With the digital LED interior lights from ESU, you can retrofit your N, TT or H0 gauge passenger cars with prototypical, uniform lighting. Two versions are available to suit the desired location.

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

Features

The digital interior lighting consists of a 74 mm long base section, on which a digital decoder and four LEDs are mounted, and eight adjoining sections, each equipped with one LED spaced 24mm apart. The additional sections can be cut off to customize the length to suit the wagon.

Furthermore, two additional 4.5mm wide, detachable LED sections are provided on the far left and right sides to illuminate the entry area.

The brightness of the LEDs can be set either using a potentiometer or via software CV and remains constant regardless of the track voltage thanks to the built-in constant voltage supply. A built-in buffer capacitor bridges small current interruptions ex works.

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

The digital interior lighting comes with a soldered red tail light.

Operating modes

The decoder, based on the LokPilot 5 Basic and adapted to the intended use, supports  the DCC and Märklin® Motorola® protocols. It can handle 2- and 4-digit addresses and can trigger functions up to F31. Thanks to RailComPlus®, the decoders register fully automatically with a suitable DCC command station.

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

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

Functions

The 13 built-in LEDs can be individually controlled in a total of seven groups: The two entrance LEDs can each be switched separately. The tail light 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 Pilot cars or toilet lighting), which can be wired individually.

Various prototypical lighting effects such as soft dimming, neon tube effects, defective neon tubes, 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.

Robust

You can rely on the experience and quality of a renowned brand manufacturer, even when it comes to digital interior lighting.