DCS WiFi DIGITAL COMMAND SYSTEM USER’S GUIDE
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One-Touch Locomotive Operation
Labor/Rev Up - Drift/Rev Down
Tap and hold the up or down arrow to activate labor or drift chuffing sounds in steam
locomotives. Labor/Rev Up will see an increase of smoke output corresponding
to the sounds of the engine working harder. Drift/Rev Down will see a decrease of
smoke output corresponding to the sounds of the engine working less hard.
NOTE:
Diesel engines will display Rev Up/Rev Down on this button. Tapping the up or down
arrow will increase or decrease the sound of the engine rev level.
For diesel or electric engines, the change in sound will become more pronounced with each
tap until you reach the system limit of eight REV levels. The sound level will remain as you
set it until you tap the opposite arrow to return the engine sounds step-by-step to normal. The
system automatically resets the sound REV level to a protoypical level based on the engine’s
speed.
For steam engines, as soon as you release the button, the sound will return to the normal steam
chuff setting.
There are three degrees of chuff (drift, normal, labor) in steam engines and eight degrees of
diesel revolutions above idle. Your diesel’s default rev sounds depend upon how fast it is run-
ning.
Smoke output in diesel engines increases or decreases relative to engine REV levels.
NOTE:
Your engine’s default setting is to go into labor/drift mode automatically when the
system senses that speed has changed. As soon as you use these arrows, the system is changed
from Auto to Manual setting. To put the Labor/Drift setting back into Auto, you must do
it through the menu. See the System Menu/Proto Chuff section of the “Menu Operations”
chapter(s) of this manual for instructions
CAUTION:
Operating your engine in Labor or Rev Up mode with increased smoke output
for extended periods of time uses large quantities of smoke fluid and may cause the wick to
burn if it is not replenished. Check your smoke fluid levels more frequently than normal if you
frequently operate in labor/rev up mode.
PFA
1. Press this button to activate Passenger/Freight Announcements (LCD will show PFA = On”
or PFA = Off).
2. Press the Direction button to stop the train, then press it three more times, pausing for sev-
eral second as described in your engine’s conventional mode operating instructions, to cycle
through the PFA sequences.
3. When the entire PFA script has run, the bell will begin to ring and the engine will pull out
at the speed you had set when you pressed the PFA button. If you wish to run the engine at a
slower speed than when the PFA was activated, scroll the SMPH to the desired speed. When
the engine begins to move, scroll the SMPH one additional setting to lock in the new slower
speed.
Summary of Contents for Digital Command System WIFI
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Page 5: ...DCS WiFi DIGITAL COMMAND SYSTEM USER S GUIDE 5 1 Introduction To DCS...
Page 13: ...DCS WiFi DIGITAL COMMAND SYSTEM USER S GUIDE 13 2 Quick Start Command Mode...
Page 23: ...DCS WiFi DIGITAL COMMAND SYSTEM USER S GUIDE 23 3 One Touch Locomotive Operation...
Page 28: ...DCS WiFi DIGITAL COMMAND SYSTEM USER S GUIDE 28 4 Menu Operation Sound...
Page 37: ...DCS WiFi DIGITAL COMMAND SYSTEM USER S GUIDE 37 5 Menu Operation Control...
Page 42: ...DCS WiFi DIGITAL COMMAND SYSTEM USER S GUIDE 42 6 Menu Operation Systems...
Page 54: ...DCS WiFi DIGITAL COMMAND SYSTEM USER S GUIDE 54 7 Advanced Wiring...
Page 62: ...DCS WiFi DIGITAL COMMAND SYSTEM USER S GUIDE 62 Setting up a Programming Track Advanced Wiring...
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