Model Forum / General / Railroads / February 2007

Folks,

I just got a new Lenz 100 starter set from Tony's Train exchange and
have a few questions. The Lenz is a german product, and as such its
documentation is not very precise and kind of messy.

I am completely new to DCC, thus do not feel offended by my
questions:

1) I want to program the LZV100 output voltage to the main track. By
default the
LZV100 outputs 16V. I would like to drop that value to about 12.5 V. I
understand that
you have to go in PROG mode, select the CV7, write into it the value
50, and then
the value 25 to set up the track voltage to 12.5 Volts. Could anybody
who has done
such process, describe it and indicates what are the detailed steps to
to reach that goal.

2) I connected my Programming track to the corresponding outputs.
Using a digital multimeter
I am not getting any voltage on that track. Do I need to be in PROG
mode to get some voltage?
I have not connected the main track to the LZV100 yet, and thus do not
know if it offers some voltage yet.

3) When you have to set multiple bits values, how do you operate the
LH100 unit? Do you program them one at a time? Can you program them
all at once?

Thank you in advance for your help and any recommendations you may
have to operate the Lenz system.

Yves