be wrong. I'm a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to technology so hopefully that's the right decoder in the model.

Thanks

Si


RE: Athearn mp15 beacon light help - Espee - 10-25-2021

Sorry that meant to say digitrax my phone changed it whilst I was writting


RE: Athearn mp15 beacon light help - Schraddel - 10-26-2021

Hello Si,

This is your decoder?
https://www.digitrax.com/products/mobile-decoders/dh126d/
There are some links on this page too.

Have a look into the manual again: https://www.digitrax.com/static/apps/cms/media/documents/documentation/Decoder_Manual_V2-01_2014.pdf
Scroll down to chapter 9.3.5
There is listed what you have to program in which CVs; here it is the value of 038 into CV51.
Then your rotary beacon should be available at function output F1


Lutz


RE: Athearn mp15 beacon light help - Espee - 10-26-2021

Thanks Lutz

The paper I have for the decoder doesn't have any info on cv settings it must be missing. I will pop it on the programme track later today.

Cheers

Si


RE: Athearn mp15 beacon light help - DanRaitz - 10-26-2021

Si

If the Beacon is wired to the green wire, it is set up for Function 1. To program for Rotary Beacon, CV51 needs to be set to a value of 38.

Dan