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7. After commanding the switch “closed” or “thrown” the switch position
display will stop flashing, since the command station now knows the cur-
rent switch position.
8. When you have finished your
Sw
(switch) operations you can return to
Fn
(Normal Operating Mode) by pressing the
eXIT
key or the
FUNC
key .
9. The next time you enter
Sw
mode, the DT402 will remember where you
left off and start at the last switch address and position you accessed.
Note:
that the accessory decoders in the system are accessible to all throttles or
control devices with switch control capabilities and are not reserved in-use
to a single throttle like locomotive decoders.
15.3 Fast Clock
The DT402 throttle can edit system functions like the fast clock and routes.
Both of these features can be enabled or disabled by your command station.
Digitrax command stations ship with fast clock enabled and routes disabled.
15.3.1 Fast Clock Basics
Many operators use a fast clock during operating sessions to simulate prototyp-
ical operations. Traditionally, this clock is on the wall and is set up to run at a
faster than normal rate. LocoNet has its own networked fast clock for all
Digitrax throttles connected to your system.
The fast clock display is a 4 digit 12 or 24 Hour format clock. To display the
fast clock simply press the
CLOC / c
key. The fast clock display will remain
active while you are running trains until you initiate another throttle task such
as loco address selection, programming, MU, Switch mode, etc. To stop dis-
playing the fast clock and return to the default display, press the
CLOC / c
key
again. This is the display you will see:
Any DT series throttle (including your DT402) that is plugged in to your
LocoNet system will update its fast clock time and rate to be synchronized to
the rest of the system a couple of seconds after it is connected to LocoNet.
Each DT402 can be set up with an alarm. When the current fast clock time
matches the private alarm time set in any DT402, that DT402 will beep and
flash the message “
Alarm
” to indicate that the alarm time has elapsed.
The fast clock rate for the fast clock is user selectable from 1:1 to 100:1 in
steps of 1. The most popular range of values is 4:1 to 8:1.
Address 6104 running at 25% speed on
Address 25 running at 75% speed on
