Thalys - PBA [SP] THA 9364 to Rotterdam 1.0.0

Hi. Just started using Netherlands routes and scenarios and having fun. I have a question. Where can I find detail description of pantograph selection and tension settings - I can't find this anywhere. I can see Pantograph selection with  L S N O options (nearly matching 'normal' TGVs on other routes) and tension options L F GV F D CH. Obviously these are related to country/line voltage and AC/DC arrangements but I have no idea what to set first on Netherlands Amsterdam line, and then for HSL. Any guides available does anyone know? Many thanks. Great scenario.

  On 12/31/2021 at 4:41 PM, Graham Devine said:

Hi. Just started using Netherlands routes and scenarios and having fun. I have a question. Where can I find detail description of pantograph selection and tension settings - I can't find this anywhere. I can see Pantograph selection with  L S N O options (nearly matching 'normal' TGVs on other routes) and tension options L F GV F D CH. Obviously these are related to country/line voltage and AC/DC arrangements but I have no idea what to set first on Netherlands Amsterdam line, and then for HSL. Any guides available does anyone know? Many thanks. Great scenario.

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Have a look at page 12 https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/896713/manuals/DTG_-_TGV_Reseau_Manual_EN.pdf 
The red knob can be set to S or L (I don't know the difference), for both HSL (25kv) and standard dutch railways (1.5kv). The black dial should be set to C for standard dutch railways, when you enter the HSL, you switch to "LGV". Make sure to lower the panto's before switching to LGV mode by switching the red knob to "0". Then raise them again by switching the red knob back to S or L. There are railway signs announce changes in voltage: https://forum.beneluxspoor.net/index.php?topic=61133.0 (dutch article).

Hi Afirus. Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately they do not apply to the engine model I am driving in the scenario - the engine is TGV DCR Thalys PBKA 2017. I believe it is a repaint of SNCF TGV from the DoveTail KarlsruheStrasbourg add-on. See attached screenshot of engine from front running in-game. The SNCF TGV manual in the DoveTail LGV Rhône-Alpes & Méditerranée: Lyon – Marseille add-on seems to apply here BUT the pantograph controls are different - see attached driver's desk image for the PBKA engine. The pantograph 'tension' knob (right) has many letters, L F GV F D CH, which I assume relate to country or line 'codes'. But I do not know which one to select with confidence for any situation. Which one for Dutch non-high speed lines (1.5kv) and then high speed line (25kv)? I can guess that some of the letters are for Switzerland (CH) and Germany (D) but am I right? And what is the full meaning of each of them?

By the way, I have tried various combinations but can not get the train to exceed 100km/h on the Dutch HSL.

Many thanks.