2.5 Connect Your Layout To The Super Empire Builder
1. Be sure both the TRACK STATUS indicator and POWER ON indica-
tor on your DB150 are lit.
2. Connect the DB150’s RAIL A and RAIL B terminals to your track.
Connect RAIL A to one rail and RAIL B to the other rail.
3. If you don’t hear any beeps when you connect the DB150 to your lay-
out, no short circuits have been detected. To be sure that the DCC
signal is available everywhere on the layout, use a screwdriver blade
or a coin across the rails to cause a short circuit. You will hear the 5
beeps and the DB150 will shut down. Remove the short and the
DB150 will resume normal operation. Try this at several places
around the layout to confirm that the signal is getting through. If the
short you create does not shut down the DB150, review your wiring
in that area of the layout to be sure you have enough track feeders to
supply power and signal to the track. Since the DCC signal travels
with the power on the rails, it is important to have power to the track
in all locations so that the decoders can see the signal and respond to
your commands.
Since the DCC signal travels with the power on the rails, it is
important to have power to the track in all locations so that the
decoders can “see” the DCC signals and respond to your commands.
2.6 DT400 Display Basics
1. The DT400 handheld has two throttles called the Left throttle (L) and
the Right throttle (R).
2. There are two direction indicators
on the DT400. One for the L
L Throttle
Speed
Address
Direction
R Throttle
Speed
Address
Direction
L
R
Blinking Smoke Icon indicates
that the R Throttle is active.
Functions displayed
correspond to the active throttle
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