LGB 23101 Glacier Express

[markrussell1966]

Just treated myself to the LGB 23101Glacier Express locomotive and 4 matching coaches, but don’t tell the wife…
Just reprogrammed the loco address and been playing around with the various functions etc, all on a rolling road inside a heated garage. It says function 9 activates/deactivates the ABV, any idea what this is as I cannot for the life of me work it out!!!

 

[dutchelm]

I have an LGB diesel which has 9 = AVB off. Wish I could help you.

 

[voodoopenguin]

From several years ago:

A question was asked in the LGB Anniversary Ge 4/4 II thread recently about F9 and ABV. ABV is somewhat explained in the Märklin Digital Club Newsletter, Vol. 28 No. 2.

ABV anglicized stands for Acceleration/Breaking Delay - the momentum effects that can be programmed in the decoder. Momentum effects are normally active in a mfx decoder. The F9, ABV function key turns the momentum effects off. Why?, you might ask. Well, perhaps in shunting maneuvers when you want the loco to respond immediately to start/stop throttle changes or if the momentum effect is about to cause a crash as an alternative to the emergency all "STOP".

I can confirm this is exactly what it does from testing earlier today to verify it's operation. Turning momentum off is particularly noticeable when the acceleration and braking delays a are set to give more realistic momentum effects.

Phil S. phils2um

Paul

 

[dunnyrail]

From several years ago:

A question was asked in the LGB Anniversary Ge 4/4 II thread recently about F9 and ABV. ABV is somewhat explained in the Märklin Digital Club Newsletter, Vol. 28 No. 2.

ABV anglicized stands for Acceleration/Breaking Delay - the momentum effects that can be programmed in the decoder. Momentum effects are normally active in a mfx decoder. The F9, ABV function key turns the momentum effects off. Why?, you might ask. Well, perhaps in shunting maneuvers when you want the loco to respond immediately to start/stop throttle changes or if the momentum effect is about to cause a crash as an alternative to the emergency all "STOP".

I can confirm this is exactly what it does from testing earlier today to verify it's operation. Turning momentum off is particularly noticeable when the acceleration and braking delays a are set to give more realistic momentum effects.

Phil S. phils2um

Paul

Have to say I hate momentum, I always turn it to zero for my trains as I like to have direct control. But as my line has max scale speed of 20kph (all chips and speeds regulated to as near to this as possible) you perhaps can see how irrelevant it would be.