cowside Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Have just bought one.The sparse info with the loco says nothing about the functions which control the lighting under DCC. Does anyone have this info? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Perhaps contact Heljan direct? I've one and it's a superb locomotive - very smooth and powerful - but only run on DC. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 The Heljan lighting is not sophisticated. On DCC, turn on F0, and that's it! Lights will show the headcode and white marker light at the front, and a red tail light at the rear. Reverse the direction and the lights will swap ends too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowside Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 Thanks for the info! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Chris007 Posted August 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2019 I also recently put a Hattons 8 pin four function decoder in my new Heljan Hymek and cannot get the lighting to turn on, I am using Gaugemaster Prodigy express the motor works fine just the lights. Was considering removing the body and seeing if there are any switches that have been turned off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talleng Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 (edited) Maybe you have the chip 180deg out? I believe the motor will still run, but other functions i.e. lights won't I know you are supposed to insert the chip (which should have a mark indicating pin 1) into the Loco socket (which will also have a mark indicating pin 1) with both pin 1 marks lined up- however I know from experience that often the mark doesn't exist or is not so obvious. Might be worth taking the chip out and turning it around. (before you remove the body to turn the chip around it might be worth stabbing all the Function buttons one at a time, sometimes its just on a different button/function Regards Keith Edited August 28, 2019 by Talleng to add stab all function buttons before opening loco up 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JiLo Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Chris007 said: I also recently put a Hattons 8 pin four function decoder in my new Heljan Hymek and cannot get the lighting to turn on, I am using Gaugemaster Prodigy express the motor works fine just the lights. Was considering removing the body and seeing if there are any switches that have been turned off. There arent any switches on the circuit board, Heljan's internals are very simple (thankfully), most probably its the chip plugged in the wrong way round Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kaput Posted August 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2019 Going by my experience on the Heljan Class 33/1 it's probably a combination of decoder wrong way and/or the lights just aren't that bright (assuming the Hymek is bulbs instead of LED's like the 33). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Chris007 Posted August 29, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2019 Thanks I will take the body off at the weekend and switch the decoder round, at the time I thought the markings were not too clear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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