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DCC Operation of your Atlas HO-scale Gold Series S-2 Locomotive
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Start-Up Behavior
As shipped from the factory, this locomotive behaves as follows at start-up:
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Locomotive sounds will start up immediately after DCC power is applied to the track; you will
first hear the sounds of a diesel locomotive starting up from a powered-down state, followed
by normal idling sounds and (after the DCC throttle is advanced) running sounds.
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Even if you advance the DCC throttle, the locomotive will NOT move until
AFTER
the entire
Start-Up sound sequence
has played.
If the above behavior at startup is acceptable, there is nothing more that you need to do. If, however,
you would like your locomotive to behave differently, see Example 3 in Appendix 4 of Reference [1] to
change the behavior described in the first Dash item and Example 1 in Appendix 4 of this same
reference to change the behavior described in the second Dash item
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DCC Functions Available in Atlas HO-Scale Gold Series Alco S-2 Locomotives
The ESU LokSound Select sound-decoder provides a number of different DCC functions that can be
triggered by pressing the appropriate key (e.g., press the “5” key to trigger DCC Function #5) on your
DCC controller. The following table lists the DCC functions available in
the ESU LokSound Select
sound-decoder installed in Atlas Gold Series HO-scale S-2 locomotives.
DCC Function Key Operation for Atlas HO-scale Gold Series S-2 Locomotives
Function
Key
Locomotive Behavior when
Press Function Key
Function
Behavior
(Latching or
Non-latching)
Works
Only with
Engine
Sounds On
Works
Only
When
Moving
F0
Front and Rear Headlights are directional. Both head-
lights
Dim
when
On
and stationary. Headlight in
direction of movement
Bright
. (1
st
push on/2
nd
push off)
Latching
No
No
F1
Bell (1
st
push on/2
nd
push off)
Latching
No
No
F2
Horn blows until push F2 key again
Latching
No
No
Horn
Horn blows only while Horn key held down
Non-Latching
F3
Two Coupler Clank sounds alternate
Non-Latching
No
No
F4
Diesel Fans (1
st
push on/2
nd
push off)
Latching
Yes
Yes
F5
Dynamic Brake Fan (1
st
push on/2
nd
push off)
Only active when prime mover sound on
Latching
Yes
Yes
F6
Optional Ditch Lights (1
st
push on/2
nd
push off)
Latching
-
-
F7
Switching Mode (1
st
push on/2
nd
push off)
Latching
No
No
F8
Audio Mute and Start Up/Shut Down
Latching
No
No
F9
Manual Notching Up sounds (1
st
push on/2
nd
push
off)
Latching
Yes
No
F10
Manual Notching Down sounds (1
st
push on/2
nd
push off)
Latching
Yes
No
F11
AUX3 Function Output (1
st
push on/2
nd
push off).
Preset to MARS light
Latching
-
-
F12
Dim Headlight (1
st
push dim/2
nd
push bright)
Latching
No
Yes
F13
AUX4 Func Output
(1
st
push on/2
nd
push off)
Latching
-
-
F14
Talking Defect Detector sounds
Latching
(For S-2,
press F14 twice)
No
No