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1. Systems Switch Setup cont d Edit Switch Switch cont d 3 Select which TIU the switch is added to 4 Select which AIU the switch is added to 5 Select the AIU port SW1 SW10 the switch is wired into Naming Tip Because you may have several switches and accessories of the same type multi ple O 72 switches several block signals etc you should choose their names carefully Otherwise you might not be able to distinguish one from the other in the heat of operations Try naming them for landmarks that are near them on the layout or for the corner of the train room they are nearest Diner switch for a switch by Mel s Diner will be far easier to recognize on the fly than O 72 no 3 Delete Switch 1 Scroll until the arrow points to the switch you want to delete and press the thumbwheel to select it 2 At the LCD prompt press the thumb wheel to confirm 69 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Accessory Setup This menu is used to manage accessories that can be controlled via the DCS handheld An AIU Accessory Interface Unit Item No 50 1004 is required for remote control of accessories The instructions are very similar to those found under the Switch Setup sec tion previously found in this chapter Add Accessory 1 Wire the accessory into the AIU as shown in the AIU user s manual and your accessory s instructions 2 Select which TIU the acce2. 4 After about a second the LCD will show you the track quality in the form of a number that gets updated once per sec ond For most operations a number of 5 or higher is strong enough to run your layout For especially data intensive oper ations such as Proto Cast and sound set downloads your may find that a higher number is required 5 When you are ready to stop checking track signal and return to normal opera tions press and hold the S5 softkey under END for 1 2 seconds until the LCD returns to the active engine screen 75 DCS Command System User s Guide 76 Menu Operations Systems Remote Messages Setting Remote Messages to OFF will turn off the messages displayed when most functions are activated Smoke Master Volume etc It will not disable the display of errors messages like Out of RF Range and Check Track The default for Remotes Messages is ON Remote Powerdown Allows you to adjust the power down sleep timer on your DCS Remote from 1 60 minutes 1 Press MENU 2 Select SYSTEM 3 Select REMOTE SETUP Note If multiple users want to share engines each engine must be read into each remote Remote Setup Edit Remote Address When multiple users are addressing the same TIUs on a Club layout for instance you may need to give each handheld a unique identification number to avoid interference with each other s communications Scroll the thumbwheel to the remote address you want to
3. Select the D at the end of the character set to signify that you are done with this function 7 Follow the LCD s prompt to Turn on Z4K When PG PG appears in the transformer s LED display press E stop on the DCS handheld For instructions on running a conven tional mode engine on a Z 4000 track please see the Universal Locomotive Control Conventional Mode section of the Universal Locomotive and Accessory Operation chapter 64 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Track Setup cont d Edit Track Track Name 1 Scroll to the track whose name you wish to edit and select it with the thumb wheel 2 The LCD prompts you to name the track and an alphanumeric character set is displayed Use the thumbwheel to scroll through the character set and when the character you want to type next is bracket ed press the thumbwheel to select it You may give the track a name up to 16 char acters long Select the D at the end of the character set to signify that you are done with this function Reorder Tracks 1 Scroll to the track you want to relocate within the list of tracks and press the thumbwheel to select 2 Scroll through the list of tracks to the new location for that track and press thumbwheel to complete the move 65 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Track Setup cont d Delete Track 1 Scroll until the
4. is first applied If adding additional TIUs you must re address the current TIU if it is still listed as TIU 1 to the next open TIU Address Number If you fail to re address the original TIU from TIU Address 1 before hooking up and powering the new TIU all associations AIUs and Locomotives of the original TIU will be lost Follow the Edit TIU Address directions below Edit TIU Address 1 Scroll and press to select the current address of the TIU you want to re address 2 The LCD will list the available TIU addresses Press the thumbwheel to select the new address number Delete TIU 1 Scroll to the address number of the TIU you want to delete from your system and press to select it 2 The LCD will issue a warning that all items associated with that TIU including tracks AIUs and accessories and switches connected to those AIUs will be lost Press the thumbwheel to confirm the deletion 72 Note If for some reason you want to replace one TIU with another after adding the new TIU readdress the TIU you want to replace to the new TIU address This will prevent you from having to re enter all accessories etc from the beginning DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Super TIU This function allows the system to control more than one TIU in a contiguous loop It creates a temporary global address for all TIUs currently being used This global address eliminates the need for the use
5. 6 Chapter 6 Engine Setup 57 Track Setup 62 Switch Setup 67 Accessory Setup 70 TIU Setup 72 LCD Contrast 74 DCS Setup 74 Track Signal 75 Remote Setup 76 Set Remote Address 76 Remote Powerdown 77 Remote Back Up 77 Quickset Speed 78 Operating Mode 79 Menu Operations Systems DCS Command System User s Guide 56 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems System Menu Engine Setup Track Setup Switch Setup Accessory Setup Set Remote Address TIU Setup LCD Contrast DCS Setup Track Signal Engine Setup This menu is used to manage the engines entered into the DCS system Add Engine Add M T H Engine Wait until the LCD says the engine was found and returns to the engine screen addressing that engine Because M T H features the SmartRead system your engine tells the TIU its name and you do not need to enter any information in order to add the engine If you want to add additional engines remove the previously added engine f
6. a name up to 16 characters long Select the D at the end of the character set to signify that you are done with this function 70 Accessory Setup cont d Edit Accessory Accessory Path If you change the TIU or AIU a particular accessory is wired to for instance if you add TIUs and AIUs as a layout expands you must tell the DCS system its new path The DCS System will activate whichever accessory is wired into the path listed whether it is the original accessory or not 1 Wire the accessory into the new AIU port 2 Follow the System Menu to Accessory Path so that the complete list of accessories for all TIUs and AIUs appears on the LCD Scroll to the one you want to re path and press the thumbwheel to select 3 Select which TIU the accessory is added to 4 Select which AIU the accessory is added to 5 Select the AIU port ACC1 ACC10 the accessory is wired into Delete Accessory 1 Scroll until the arrow points to the accessory you want to delete and press the thumb wheel to select it 2 At the LCD prompt press the thumbwheel to confirm DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems 71 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems TIU Setup This menu is used to manage TIUs that can be controlled via the DCS handheld TIUs are assigned addresses 1 5 up to five TIUs per handheld The system automatically assigns every TIU to address 1 when power to the TIU
7. arrow points to the track you want to delete and press the thumbwheel to select it 2 At the LCD prompt press the thumbwheel to confirm 66 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Switch Setup This menu is used to manage switches turnouts that can be controlled via the DCS handheld An AIU Accessory Interface Unit Item No 50 1004 is required for remote control of switches Add Switch 1 Wire the switch into the AIU as shown in the AIU user s manual and your track s instructions 2 Select which TIU if you are using more than one and the previously connected AIU to which the switch is added to See the TIU Setup section later in this chapter for how to num ber TIUs 3 Select which AIU the switch is added to To determine the AIU s number simply count out from the TIU For instance if you have three AIUs the one connected directly to the TIU is AIU1 the one connected direct ly to AIU1 is AIU2 and the one con nected directly to AIU2 is AIU3 4 Select the AIU port SW1 SW10 the switch is wired into 5 The LCD prompts you to name the switch and an alphanumeric character set is displayed Use the thumbwheel to scroll through the character set and when the character you want to type next is bracketed press the thumbwheel to select it You may give the switch a name up to 16 characters long Select the D at the end of the character set to signify that you are
8. assign to your handheld and press to select Reset Remote not in Code 2 0 Select this option to reset the remote to the factory settings DCS Command System User s Guide 77 Menu Operations Systems Remote Powerdown cont d 4 Select REMOTE POWERDOWN 5 Use the thumbwheel to display the value you wish to set as your DCS Remote s sleep timer from 1 60 minutes 6 Press the thumbwheel to select the value When pressed the remote will say NEW VALUE SAVED Remote Back up For more information on Remote Back Up please visit our website at http www protosound2 com On the DCS Software Updates table download DCS Remote Clone Software Version 1 0 DCS Command System User s Guide 78 Menu Operations Systems Quickset Speed Press the thumbwheel enter a desired speed on the keypad then press the thumbwheel again Your engine will smoothly accelerate or decelerate to that speed setting Observe speed restrictions on your railroad like a real engineer 1 Press MENU 2 Select SYSTEM 3 Select REMOTE SETUP 4 Select QUICKSET SPEEED 5 Select ON or OFF 6 When ON is selected you are able to send any speed you want to an engine quickly 7 Press the ENG button and then select a DCS equipped engine from the list 8 Press down on the thumbwheel Select and you will see the display change to indicate QUICKSET SPEED 9 Using the numeric keypad enter the speed you want t
9. back character which allows you to correct any typos you made The blank inserts a space DCS Tip The LCD provides a shortcut to the main Engine Setup screen From the active engine screen press the softkey under S U to jump directly to Engine Setup Note Engines are stored in the hand held s memory so if you want to run the same engine with multiple handhelds you must add that engine to each hand held that will be used to control it 59 Note The newly added TMCC engine will first appear in the Inactive Engine List It must be activated by selecting it before the engine will operate Note Before you can add a TMCC engine you must have the TMCC Command Base connected to the TIU as described in the Advanced Connection section of the Universal Locomotive and Accessory Operation chapter See that chapter for instructions on operating TMCC engines via the DCS remote DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Edit Engine Each Proto Sound 2 0 engine comes with a pre assigned engine name such as M10000 and is added to the engine list in order but you can choose to rename or renumber the engines if you choose For instance if you have two of the same engine type or run at a Club where other members have the same engine you can rename them to distinguish one from the other Edit Name 1 Scroll through the active engine list and when the arrow is beside the engine you want to rename
10. delete an entire Lash up do it as though you were deleting a single engine For more information on Lash ups see the Advanced Menu Set Lash up section in this book 61 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Track Setup This menu is used to manage convention al mode tracks that can be controlled via the DCS handheld The DCS system automatically assigns track addresses to the tracks wired to Variable channels 1 and 2 of TIU 1 You must enter and address Variable channel tracks from addi tional TIUs and Fixed channel tracks controlled by a Z 4000 remote receiver from any TIU manually as described below Add Track Add TIU Track use for tracks wired via Variable channels only 1 Select the TIU connected to the track you want to add by scrolling through the list TIU 1 5 there is no need to com plete this step if you are using only one TIU the system enters these tracks auto matically and pressing the thumbwheel 2 Select the track you want to add For instructions on running a convention al mode engine on a Variable track please see the Universal Locomotive Control Conventional Mode section of the Universal Locomotive and Accessory Operation chapter 62 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Track Setup cont d Add Track cont d Add TIU Track cont d 3 The LCD prompts you to name the track and an alphanumeric character se
11. done with this function 67 Note The LCD will only display the number of AIUs currently connected ie if only 2 AIUs are connected the display will read AIU1 and AIU2 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Switch Setup cont d Edit Switch Switch Name 1 The complete list of switches for all TIUs and AIUs appears on the LCD Scroll to the one you want to rename and press the thumbwheel to select 2 The LCD prompts you to name the switch and an alphanumeric character set is displayed Use the thumbwheel to scroll through the character set and when the character you want to type next is bracketed press the thumbwheel to select it You may give the switch a name up to 16 characters long Select the D at the end of the character set to signify that you are done with this function Switch Path If you change the TIU or AIU a particu lar accessory is wired to for instance if you add TIUs and AIUs as a layout expands you must tell the DCS system its new path The DCS System will acti vate whichever switch is wired into the path listed whether it is the original switch or not 1 Wire the switch into the new AIU port 2 Follow the System Menu to Switch Path so that the complete list of switches for all TIUs and AIUs appears on the LCD Scroll to the one you want to re path and press the thumbwheel to select 68 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations
12. hat engine to go 10 Press the thumbwheel down again Select and you will see your engine moving at the speed you selected DCS Command System User s Guide 79 Menu Operations Systems Operating Mode This allows you to select whether you want the DCS Remote to operate in Speed Mode or Normal Mode The difference is that Speed Mode allows for much faster response times and does not require a response from the TIU before moving on to the next command 1 Press MENU 2 Select SYSTEM 3 Select REMOTE SETUP 4 Select OPERATING MODE 5 Select SPEED or NORMAL Because Speed Mode takes advantage of known good RF and track communication it provides the operator with much faster response Speed Mode works by not requir ing the TIU to respond back to the Remote for every command sent As a result some functions may not work properly They include READ Track Signal Info If you experience what appears to be a loss of communication with the TIU or the engine you may need to switch the Operating Mode back to Normal
13. o its factory default settings LCD Contrast Use the thumbwheel to adjust the contrast between the LCD background and letter ing and press the thumbwheel to select DCS Setup This function allows you to turn off the DCS signal to a given channel should you ever choose to do so ie so that you can operate a Ps2 engine as a conventional engine Note The presence of the DCS signal on the track does not interfere with conven tional or TMCC operation so you do not need to do this when you run conven tional or TMCC engines 1 Select the TIU channel you want to set up from the list shown 2 Press the softkey under ON S1 OFF S2 AON All On S3 AOF All Off S4 or FXD Fixed Output S5 to select the desired setting 3 Press the thumbwheel to confirm the setting 74 Note The FXD settng allows users to configure a Variable Track as a Fixed Output track Whatever voltage is sent into the channel is sent out to the track Users will not have to manually dial up the output voltage DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Track Signal DCS allows you to test the power distri bution to your track so you can find and repair weak spots 1 Go to the active engine list and select the Proto Sound 2 0 engine you will use to test the track signal 2 Scroll through the softkey list and select the softkey under More 3 Scroll down to Track Signal in the complete softkey list
14. press the thumb wheel to select it 2 An alphanumeric character set is dis played Use the thumbwheel to scroll through the character set and when the character you want to type next is high lighted press the thumbwheel to select it You may give the engine a name up to 16 characters long Select the D at the end of the character set to signify that you are done with this function 3 The LCD returns to the active engine list and you will see the new engine name displayed on the LCD Note Once you begin to change an engine name via the character set aborting the process will leave the original name still intact 60 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Edit Engine cont d Edit Engine Address 1 Scroll through the active engine list and when the arrow is beside the engine you want to renumber press the thumb wheel to select it 2 Scroll to an engine address number that you have not already assigned to another engine the LCD will show only numbers that are not currently occupied Press the thumbwheel to select it and be sent back to the System menu list Note Editing an engine s address will cause the DCS system to delete all lash ups associated with the engine Delete Engine 1 Scroll until the arrow points to the engine you want to delete and press the thumbwheel to select it 2 At the LCD prompt press the thumb wheel to confirm DCS Tip If you wish to
15. r to control access to the different TIUs as locomotives enter sections of the layout controlled by those TIUs On these multiple TIU layouts each TIU must have its own unique TIU address 1 5 Each TIU must then be accessed via the remote and changed to a Super TIU Simply select the Super TIU option under TIU setup for the TIU you are currently editing Once all the TIUs on the layout have been changed to a Super TIU an engine can move from section to section of the layout seemlessly Super TIU Setup Example Using 3 TIUs 1 Reset all remotes and TIUs 2 Set TIU addresses to 1 2 and 3 3 Set remote addresses if using multiple remotes 1 2 and 3 4 Add TIU s 2 amp 3 to each remote 5 If using separate remotes set all 3 TIUs to super mode IN EACH OF THE THREE REMOTES 6 Add engines to each remote use same TIU to avoid lash up address conflicts 7 Build lash ups again on same TIU tracks thereafter run across multiple TIUs Note Certain DCS functions that are controlled by a specific TIU custom sounds Proto Cast Proto Dispatch etc will only remain active through a selected engine as long as that engine is in the section of the layout controlled by that TIU Once the engine leaves that section of the layout and hands its control off to another TIU the above effects will cease to play 73 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Reset TIU Select this option to reset the TIU t
16. rom the track place the new engine on the track and Add MTH Engine You need to complete these steps only once per engine handheld when you first add it to your system not each time you place a previously added engine on the track 57 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Engine Setup cont d Add Engine Add TMCC Engine 1 The LCD prompts you to name the engine and an alphanumeric character set is displayed Use the thumbwheel to scroll through the character set and when the character you want to type next is bracketed press the thumbwheel to select it You may give the engine a name up to 16 characters long Select the D at the end of the character set to signify that you are done with this function 2 The LCD prompts you for the engine s TMCC number Enter the number you previously assigned the engine when you entered it into the TMCC Command Base the address you use to address the engine when you run it with the Cab 1 This number is unrelated to the number DCS assigns the engine in the DCS engine list 3 Next select the TIU Address that is connected to the TMCC Command Base 58 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Engine Setup cont d Add Engine Add TMCC Engine 4 DCS automatically assigns the engine to a place in the engine list and takes you to the engine screen DCS Tip The lt on the alphanumeric character set is the
17. ssory is added to See the TIU Setup section later in this chapter for how to number TIUs 3 Select which AIU the accessory is added to To determine the AIU s number simply count out from the TIU For instance if you have three AIUs the one connected direct ly to the TIU is AIU1 the one connected directly to AIU1 is AIU2 and the one connect ed directly to AIU2 is AIU3 Note The TIU will only display the number of AIUs currently connected ie if only 2 AIUs are connected the display will read AIU1 and AIU2 4 Select the AIU port ACC1 ACC10 the accessory is wired into 5 The LCD prompts you to name the accessory and an alphanumeric character set is displayed Use the thumbwheel to scroll through the character set and when the charac ter you want to type next is bracketed press the thumbwheel to select it You may give the accessory a name up to 16 characters long Select the D at the end of the character set to signify that you are done with this function Edit Accessory Accessory Name 1 The complete list of accessories for all TIUs and AIUs appears on the LCD Scroll to the one you want to name or rename and press the thumbwheel to select 2 The LCD prompts you to name the accessory and an alphanumeric character set is displayed Use the thumbwheel to scroll through the character set and when the charac ter you want to type next is bracketed press the thumbwheel to select it You may give the accessory
18. t is displayed Use the thumbwheel to scroll through the character set and when the character you want to type next is bracket ed press the thumbwheel to select it You may give the track a name up to 16 char acters long Select the D at the end of the character set to signify that you are done with this function Add Z4K Track use for tracks wired via Fixed channels and controlled with a Z 4000 remote receiver only 1 Ensure the power to the Z 4000 trans former is OFF 2 Connect the RJ 11 jack on the receiver to the back of the Z 4000 transformer you wish to use There is no external power for the receiver it receives its power from the transformer 3 Go through DCS System menu Track Setup to reach Add Z4K Track 4 Select Z 4000 address Z4K1 Z4K3 to tell the DCS handheld which Z 4000 remote receiver to address 63 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Systems Track Setup cont d Add Track cont d Add Z4K Track 5 Look at the back of the Z 4000 to see which is track 1 and which is track 2 Scroll within the LCD to the track you want to run and press the thumbwheel to select 6 The LCD prompts you to name the track and an alphanumeric character set is displayed Use the thumbwheel to scroll through the character set and when the character you want to type next is bracket ed press the thumbwheel to select it You may give the track a name up to 16 char acters long
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