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Adjusting Settings Without a PC
All of the following adjustments can be more easily made using the Phoenix
Computer Interface. You can still do a great deal of configuration without the
Computer Interface. The functions that can be configured without the interface
are summarized in the table below:
Input
(terminal)
Open
(Not Connected)
Grounded
(Connected to terminal 13)
10 Bell/Horn(Whistle) Programmed
Manual
11 Input Sense
Active Low
Active High
12 Chuff (Steam)
Slave Mode (Diesel)
Normal
Off (normal)
Double (Mallet)
On
13 Train Speed by
Voltage
Trigger
T
O
GROUND
TERMINALS
CONNECT
A
WIRE
BETWEEN
THE
TERMINAL
YOU
WANT
TO
GROUND
AND
TERMINAL
14.
Configuration Overview
To configure the PB17without using the computer interface insert a
“shorting plug” into the access jack before powering up the system. This will
connect the computer data line (yellow) to ground (black). Any 2.5mm MONO
plug will function as a “shorting plug”. Pick the configuration options you want
by connecting the appropriate terminals (10-13) to terminal 14 (ground). When
power is applied the PB17will sense the short in the access jack and will adjust
configuration to match the state of terminals 10-13.
Configuration Notes
For Locolinc®
— You need to invert the sense of the triggers. (Whistle will be
“on” except when you hold the button if you don’t do this). Follow the
Manual Signaling
example but in step 2 connect terminal 10 & 11 to
ground.
For Double Heading
— When you don’t want any signaling from the second
diesel locomotive enable slave mode; for steam locomotives set the
whistle and bell to manual and do not connect the whistle and bell
triggers.
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