Proto-Dispatch
Press the “MIC” (microphone) button on your DCS remote and speak. Your
voice will be digitized and played out of the model in real-time. Talk about
station announcements!
Proto-Cast
Another MTH exclusive, you can connect any audio source with a line output to
the DCS TIU and send music, train sounds, or anything you like down the rails to
be played through the engine as it moves along the track. Your holidays may
never be the same!
Lighting
As with everything in DCS, this becomes a little more than obvious. Pressing the
“HEADLIGHT” button turns off the directional headlight and reverse light (if
equipped). Pressing the Interior light will turn off the cab interior light.
Flashing Ditch Lights
Your locomotive is equipped with flashing ditch lights that flash when the horn is
blown. The engine must be moving in order for the lights to flash when the horn
is blown. Prototypically, when one presses the forward or reverse signal the
engine would be sitting still (the signal is to warn anybody on the track that the
locomotive is getting ready to move). Consequently, the ditch lights would not
flash. However, you can trigger the forward and reverse signals to play when the
engine is moving. In that scenario the ditch lights would flash. The ditch lights
will also flash when the crossing signal is activated. The flashing ditch light
operation can be further modified under DCS Control. Refer to the DCS manual
for more details.
M.T.H. HO SD70ACe & SD70M-2 Diesel Engine
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