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F40PH Diesel Operating Manual
PROGRAMMING FOR HORN IN NEUTRAL OPERATION
If you are operating your engine with a separate bell button and want to blow your horn
when your engine is in neutral, you will need to program ProtoSounds to do so as the
factory setting only allows the horn to blow in forward or reverse. To do this, enter RESET
and go to Feature 25. (See the section Using RESET To Program ProtoSounds™ on
page 15.)
Once in Feature 25, press the transformer whistle button and wait for
ProtoSounds to sound a bell ding(s).
Continue pressing the whistle button until
ProtoSounds sounds two bell dings (signifying that ProtoSounds has been programmed to
sound the horn in neutral). Turn the throttle off and then on again to “Lock-In" your
selection. Now, whenever you are in neutral, you can blow the horn with the transformer
whistle button. To reset ProtoSounds to its original factory setting of no horn in neutral,
repeat the above procedure but keep pressing the whistle button in Feature 25 until
ProtoSounds only dings once instead of twice.
Note:
When “Horn In Neutral" is set, the bell will only operate with a separate bell button
and the horn will not sound in neutral if the transformer throttle setting is over 11 volts. At 11
volts or higher, ProtoSounds may arm the coil coupler for operation whenever the whistle
button is pressed and the engine is in neutral.
TURNING OFF CAB CHATTER SOUNDS
“Cab Chatter" sounds occur in the neutral position every 2 to 30 seconds. There are four
“Chatter" messages which play at random times. This helps to eliminate repetitive and
boring messages. While the sounds are selected to play randomly by the unit’s computer,
there is no guarantee that you won’t hear the same message repeated twice or more times.
If you don’t want to hear the Cab Chatter sounds, they can be turned off through Feature 23.
To turn off the Cab Chatter sounds, enter RESET and go to Feature 23. (See the section
Using RESET To Program ProtoSounds™ on Page 15.) Once in Feature 23, press the
transformer whistle button and wait for ProtoSounds to sound a bell ding(s). Continue
pressing the whistle button until ProtoSounds sounds two bell dings (signifying that the
module has been programmed to turn the Cab Chatter off). Simply turn the transformer
throttle off and then on again to lock in your selection. To turn the Cab Chatter sounds back
on again, repeat the above process, but keep pressing the transformer whistle button in
Feature 23 until ProtoSounds only sounds one bell ding.
PROGRAMMING FOR PROTOCOUPLER OPERATION
ProtoSounds comes with a RESET feature that allows the operator to remotely turn off the
ProtoCoupler functions.
This is especially useful when double or triple-heading
ProtoSound equipped engines since every engine equipped with a ProtoCoupler will fire
when prompted to by the operator. By turning off the ProtoCoupler operation on certain
engines, you can fire the couplers open on the other engines without uncoupling the
engines from each other. To turn the ProtoCoupler function off, enter RESET and go to
Feature 10. (See the section on Using RESET To Program ProtoSounds™ on page 15.)
Once in Feature 10, press the transformer whistle button and wait for ProtoSound to sound
a bell ding(s). Continue pressing the whistle button until ProtoSounds sounds two bell
