ESU 50709 & 50702 LED strip lighting

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It's workbench time since we've had a bunch of rain the past few days, & lots by Alberta standards - peanuts for you folks on the other side of the pond tho. I'm installing ESU LED strip lights, incl a power pack capacitor, in Bachmann J&S coaches taking the simple 50702 cutting it & then connecting it to the smart (w/decoder) 50709 LED strip, to fit the entire coach length - all goes well & can get both sections to light nicely. Initially the addtl. 6 LEDS on the 50702 were noticeably brighter, & far too bright - added a 5Kohm trim pot & boy what a perfect colour match. However haven't been able to successfully change any CV to get a more appropriate oil lamp/candle type flicker. I don't have a ESU Lokprogrammer or power booster so only have my NCE PROCAB using a CS02 command station (w/auto current limit output) regardless I managed to change various CVs to confirm write - using both PoM ( w/100ohm 5W resistor across the track) & Program Track modes. With the help of various AI's Google & the not so helpful ChatGPT it appears that the decoder isn't that sophisticated re lighting options & it wasn't the limitations of using my PROCAB throttle. Anyone got any insights or more success than me with these ESU lighting strips? Asking before I reassemble & modify the remains 5 coaches.
 
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa - sorry for the French but remember we Canadians are bilingual :tmi: Eventually decided why not email ESU & to my surprise I got a same day reply .. & sure enough by changing CV115 (aux o/p) & CV's 116-120 (LED zones) to a value 63 the lights would flicker. Great or so I thought... after changing all the CV values the coach looked like a strobe firing out morse code across the pond - might work for an ash pan or firebox effect but definitely not interior coach lighting. On AI advice I increased the Master Speed CV 112 value to nr max but that didn't change anything either. So back to square one :angry: I emailed ESU once again but not very hopeful & TBH quite happy regardless.
 
BIG ROCK & LONETREE said:
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa - sorry for the French but remember we Canadians are bilingual :tmi: Eventually decided why not email ESU & to my surprise I got a same day reply .. & sure enough by changing CV115 (aux o/p) & CV's 116-120 (LED zones) to a value 63 the lights would flicker. Great or so I thought... after changing all the CV values the coach looked like a strobe firing out morse code across the pond - might work for an ash pan or firebox effect but definitely not interior coach lighting. On AI advice I increased the Master Speed CV 112 value to nr max but that didn't change anything either. So back to square one :angry: I emailed ESU once again but not very hopeful & TBH quite happy regardless.
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Hm not sure what you are hoping for, but some time back I wanted to create a candle light effect and used a prog found on YouTube for my Arduino, worked perfectly. But before you go this way, perhaps you could try those cheep battery candle lights that replicate a flickering candle light.
 
dunnyrail said:
Hm not sure what you are hoping for, but some time back I wanted to create a candle light effect and used a prog found on YouTube for my Arduino, worked perfectly. But before you go this way, perhaps you could try those cheep battery candle lights that replicate a flickering candle light.
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TBH those lights work very well & the exact eflickering effect -I have a number in various building & since some have remotes they can be operated from a distance. But too late, bought these ESU LED strip lights & they're going in regardless - they look fine just wanted the same flicker effect in the JD coaches.
 
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