Lionel 255 - Advanced Consisting

Advanced Consisting
Advanced Consisting follows the NMRA standards. Any values assigned to CV's
21-24 are ignored once the consist is removed (CV19 set to 0).
Setting the MSB (Bit 7) of CV19 tells the engine that it is facing reverse
in the consist
Setting CV21 and CV22 determine which F Functions the consist
responds to
See diagram below for example
Normal Forward Direction of Travel
Engine 1 -
Front
Engine 2 -
Middle
Engine 3 -
Rear
F R F R F R
To set this consists up so that:
The Headlight is ON in the Front engine when going Forward, OFF
when the consist is in Reverse
The Reverse light and headlight is OFF in the Rear engine when the
consist is going Forward, headlight is ON, reverse light is OFF
when the consist is in Reverse
The Middle engine has no lights in either direction
Lionel Corporation No. 255, 260 & 263 Steam Engines with Proto-Sound® 3.0
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