dcs user manual.qxp
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1. User s Guide Menu Operations Control Ditch Lights Set the engine s ditch lights for engines that are equipped with them to one of four settings 1 Press the softkey under the desired set ting OFF AUTO turned on flashing only when you blow the horn ON turned on all the time no flashing and FLS flashing all the time 2 Once you see your selection highlight ed on the LCD screen press firmly on the thumbwheel to confirm the selection and return to the Control menu list Max Speed You can set a maximum engine speed to keep your locomotive from derailing as it races through a tight curve or keep the kids or club members from getting carried away and derailing your engine Roll the thumbwheel down to lower the maximum speed the default is 120 smph to the setting you want then press firmly on the thumbwheel to confirm the selec tion and return to the Control menu list 52 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Control Acc Rate Set your engine to accelerate in different increments ranging from 1 to 25 The engine s default acceleration rate is set low but you can set the engine to accelerate much more quickly as you scroll the thumbwheel Set the rate low to avoid derailing a long train of freight cars or set it high to keep up with the large speed steps in other manufacturers engines Roll the thumbwheel to set the accelera tion rate you want then press firmly o2. will affect all engines in the DCS Remote
3. 5 Chapter 5 Smoke Output 51 Ditch Lights 52 Maximum Engine Speed 52 Acceleration Rate 53 Deceleration Rate 53 Directional Control 54 Labored Smoke 54 Brake Boost 55 Menu Operations Control DCS Command System User s Guide 50 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Control Control Menu Smoke Volume Ditch Lights Max Speed Acc Rate Dec Rate Dir Control Labored Smoke Smoke Volume Adjust the output of the smoke unit 1 Press the softkey S1 S3 directly below the desired smoke level MIN Minimum MED Medium or MAX Maximum Most Proto Sound 2 0 engines have the default set at Medium 2 Once you see your selection high lighted on the LCD screen press firmly on the thumbwheel to confirm the selection and return to the Control menu list It will take a couple of seconds before you see the engine s smoke output change Caution Be sure you always have smoke fluid in the engine when running with the smoke unit on at any of the three levels If you do not have smoke fluid turn the smoke unit off using the 1 key on the keypad Check your smoke fluid level frequently when running in MAX mode 51 DCS Command System
4. e smoke level The engine s default is to change the smoke level To disable labored smoke press the softkey S1 under the word OFF OR To enable labored smoke press the softkey S2 under the word AUTO Press firmly on the thumbwheel to con firm the selection and return to the Control menu list 54 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Control Brake Boost The Boost Brake button can now func tion in two different ways which you can select from a menu Select the Stay option and your engine will remain at the faster Boost or slower Brake speed when you release the Boost Brake button But select Return and your engine will return to its previous speed when the Boost Brake button is released as it does with previous software versions 1 Press MENU 2 Select CONTROL 3 Select BOOST BRAKE 4 Press either STAY or RET STAY holds the engine speed at the indicated value after releasing either the Boost or Brake button For example if you have STAY selected and you are currently going 15sMPH pressing and holding the BOOST button until you reach 25sMPH then releasing the BOOST button will make the engine run at 25sMPH If you had selected RET the engine speed would have gone back to 15sMPH the speed you started at when you pressed Boost Brake This works the same way with BRAKE 55 Note This setting is a global setting so when you make this setting it
5. n the thumbwheel to confirm the selection and return to the Control menu list The Boost button on the remote boosts your locomotive s speed at the rate set here Dec Rate Set your engine to decelerate in different increments ranging from 1 to 25 The engine s default deceleration rate is set low but you can set the engine to deceler ate much more quickly as you scroll the thumbwheel Set the rate low to avoid derailing a long train of freight cars or set it high to keep up with the large speed steps in other manufacturers engines Roll the thumbwheel to select the deceler ation rate you want then press firmly on the thumbwheel to confirm the selection and return to the Control menu list The Brake button on the remote slows your locomotive s speed at the rate set here 53 DCS Command System User s Guide Menu Operations Control Dir Control Lock an engine into a direction by chang ing the direction cycle Rather than the default Forward Reverse F R cycle you can set it for a Forward Forward F F or Reverse Reverse R R cycle Remember in command mode there is no neutral Press the softkey S1 S3 directly beneath the direction cycle you choose Press firmly on the thumbwheel to con firm the selection and return to the Control menu list Labored Smoke Decide whether your engine s labored drift chuffing and rev up down will be accompanied by a corresponding change in th
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