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RailKing Galloping Goose™ Operating Manual
RESET PROBLEMS
REMEDY
When I first turn the power on, the engine will not
begin to run. I have to turn the throttle off and then on
again to get the engine to operate.
This is normal behavior. When power to the track is
first turned on, ProtoSounds enters a “RESET” phase
at which time the engine undergoes a system check.
Power must be interrupted to get the engine into the
Forward Phase. See the section entitled “DCRU
Reverse Unit Operation” for more information.
Whenever I interrupt the power from RESET to enter
Forward, the engine goes back into RESET instead of
Forward. I know this occurs because the bell dings
twice.
Whenever ProtoSounds enters RESET after power
has been off for more than 15 seconds, the
microprocessor initiates a system check to determine
that everything is in working order. This system check
requires 2.2 seconds to complete. We recommend
that you don’t interrupt the power in RESET until the
2.2 seconds have elapsed. This will guarantee that
the system check will have been completed since the
startup sounds take longer than 2.2 seconds to play. If
the problem persists, we recommend that you operate
the throttle with a slower movement as you interrupt
the power in RESET and enter the Forwaard Phase
BRAKE SOUND PROBLEMS
REMEDY
When the transformer is throttled down, the sounds
won’t play.
The brake features has not been activated. See the
section on activating the brake feature for more
information.The throttle voltage setting on the
transformer is either not starting high enough or
ending low enough to trigger the brakes sounds. Try
increasing the throttle setting to 14 volts or higher
before throttling down to 8 volts or less.
The brake sounds continue to play even after the
engine stops.
The brake feature sound record lasts for three
seconds. With practice you can control how quickly
you should stop the engine to keep it in sequence with
the sound of the brake’s squeaking.
The brake feature was activated in neutral after the
engine was running in forward, but the brake sounds
would not play when triggered after the engine went
back into forward or reverse.
The brake feature will only remain enabled if it is
triggered in the first direction state you enter after
activating the feature in neutral. You cannot interrupt
the power twice to enter another direction state and
still have the brake feature active. Therefore, in order
to make the brake sound feature operate in forward,
you must first activate the feature in the neutral
position that occurs after the engine was in the reverse
state.
