I changed a CV on a dual DCC/DC N loco; CV248 = the start up delay. The factory setting was 20 and I changed it to 1 which reduced the loco's start up time ( don't have to wait for the start up sounds) so that in DC the loco runs like a normal DC loco except that I have to use the upper half of the throttle and I need to start it at almost full throttle to get it to start. Once it gets up to the desired speed (which it does slowly), I back off the throttle. It then responds almost as a normal DC loco, but very high on the throttle.
There are two other CVs that affect DC operation, CV251 and CV252. 251 is the enhanced DC motor control Vmax and controls the voltage at which 100% of track power is sent to the motor. 252 is enhanced DC motor control Vmin which controls the voltage at which the motor will start moving (lower value=lower start voltage). I played with these and only managed to make the loco inoperable.
Would someone explain the relationship of the three CVs? I want the loco to operate like a normal DC loco. Why doesn't lowering both CV251 and 252 allow the loco to run at a lower setting on the throttle and why does it take full throttle to start and then it lets up?
Thanks in advance,
Clint