12.0 Releasing An Address From A Throttle
When you are finished running a locomotive address, release if from your
throttle so that it is available for other throttles to select and run.
Radio & Infrared Throttles must be plugged in to LocoNet to release an
addresses from your throttle. You can disable this safety feature by setting
your DT400’s Op#3 to one of the values that allows tetherless release (See
Section 24 for instructions).
To release an address from a throttle:
1. Use the throttle to make the locomotive’s speed zero (this step is
optional but strongly recommended).
2. While the loco’s address and speed information is displayed on the
LCD, press the LOCO Key
to go into select mode. This will
release the address from your throttle immediately.
3. The address will begin to flash in the LCD display. Press the DISP
Key
to dispatch the address on the throttle and the locomotive
will be released to the system and marked as a dispatched address.
The LCD in your DT400 will show SEL. See Dispatching below.
4. If you press the LOCO Key
again, the throttle will begin flashing
the address you just released. You can re-select that address by
pressing the LOCO Key
or you can use the throttle knobs or
key pad to browse to a new address and select it instead.
12.1 Dispatching addresses or consists
Dispatching is a special feature incorporated in the LocoNet “language” to
meet the needs of operators that wish to enforce a strict discipline in how oper-
ators gain access to locomotives during an operating session. Dispatching also
lets you run consists with basic throttles that can’t set up their own consists and
run four digit addresses on basic throttles that only have two digit capability. It
lets you have newcomers run trains on the layout without giving them access to
the entire operation.
When you dispatch a locomotive address or consist to your LocoNet system,
you make it available to be acquired by another throttle. Only one address at a
time can be marked as a dispatched address in the system. The dispatched loco
address is acquired by the first throttle to request it by pressing the ACQ key to
select it for use on that throttle.
To dispatch a locomotive address using a the DT400
L O C O
L O C O
D I S P
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