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1.
The
Loco Info Area
is where the current locomotive information for the
throttle knob is shown. At left is a direction arrow icon with the current
direction indication. Showing forward as “F” inside an arrow, or reverse,
shown with an “R” inside the arrow. If a locomotive address is currently
selected this arrow icon will be
green
. If no loco is selected the icon will
be
gray
. The currently active address is shown in the large numbers in the
center. If a loco is selected the numbers will be solid
black
, if no loco is
selected the numbers will be
gray
. The
LCD
will show additional informa-
tion during locomotive selection, see section
4.0
for more information on
selecting locomotives.
2. The
Status Bar
is active for Home screen and will show the status of your
throttle. There are multiple indicators that appear in the
Status Bar
. An
“Ln” indicator shows when LocoNet is connected OK. The “Trk” indicator
is green when system track power is turned on. In IR or Duplex mode
connection information is shown if the throttle is unplugged and the IR or
Duplex modes are enabled with LocoNet support found. The battery sym-
bol shows approximate battery power when the throttle is unplugged
3. The
Function Info Bar
is where the state of a group of ten functions are
displayed
.
Active/ON function numbers are blue and inactive/OFF func-
tions are grayed out. For more info on controlling and managing functions
see section
5.0
.
4. The
Lower soft key line
shows alternate available numeric soft key
actions when not in home screen state
5. The
Upper soft key line
shows alternate available numeric soft key
actions when not in home screen state
6. Scrolling Help
text line. Shows status and prompts user actions.
2.1.2 Screen IDLE Power saver
To save power and be ecologically responsive, the UT6 will enter a dark dis-
play screen-IDLE after a user configurable no-activity timeout When in a
power saving IDLE mode the heartbeat LED will flash green about every 3
seconds. To exit IDLE mode press the
or key to restore the color LCD
home display.
A short press of the key is a consistent way to return to the
HOME screen from any menu.
Note: holding the the key for more than
about 1 second will perform Emergency Stop. See section 8.0.
