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11.4 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.
Simplex Radio and Infrared Throttles must be plugged in to LocoNet to release
an addresses from your throttle. You can disable this safety feature by setting
your DT402’s Options to allow tetherless release (See Section 15.0 for instruc-
tions). Duplex Radio throttles can release addresses without plugging in.
1. Use the throttle to make the locomotive’s speed zero (this step is optional
but strongly recommended as the loco will continue to move if speed is not
reduced to zero).
2. While the loco’s address and speed information is displayed, press the
LOCO
key to go into
Lo
select mode. This will release the address from
your throttle immediately.
3. The address will begin to blink in the display. Press the
DISP
key to dis-
patch the address on the throttle and the locomotive will be released to the
system and marked as a dispatched address. The display on your DT402
will show
SEL
for the throttle. 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.
11.5 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 operators
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
address can be a single locomotive address, either two digit or four digit, or a
consist that was set up by the DT402. The TOP locomotive in a consist or MU
can be dispatched to transfer control of the entire consist to another throttle.
To dispatch a locomotive address using a the DT402
1. Press the
LOCO
key to enter address selection, browse to the address you
want to dispatch.
2. Press the
DISP
key to dispatch it to your LocoNet system.!
NOTE:
DT402R and DT402 throttles must be plugged in to LocoNet to dis-
patch loco addresses. DT402D does not have to be plugged in to dispatch.
