Greg's Zimo system cheat sheet / common tasks

Overview:

This is intended for everyone. email me for a printed version. Suggestions are solicited.

Adding/selecting locos

It's important to remember there is a "local recall" list of locos, and there is a list of all locos in the MX10 and you can "draw" from either list.
F^ and Uv scroll through your "local loco recall" memory.
The II button will show you the complete list the throttle can select from
Select a loco from the list by hitting A, and usually A again to clear the rest of the list display
E + F^ to enter a new loco address
When showing a loco, C will remove it from your local recall memory
Individual loco addresses in a Consist appear and disappear, see the Consisting section to make heads / tails of this
Normally when you change a parameter in a loco and use F^ to store the changes, they get written to te MX10 too
the group names are in German, you can customize with E+0, then Object Groups. The groups are in order and English: Last Used, Steam, Diesel, Electric, multiple units, but I think it is trams/streetcars

E + 5 enters function key setup
select function key you want to modify by pressing it, you will get a set of brackets around the key
press TP so you get a red square in the upper left of the function picture
terminate with the F key (not that function key)... that writes the changes

So if you go E + 3 you are in some bizarre programming screen, not where you set the 2 addresses required for each accessory decoder address.
use shift + W and you will enter something that will allow you to more easily map accessory decoders
in the E + 3, you need a line per accessory... ignore the 4 boxes

When entering programming mode (service mode, or POM with railcom) you can get basic information on the top right of the screen:

RailComm Yes or No (if yes, will also identify if B(roadcast) or D(ata) or both
two numbers below, the first is the manufacturer ID CV 8 (145 for zimo), and the second is the Zimo decoder type (CV250)
The "Version xx.yy" where xx is the software version number (CV 7) and yy is the sub version (CV 65)
Then s/n XXXX.YYYY.YYYY.YYYY where XXXX is the Zimo decoder type and YYYYYYYYYYY is the serial number of the decoder