ESU 50718, Interior lighting set with decoder, entry and end lights, 264mm, divisible, PowerPack option, 13 LEDs, warm white

With ESU's digital LED interior lighting, you can retrofit your N, TT, or H0 gauge passenger cars with prototypical, uniform lighting. Two versions are available to suit your specific application.

The digital interior lights are 264 mm long, 9 mm wide, and each equipped with 13 (!) LEDs. In addition to a version with warm white LEDs (50718), there is also a circuit board with yellow LEDs (50719) to ensure the light color always matches your existing cars.

Features

The digital interior lights consist of a 74 mm long base section housing a digital decoder and four LEDs, and eight adjoining sections, each equipped with one LED spaced 24 mm apart. The additional sections can be cut off to adjust the length to the specific car.

Furthermore, on the far left and right sides, there are two additional, 4.5 mm wide, also detachable sections with an LED for illuminating the entrance area.

The brightness of the LEDs can be adjusted either via a potentiometer or software CV and remains constant thanks to the built-in constant voltage supply, regardless of the track voltage. A built-in buffer capacitor bridges minor power interruptions right from the factory.

To completely prevent flickering, even with poor current draw, a special, very compact PowerPack supercapacitor (ESU part no. 50710) can be connected directly upon request. This can power the LEDs for a few seconds.

The digital interior lighting comes standard with a soldered-on red taillight.

Operating Modes

Based on the LokPilot 5 Basic and adapted for this application, the decoder supports the DCC and Märklin® Motorola® protocols. It supports 2- and 4-digit addresses and can trigger functions up to F31. Thanks to RailComPlus®, the decoders register fully automatically with a compatible digital command station.

It supports all DCC programming modes, and thanks to RailCom®, CV values ​​can be read on the main track with compatible command stations. Auxiliary registers are available for command stations that can only program CVs 1-255. Alternatively, the decoder can be read directly on the programming track without an additional load resistor.

The digital interior lighting can also be used on analog AC and DC layouts. In both operating modes, the direction of travel is correctly detected and the taillight is switched accordingly.

Functions

The 13 built-in LEDs can be individually switched in a total of seven groups: The two entry LEDs can each be switched separately. The taillight can also be switched separately depending on the direction of travel. Furthermore, there is an amplified output and two outputs for connecting additional LEDs (e.g., for headlights on control cars or toilet lighting), which can be individually wired.

Various prototypical lighting effects such as soft dimming, neon tube effect, defective neon tube, battery lighting, and much more ensure a realistic result. The ESU V5 Function Mapping allows the individual assignment of all LED groups to the desired function keys.