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20021100250

9/20

American Flyer

LEGACY ES44AC

Diesel Locomotive

Owner’s Manual

American Flyer

LEGACY ES44AC

Diesel Locomotive

Owner’s Manual

DCC

Enabled

DCC

Enabled

Summary of Contents for ES44AC

Page 1: ...20021100250 9 20 American Flyer LEGACY ES44AC Diesel Locomotive Owner s Manual American Flyer LEGACY ES44AC Diesel Locomotive Owner s Manual DCC Enabled DCC Enabled ...

Page 2: ... and 200 speed steps this system allows properly equipped engines to function with unparalleled options The CAB 2 Remote Controller has an LCD screen display vibration that simulates the effort of the locomotive and other exciting operating features The new CAB IL Remote Controller is a simplified alternative to unlock many LEGACY features LEGACY RailSounds Widely regarded as the industry standard...

Page 3: ... in the LEGACY environment 18 TrainMaster Command Control operations CAB 1 Remote Controller commands 19 CAB 1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands 20 21 Setting the smoke level 21 Conventional transformer operations Using the LEGACY RailSounds sound system in the conventional environment 22 Activating CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements 22 Locking your locomotive into a single directi...

Page 4: ...rol signals The DCC control signal has priority over the TMCC signal so layouts that have both TMCC and DCC will operate properly in that the track the locomotive is on will drive the operational features Several DCC command systems were tested and listed below The Configuration Variables CVs are pro grammable in all modes Ops Page Direct and Register In many cases reading back the CVs on a progra...

Page 5: ... 5 Press the Start Up button on your LEGACY CAB 2 Remote shown in Figure 2 Then throttle up and move em out Your engine sound will start up and the locomotive specific touch screen buttons will populate the remote For more information on operating your locomotive with the LEGACY system please refer to the LEGACY section of this manual Additional information is also found in the LEGACY System Manua...

Page 6: ... sent through the outside rails to your locomotive which will not respond until it recognizes its unique ID TrainMaster Command Control gives you the power to operate multiple Command equipped locomotives on the same track at the same time 1 Turn off track power and then plug in the Command Base and connect it to the track 2 Place your locomotive on the track 3 Increase track voltage to full power...

Page 7: ... are all securely on the track Check to make sure the track is free of all metals that may cause a short circuit 3 Move em out When the locomotive s headlight illuminates and the LEGACY RailSounds sound system starts press the DIRECTION button on your transformer to sequence your loco motive through the repeating pattern of operations neutral forward neutral reverse neutral and so on You may also ...

Page 8: ...his can cause your smoke unit to become oversaturated allowing leakage onto the electronics Note that operating your locomotive s smoke unit without smoke fluid will cause damage to the heating ele ment If you prefer to operate your locomotive without smoke locate the smoke unit switch and slide it to the NO SMK position Refer to Figure 4 on page 9 for the location of the switch For best performan...

Page 9: ...it function on and off Be sure that track power is off when you throw the switch Program Run Switch PGM RUN Used to assign an ID and to reprogram the locomotive for LEGACY and Command operation when the switch is in the PGM position Also used to lock your powered locomotive in a single direction or neutral in conventional operation when the switch is placed in the PGM position Locomotive switch lo...

Page 10: ...4 on page 9 2 Place the locomotive on the track 3 Connect the Command Base and plug it in 4 Power up the track 5 Press ENG on the CAB 1 or CAB 2 remote 6 Enter the unique ID Choose any number from 1 to 98 that has not been assigned to another locomotive ENG We recommend using a part of your locomotive s road number All LEGACY locomotives respond to ENG 99 We recommend that you reserve ID 99 as a u...

Page 11: ...blinking box 5 Press ADD to add the front engine The engine will move to the right and the blinking box will be ready for your next engine to be added 6 Enter the second engine ID in the blinking box 7 Press ADD to add the second engine The engine will move to the right and the blinking box will be ready for your next engine to be added 8 Add all the engines you want in your lash up in this manner...

Page 12: ...ons Set Button Used to set Engine address and for programming Info Button Used to enter view the info options of selected components CTC Button Press and hold to turn your remote on and off Tap this button to enter the remote and base options Tap it again to return to the main screen Soft Keys These keys directly correlate to the 5 selection boxes located at the bottom of the main display These ar...

Page 13: ...hen you release the control while the brake command slows you down more quickly than the Velocity Throttle alone LEGACY Control System operations The Velocity Throttle The Multi Controller The Train Brake is used to slow down and limit the top speed of your train by adding a load The more the Train Brake is applied by pulling the Train Brake Slider down the more labor ing is heard from the engine ...

Page 14: ...peed Bar is used to select a new touch screen Icon Control set This set of touch screen keys is used to select prototypical preset speeds The speed of the engine changes with each press and release of a differ ent Preset Speed key Tap a key and your locomotive will immediately begin moving to that speed If you hold the key until the dialog is finished the engineer will indicate that he is increasi...

Page 15: ... smoke A RESET command will return the EFX trim to its default setting Notice that the current EFX level is displayed on the remote as a bar graph inside the soft key to the left of the ROLL button The height of this graph varies with the EFX keys throttle and train brake adjustments LEGACY Control System operations EFX Trim and EFX Bar Graph Use the Speed Bar to leave the Speed Panel and return t...

Page 16: ...this key Volume DOWN Lowers the overall master volume of the LEGACY RailSounds sound system To indepen dently adjust the level of the back ground sounds only e g diesel roar and brakes tap AUX1 and then this key Volume settings are retaining when track power is turned off Stops and resets the locomotive Resets the locomotive s direction to for ward Press and hold to activate a fueling sequence Fue...

Page 17: ... 0 key or the RESET but ton Cycling track power off and back on also turns off Sequence Control mode During sequence control mode operation speed step 1 is used to trigger departure effects such as air brake release and departure horn Therefore your engine will not begin mov ing until speed step 2 and the Roll Mode button will bring your engine to a stop while Sequence Control mode is enabled For ...

Page 18: ...atter In steam you ll hear maintenance crews or cab chatter depending on the state of engine Refer to Table 1 below for the dialog commands The dialog in the table provides examples of the conversations you can trigger The actual dialog will vary Table 1 LEGACY Remote Controller dialog commands Locomotive Commands Example dialog Stopped AUX1 2 Crew Fuel level 2 Crew Ask to depart Tower Deny depart...

Page 19: ...t are wired to track power Accelerates the locomotive with a clockwise rotation Decelerates the locomotive with a counter clockwise rotation Speed dependent RPM sounds Activates the locomotive s horn Release the button to discontinue the sound Horn sound Toggles the bell sound on and off Bell sound Changes the locomotive s direction The locomotive decelerates to a stop and continues in the opposit...

Page 20: ...the overall volume you ll hear a single bell hit that gets louder or softer with each volume adjustment When the volume is at maximum additional button presses have no effect and won t play the bell When adjusting the background sounds AUX1 then a volume key you ll hear the prime mover volume change without a single bell hit Engineer begins radio dialog dispatcher replies see page 18 CrewTalk comm...

Page 21: ...oggle cab lights ON OFF AUX2 BRAKE AUX2 TrainMaster Command Control operations CAB 1 Remote Controller numeric keypad commands continued Turns off the smoke units Air release sound Turns on the smoke unit if the smoke unit switch is in the ON position Be sure to add smoke fluid before turning on the smoke unit to prevent damage to your locomotive Air release sound 8 and 9 function only if the loco...

Page 22: ...ormer to begin the effect then press BELL a sec ond time to discontinue the effect CrewTalk dialog These brief conversations between the train crew and the tower are trig gered by short horn blasts If the HORN and BELL buttons on your transformer appear to be reversed i e trigger the other sound simply switch the wire connections at the transformer terminals Note Activating the CrewTalk dialog and...

Page 23: ...ward only you can deactivate the Command reverse unit s sequencing function 1 Use your transformer s DIRECTION button or interruptions in track power to get your locomotive moving slowly in the desired direction or into neutral 2 Slide the program run switch on the powered unit to the PGM position At this point the locomotive is locked into your chosen direction See Figure 4 on page 9 for the loca...

Page 24: ... under a DCC system the features are controlled by the numerical Function keys Both short and long addressing modes are supported as well as advanced consisting which is easily configured in the Lionel DCC implementation When a locomotive is powered up on the DCC system the Function keys may not be in sync with the locomotive state and may require a couple of presses to sync the opera tion This is...

Page 25: ...in DCC mode The locomotive address may be set by modifying the CVs or by using the locomotive Program Run switch Using the Program Run switch makes ID changes a snap Simply slide the switch to PROGRAM enter the loco ID short or long and press the Horn Whistle button F2 The locomo tive will blow the Horn or Whistle and then the ID is set Slide the switch back to RUN and use the selected ID for your...

Page 26: ...4 Speed Table 28 active for 14 and 28 step mode only Filter valid settings are 1 to 8 The filter settings are used to help prevent dirty track from affecting loco operation by rejecting commands that do not repeat for the selected count within a short period of time For example if the loco is on speed step 20 and the user sets speed step 30 the default filter setting of 5 requires five speed step ...

Page 27: ... 0 this bit is not supported However the locomotive will operate on DC only environments Bit 3 Bi Directional Communications Set to 0 single direction communication Bit 4 Speed table In this loco the Speed Table set by configuration variables 66 95 is always active in 14 and 28 speed steps and never active in 128 speed steps Bit 4 is not used Bit 5 0 one byte addressing 1 two byte addressing also ...

Page 28: ...fault settings will be restored when you reprogram the locomotive 1 Slide the Program Run switch to the PGM position 2 Plug in and connect your LEGACY Base 3 Place your locomotive on the track then power up the track 4 Press ENG and enter the locomotive s ID 5 Press SET 6 Slide the Program Run switch back to the RUN position At this point your locomotive has been reset Restore power to the track a...

Page 29: ...ult settings will be restored when you reprogram the locomotive 1 Slide the Program Run switch to the PGM position 2 Plug in and connect your Command Base 3 Place your locomotive on the track then power up the track 4 Press ENG and enter the locomotive s ID 5 Press SET 6 Slide the Program Run switch back to the RUN position At this point your locomotive has been reset Restore power to the track an...

Page 30: ...g access to the ElectroCoupler connector 2 Carefully remove the ElectroCoupler connector from the socket on the underside of the frame 3 To remove the ElectroCoupler remove the ElectroCoupler mounting screw from the pilot 4 As shown in figure 7 on page 31 attach the scale coupler to the mounting bracket using the two scale coupler screws and then attach the mounting bracket to the pilot using the ...

Page 31: ... Installing your scale couplers not included Maintaining and servicing your locomotive Scale coupler screws Scale coupler Mounting bracket screws Mounting bracket Pilot Figure 7 Scale coupler installation ...

Page 32: ...lubrication points illustrated in Figure 8 appear dry lubricate your locomo tive after you have removed any accumulated dirt and dust There are two basic rules to keep in mind when you are lubricating your locomotive use only a small amount of lubrication and avoid getting grease or oil on your locomotive s wheels roller pick ups or the track Lubricate the gears with Lionel grease sparingly Lubric...

Page 33: ...pected to last for the life of the locomo tive The LED s are not user serviceable If service is required we recommend that you have your locomotive serviced at a Lionel Factory Trained Authorized Service Station If the locomotive is powered up and the lights are not on check that the AUX2 com mand was not used to turn the lamps off Note ...

Page 34: ...uring the course of normal operations the traction tires may become worn out To replace the traction tires remove the side frame screws from the underside of the trucks and lift away the side frame See Figure 9 Remove the worn tire then slip the replacement around the wheel Reposition the side frame on the truck and secure it with the two screws Side frame screws Traction tires Figure 9 Traction t...

Page 35: ...eration to attempt to clear the problem The locomotive will immediately check itself again If the problem persists the cab light will blink the code again Note that smoke related errors can be reset a maximum of three times On the third try if the problem still persists the smoke unit will be shut down and must be returned to Lionel Service for repair Turning the smoke unit switch to the off posit...

Page 36: ...duct is required bring the item along with your DATED sales receipt and completed warranty information at the bottom of this page to the nearest Lionel Authorized Service Station Your nearest Lionel Service Station can be found by calling 1 800 4 LIONEL or by accessing the website at www lionel com If you prefer to send your Lionel product directly to Lionel for repair you must FIRST call 1 800 4L...

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