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ENTERING THE LOCO DIRECTION

OLD TYPE 2:00PM

OLD TYPE 2:00PM

OLD TYPE 2:00PM

OLD TYPE 2:00PM

OLD TYPE 2:00PM

DIR THIS LOCO: F

DIR THIS LOCO: F

DIR THIS LOCO: F

DIR THIS LOCO: F

DIR THIS LOCO: F

The locomotive direction is assumed to be forward, if it is to operate in reverse press
the DIRECTION key. This informs the command station whether the loco is in the
line-up facing reverse. This affects only the direction of the loco, not lighting. Press
the ENTER key to continue.

This operation leaves the consist as the active unit for this Cab. By pressing
RECALL the operator can change to another loco/consist but the old style consist
will stay with this Cab until it is either passed to another Cab (by assigning it) or the
consist is cleared.

OLD STYLE CONSIST FULL

OLD TYPE  2:00PM

OLD TYPE  2:00PM

OLD TYPE  2:00PM

OLD TYPE  2:00PM

OLD TYPE  2:00PM

CONSIST NOW FULL

CONSIST NOW FULL

CONSIST NOW FULL

CONSIST NOW FULL

CONSIST NOW FULL

The consist contains two loco’s which is the maximum amount that we support in this
style of consist. Press the ENTER key to continue.

CLEARING AN OLD STYLE CONSIST

KILL?  02:00PM

KILL?  02:00PM

KILL?  02:00PM

KILL?  02:00PM

KILL?  02:00PM

ENTER=NO 1=YES:

ENTER=NO 1=YES:

ENTER=NO 1=YES:

ENTER=NO 1=YES:

ENTER=NO 1=YES:

Press 1 to clear the consist from the Command Station memory. All locomotives that
were in the consist may now be selected and operated independently.

VIEWING WHICH LOCOS ARE IN AND OLD STYLE
CONSIST

Press SETUP - The locos and their direction will be displayed. Press ENTER to
return to normal operation.

Summary of Contents for Power Cab

Page 1: ...1 System Reference Manual System Reference Manual Power Cab Power Cab Rev 1 65...

Page 2: ...escribed in this manual are available to you when used in the Power Cab TM mode If you own or operate with a PowerHouse TM or Power Pro TM NCE system you can use the Power Cab TM as a Pro Cab TM using...

Page 3: ...LOC 003 00 03AM FWD 000 FWD 000 FWD 000 FWD 000 FWD 000 This is what we call the NORMAL DISPLAY The fast clock in the upper right hand corner will most likely show a different time The following cab...

Page 4: ...ROGRAM TRK xx xx represents the fast clock which may display any time at this point 4 Press ENTER to use the programming track and you will see PROG TRK xx xxPM PROG TRK xx xxPM PROG TRK xx xxPM PROG...

Page 5: ...tive cab as the Long Address Type in the number of the locomotive and press ENTER 12 Press 1 to activate the Long Address You have just changed the Long Address At this point press PROG ESC twice to e...

Page 6: ...dware updates At various times we provide free updates to our customers At other times there is a nominal charge to cover shipping and handling usually about 5 to 10 We do NOT use your name or address...

Page 7: ...7 Power Cab The Finest in Digital Command Control System Reference Manual for Power Cab V 1 65 Copyright 2015 NCE Corporation 82 East Main St Webster NY 14580 585 265 0230...

Page 8: ...E OF FACTORY DEFAULT VALUES 21 6 WIRE CAB BUS CABLE WITH RJ 12 CONNECTORS 21 4 WIRE CAB BUS CABLE WITH RJ 12 CONNECTORS 22 POWER CABTM SPECIFICATIONS 22 OPERATING PROCEDURES 23 THE NORMAL DISPLAY 23 S...

Page 9: ...COMMAND STATION 55 SETTING THE CAB PARAMETERS 57 PROGRAM ACCESSORY DECODERS ON THE MAIN 59 PROGRAM MACROS 59 BROWSE CONSISTS 61 PROGRAM SIGNAL DECODERS 61 HELPFUL HINTS 62 TROUBLE SHOOTING 63 COPYRIGH...

Page 10: ...o make sure the motor is fully isolated and that there are no pinched or broken wires We see many decoders returned due to wires getting pinched between the body shell and frame causing shorts Due to...

Page 11: ...down on the mechanism until the wheels stop turning Note the reading on the meter The decoder rating needs to exceed the highest amperage reading otherwise the decoder will cause the loco to have int...

Page 12: ...parameters takes place The programming track must be electrically separate from the main trackage The end of a convenient spur track will work fine Install insulated joiners in both rails directly acr...

Page 13: ...t follow the general track route of your layout with feeder wires to the track about every 3 6 feet For the most trouble free operation we suggest a feeder to EVERY piece of rail Don t rely on the rai...

Page 14: ...track NOTES l The Power CabTM will deliver track power only if it is plugged in to the LEFT socket With the flat 6 wire cable l Use only the provided P114 power supply or a voltage regulated 10 15 VDC...

Page 15: ...MOMENTUM INC FAST DEC FAST INC DEC HORN WHISTLE BELL HEADLIGHT OPTION RECALL EMERGENCY STOP SELECT LOCO MACRO SELECT ACCY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ENTER PROG ESC EXPN 28 128 SHIFT CONSIST SET UP SPEED LOC...

Page 16: ...G ESC to skip setting all the other cab setup options They will be discussed later on page 20 of this manual THE LCD SCREEN The LCD screen provides you with messages from the Power CabTM Command Stati...

Page 17: ...light on and off With DCC the headlight is defined as Function 0 and pressing the 0 zero key will perform the same function but we felt the headlight warranted its own button and a more convenient loc...

Page 18: ...ent to throw several switches by selecting them individually Macros are explained in detail later on page 33 SELECT ACCESSORY For controlling accessory decoders that operate accessories such as switch...

Page 19: ...ommand Station l Sixth Press Set up Cab Parameters l Seventh Press Program accessory decoders on the mainline l Eighth Press Set up Macros switch route control l Ninth press Browse Advanced Consists l...

Page 20: ...ten For example pressing 6 will issue an F16 command Pressing OPTION a second time will display F21 through F28 on the cab Pressing a digit with this display will toggle that number plus twenty Pressi...

Page 21: ...0 Use the same procedure described in step 9 to accept or program keys number 2 through 32 Remember you can press PROG ESC to exit at any time If you stick it out to key 32 press ENTER to return to no...

Page 22: ...22 Power CabTM BUTTON NUMBERING SCHEME DCC COMPATIBLE COMMAND CONTROL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 LOC 1234 FWD 000 12 00AM L1 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 9 NCE CAB...

Page 23: ...Headlight 24 108 Reserved 9 122 reserved 25 119 Reserved 10 125 reserved 26 103 Setup Old Consist 11 116 reserved 27 108 Reserved 12 109 reserved 28 120 Reserved 13 121 reserved 29 115 Reserved 14 117...

Page 24: ...l Number of simultaneous trains 12 Number of consists 16 advanced consists of unlimited number of locomotives each Plus 4 old style consists up to 2 locos each Range of locomotive addresses 0 9999 Ran...

Page 25: ...n see above there is an overlap in the address ranges between the short and long address You can have a Long Address of 6 and a Short Address of 6 They are not the same To use a short address range 1...

Page 26: ...Consist CONTROLLING HEADLIGHTS AND OTHER DECODER FUNCTIONS Pressing HEADLIGHT will alternately toggle the headlight of the locomotive on and off To toggle other functions simply press the number key t...

Page 27: ...dropped from a consist You can also add locomotives to a consist after the initial set up of that consist Advanced style consists can easily be taken from layout to layout and they will continue to o...

Page 28: ...ight on the locomotive The consist address may not relate to any visible or easily remembered number SETUP 2 00PM SETUP 2 00PM SETUP 2 00PM SETUP 2 00PM SETUP 2 00PM LEAD LOCO _ LEAD LOCO _ LEAD LOCO...

Page 29: ...LOCO F DIR THIS LOCO F As with the lead locomotive this informs the decoder if the loco is in the line up facing forward or reverse If the locomotive is to operate in the normal direction press ENTER...

Page 30: ...sist address CHANGING THE LEAD REAR LOCO Under some circumstances it is desirable to change which locomotive is to act as the lead loco of a consist One of these circumstances is when you want to drop...

Page 31: ...Style consist Press the ENTER key to continue ENTERING THE LEAD LOCO NUMBER OLD TYPE 2 00PM OLD TYPE 2 00PM OLD TYPE 2 00PM OLD TYPE 2 00PM OLD TYPE 2 00PM LEAD LEAD LEAD LEAD LEAD LOCO _ LOCO _ LOCO...

Page 32: ...either passed to another Cab by assigning it or the consist is cleared OLD STYLE CONSIST FULL OLD TYPE 2 00PM OLD TYPE 2 00PM OLD TYPE 2 00PM OLD TYPE 2 00PM OLD TYPE 2 00PM CONSIST NOW FULL CONSIST...

Page 33: ...operated Followed by pressing the ENTER key Valid accessory addresses range from 1 to 2044 TURN ACCESSORY ON OR OFF ACC 003 02 00PM ACC 003 02 00PM ACC 003 02 00PM ACC 003 02 00PM ACC 003 02 00PM 1 N...

Page 34: ...ill be as shown below with the factory default settings multiplier 8 and deceleration half Rate 1 7 seconds to full speed 3 seconds to stop Rate 2 14 seconds to full speed 7 seconds to stop Rate 3 21...

Page 35: ...LOC 1023 2 00PM LOC 1023 2 00PM LOC 1023 2 00PM LOC 1023 2 00PM LOC 1023 2 00PM MACRO NUMBER _ MACRO NUMBER _ MACRO NUMBER _ MACRO NUMBER _ MACRO NUMBER _ l Press MACRO key l Enter the number of the...

Page 36: ...DE 02 00PM SEL MODE 02 00PM SEL MODE 02 00PM SEL MODE 02 00PM SEL MODE 02 00PM SET CMD STATION SET CMD STATION SET CMD STATION SET CMD STATION SET CMD STATION SEL MODE 02 00PM SEL MODE 02 00PM SEL MOD...

Page 37: ...RING THE RATIO 45 STARTING THE CLOCK 45 PROGRAMMING TRACK 46 PROGRAMMING OPTIONS 46 STANDARD PROGRAMMING OPTION 1 47 DECODER MANUFACTURER 47 DECODER VERSION 47 DISPLAY OF ACTIVE ADDRESS 48 ENTERING TH...

Page 38: ...56 CONSIST MOMENTUM 56 MOMENTUM MULTIPLIER 56 MOMENTUM DECELERATION RATE 57 FUNCTION REFRESH RATE 57 SYSTEM RESET 57 SET CAB PARAMETERS 57 SHOW TRACK CURRENT 57 NUMBER OF RECALLS 58 ANALOG HORN CHANN...

Page 39: ...e address press 1 if you want to program CVs press 2 Descriptions of each programming option are described below 1 SET UP LOCOMOTIVE ADDRESS 2 CHANGE ANY CV IN THE DECODER 3 SET UP THE DECODER CONFIGU...

Page 40: ...R CV NUM _ ENTER CV NUM _ ENTER CV NUM _ ENTER THE VALUE The value to be programmed into the CV should now be entered at the prompt below Pressing PROG ESC before or during number entry will completel...

Page 41: ..._ ENTER STD 1 ALT_ ENABLE LONG OR SHORT ADDRESS The short address is used when operating on DCC systems that do not use long addresses ADDRESS 02 00PM ADDRESS 02 00PM ADDRESS 02 00PM ADDRESS 02 00PM A...

Page 42: ...d by the throttle You can add momentum by adjusting this parameter See also MOMENTUM BUTTON Page 14 OPS PROG 11 22AM OPS PROG 11 22AM OPS PROG 11 22AM OPS PROG 11 22AM OPS PROG 11 22AM ACCELERATION _...

Page 43: ...ive speed to 1 on your throttle Set the Kick Rate to 4 Set the Kick Depth to 20 then adjust this value up or down until the locomotive just barely crawls It may be easier to set the T C with the body...

Page 44: ...high numbers press the digit key that is 10 less than the output number Example press 0 for output 10 1 for output 11 etc Pressing PROG ESC will exit from mapping at any time SETUP NCE LIGHTING EFFECT...

Page 45: ...ue CV49 and CV50 are then automatically set with the index numbers before CV53 is set with the desired data All other CV s are programmed in the normal manner BINARY CV PROGRAMMING Option 9 Use this o...

Page 46: ...M LOC 1234 02 00PM LOC 1234 02 00PM LOC 1234 02 00PM LOC 1234 02 00PM TO WHICH CAB _ TO WHICH CAB _ TO WHICH CAB _ TO WHICH CAB _ TO WHICH CAB _ This operation is also useful to transfer an old style...

Page 47: ...un at with 1 being the normal speed The ratio can be any number from 1 1 1 to 15 15 1 Press ENTER SET TIME 02 00PM SET TIME 02 00PM SET TIME 02 00PM SET TIME 02 00PM SET TIME 02 00PM ENTER RATIO _ ENT...

Page 48: ...perly PROGRAMMING OPTIONS Just as with Programming on the Main there are several menu options you can select The Power CabTM system provides 7 different Program Track options Descriptions of each prog...

Page 49: ...his error message MAIN OFF 02 00PM MAIN OFF 02 00PM MAIN OFF 02 00PM MAIN OFF 02 00PM MAIN OFF 02 00PM CAN NOT READ CV CAN NOT READ CV CAN NOT READ CV CAN NOT READ CV CAN NOT READ CV This means the de...

Page 50: ...ESS SETUP ADDRESS SETUP ADDRESS SETUP ADDRESS LONG ADDR 1044 LONG ADDR 1044 LONG ADDR 1044 LONG ADDR 1044 LONG ADDR 1044 If you enter a new long address you will be asked if you want to activate it Pr...

Page 51: ...rn DC operation mode off press 1 to turn DC mode on We recommend leaving DC mode off for most layouts DC MODE 02 00PM DC MODE 02 00PM DC MODE 02 00PM DC MODE 02 00PM DC MODE 02 00PM ENTER NO 1 YES _ E...

Page 52: ...es until you get the desired starting speed This approach can be used with most of the motor speed adjustments You may exit programming at any time by pressing PROG ESC MAXIMUM VOLTAGE CV5 This is the...

Page 53: ...gs for this CV vary so consult your decoder manual for the proper value If your decoder is capable of silent operation usually a 0 is required NCE TORQUE COMPENSATION Dither KICK RATE CV116 If your de...

Page 54: ...only those outputs that can be mapped to each function command The F0 function has two CVs one for forward direction and one for reverse Function outputs mapped to these CVs will be directional unles...

Page 55: ...during number entry will completely exit from programming and return you to the normal display PROG CV 02 00PM PROG CV 02 00PM PROG CV 02 00PM PROG CV 02 00PM PROG CV 02 00PM ENTER VALUE _ ENTER VALU...

Page 56: ...Next press 1 2 or 3 to select the directionality of the output If you want the output active only in the forward direction of travel press 1 Press 2 for the effect to operate only when travelling in r...

Page 57: ...settings There is probably no reason to ever change these settings If you get things REALLY messed up you can reset the system to original factory settings see paragraph above NUMBER OF STOP PACKETS d...

Page 58: ...t is 1 Y Function commands are normally sent to the lead loco of an advanced consist They can also be sent to the consist address so that other locomotives in consist can react to these commands if de...

Page 59: ...RESH FUNCTION REFRESH FUNCTION REFRESH ENABLE 1 Y 0 N ENABLE 1 Y 0 N ENABLE 1 Y 0 N ENABLE 1 Y 0 N ENABLE 1 Y 0 N RESET SYSTEM Reset System will reset all of the system configuration settings to their...

Page 60: ...0 no analog commands will be sent ANALOG AUX CHANNEL default is 0 ANALOG 02 00PM ANALOG 02 00PM ANALOG 02 00PM ANALOG 02 00PM ANALOG 02 00PM AUX CHANNEL _ AUX CHANNEL _ AUX CHANNEL _ AUX CHANNEL _ AUX...

Page 61: ...d press ENTER PROG ACC 02 00PM PROG ACC 02 00PM PROG ACC 02 00PM PROG ACC 02 00PM PROG ACC 02 00PM ENTER VALUE _ ENTER VALUE _ ENTER VALUE _ ENTER VALUE _ ENTER VALUE _ For Compatibility both legacy a...

Page 62: ...repeat up to 8 times to allow you to enter up to 8 accessories After 8 accessories have been entered the SELECT MACRO PROGRAM OR REVIEW screen will be displayed If you want to enter less than 8 access...

Page 63: ...he next consist Pressing SEL LOCO will exit browsing and select the displayed consist for running Pressing CLEAR then pressing 1 at the KILL CON prompt will kill the displayed consist Press PROG ESC a...

Page 64: ...a zero Short addresses are entered without a leading zero Long addresses in the range of 1 127 are displayed on your cab with an asterisk before the loco number ie 042 indicates the long address for l...

Page 65: ...n older 14 step decoder in the 28 step mode and the head light is ON only in the even speed steps l The programmability of the decoders gives the modeler a lot of flexibility However this can lead to...

Page 66: ...em returned for repair Should the item no longer be produced and the item not repairable a similar item will be substituted at the manufacturer s discretion The customer pays shipping to and from the...

Page 67: ...r than the receiver s l Consult a dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for assistance About NCE NCE has been manufacturing DCC Products on an OEM basis since 1993 Originally we offered only ch...

Page 68: ...o 4 USE PROGRAM TRK 5 SET CMD STATION Version of Stop Packets of Temp Packets of Acc Packets of Horn off PKT of Prog Packets 7 PROG ACCY ON MAIN Accy Address Enter CV Enter Value 2 CV Enter CV Enter V...

Page 69: ...BROWSE CONSISTS 7 PROG ACCY ON MAIN Accy Address Enter CV Enter Value 0 PROG SIG ON MAIN Enter Signal Enter CV Enter Value 8 PROGRAM MACROS Program Enter Macro Enter Accy Enter N or R Review Enter Mac...

Page 70: ...ess Long or Short Enter Address Run Loco 2 CV Enter CV Enter Value 3 CFG CV29 Direction Bit Speed Steps DC Mode Adv Acknowledge SpeedTable Address 4 Motor Control Start Volts Max Volts Mid Volts Accel...

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