Atlas User Manual: Diesels
with QSI Sound
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13 January 2015
Decoders (Quantum, Quantum Titan, or
Quantum Titan with ET)
1 Introduction
Congratulations on purchasing an Atlas HO-scale or 2-rail O-scale Gold Series sound-equipped locomotive that is
equipped with a QSI Sound-Decoder (Quantum™, Quantum Titan™, or Quantum Titan™ with ET). These sound
decoders are among the most feature-packed and technologically-advanced such products available today.
The documentation for Atlas Gold Series HO-scale and 2-rail O-scale diesel locomotives that are equipped with
QSI sound decoders is divided into three parts, with an increasing level of detail included in each successive
layer of the documentation:
•
Basic-Level Information
: The Atlas manual packed with your locomotive:
Quick Start Guide: DC and DCC Operation of Atlas Gold Series Diesel Locomotives Equipped with
QSI Sound-Decoders (Quantum™, Quantum Titan™, or Quantum Titan™ with ET
explains how to run an Atlas Gold Series locomotive on your layout and operate some basic functions such as
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Blowing the horn
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Ringing the bell
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Turning on and off the headlights (DCC or DC with a Quantum Engineer)
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Turning on and off the sound (DCC or DC with a Quantum Engineer)
Since it is essential that each DCC-equipped locomotive have a unique address, programming a new DCC
address is also covered in the DCC section of the
Quick Start Guide
.
In most cases, you will be up and running your new locomotive in fewer than five minutes after reading the
Quick Start Guide
.
If you cannot locate the
Quick Start Guide
document, an alternative is the section of this document titled
Quick Start Guide: DC and DCC Operation of Atlas Gold Series Diesel Locomotives Equipped
with QSI Sound-Decoders (Quantum, Quantum Titan, or Quantum Titan with ET)
.
The Quick Start section in this User Manual is located at the very beginning (right after the cover page).
•
Intermediate-Level Information
: Once you have mastered the material in the
Quick Start Guide
, you may
wish to learn more about the many features available in your Atlas Gold Series locomotive. The document
you are reading:
User Manual:
DC and DCC Operation of Atlas Gold Series Diesel Locomotives Equipped with QSI
Sound-Decoders (Quantum™, Quantum Titan™, or Quantum Titan™ with ET)
explains, in considerably more detail than the
Quick Start Guide
:
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How to operate and program all the features that are available in your Atlas Gold Series diesel
locomotive when it is operating on a DC-powered layout,
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When your locomotives is operating on a DCC–powered layout, how to use the most of the (non-
programming-related) DCC functionality available in your Atlas Gold Series diesel and also how to
program a number of commonly-used CVs (Configuration Variables), in addition to the basic address
CV programming covered in the
Quick Start Guide
.
Since this
User Manual
is written at a somewhat higher level than the
Quick Start Guide
, we recommend that
you practice doing each of the operations described in the
Quick Start Guide
before reading the
User Manual
.
•
Advanced-Level Information
: Advanced-level information explains in detail how to use all the operational
and programming functionality built into your Gold Series locomotive. Advanced-level information is
contained in two separate on-line documents, one for DC operation and the other for DCC:
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DC:
Quantum Analog Reference Manual Ver 4.0
(or later)
[1]
,
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DCC:
NMRA DCC Reference Manual for QSI Quantum 3, 2, and 1 Equipped Locomotives
, Version
5.1.0, February 4, 2013 (or later)
[3]
. The
DCC Reference Manual
contains definitions of all the CVs
used in Quantum and Quantum Titan sound-decoders and includes examples of how to program
various combinations of CVs to obtain particular locomotive behaviors.
Although intended primarily for advanced users, some of the information in the above two documents will also
be useful for beginners or intermediate users who want to modify the behavior of their locomotive in ways
beyond the scope of this
User Manual
.