Power 2 for conventional control
Power 2 can be used together with hand
controllers FRED or DAISY and conrol panels IB-
Control or Profi-Control to control conventional
DC locomotives.
The locomotives are controlled using pulse width
modulation which permits extremely slow running.
As in digital control, inertia, shunting and the
operation of bell armature motors can be
independently set up for each track circuit.
Up to 63 individual track circuits can be
controlled, however they have to be controlled by
their own individual Power 2. All Power 2 are
connected with each other by LocoNet cables.
Every controller connected to this chain of
devices can independently control any of the track
circuits by simply selecting its identification
number. When the locomotive leaves for the
adjacent track circuit the actual settings can
‘come with’ the locomotive.
It is possible to use Power 2 to control turnouts,
signals and routes without disturbing the
operation of the locomotives.
The following Uhlenbrock devices can be used
alone or in combination to control analogue
locomotives:
•
DAISY handcontroller 66 200
•
FRED handcontroller 66 000
•
IB-Control 65 200
•
Profi-Control 65 500
Wiring
On a conventional layout each Power 2 uses its
own transformer and is connected to its own
section of track.
Interconnect the Power 2 by connecting the
LocoNet socket of the ‘new’ Power 2 to the vacant
DAISY socket in the existing system. Up to 63
devices (track corcuits) can be connected that
way.
Hand controller (Fred, DAISY) and control panel
(IB-Control, Profo-Control) are connected to the
vacant LocoNet socket in the last Power 2.
Note:
The total current used by the devices
connected to this socket must not exceed 300mA.
At power up of the system an automatic
numbering sequence is carried out. The Power 2
with the vacant DAISY socket becomes number
1. Starting with this booster the others are
sequencially numbered with the device having the
vacant LocoNet socket having the highest
number.
Important:
The Power 2 devices can only be
daisy chained via direct connections. Distributer
sockets must not be used, or the automatic
numbering of the devices will not function.
If a new Power 2 (with its new track section) is to
be added to a fully wired layout, without altering
the numbering the of existing devices, it must be
connected to the last of the existing devices. It
will therefore be assigned the new highest
number.
The individual track circuits can be called up by
the LocoNet controllers in the same way as a
locomotive address. In this instance address 1 is
for track circuit 1, address 2 for track circuit 2 etc.
Controllers without address selection e.g. FRED,
can be used to select from 4 track circuits when
operating in ‘extended mode’. Controllers that
operate only in ‘dispatch mode’ can be used if
they are connected via a control panel that can
interpret the dispatched locomotive address.
If the control panel has selected a track circuit
then it can be controlled like a locomotive with a
digital decoder. For controlling the speed and
travel direction from the control panel refer to its
instruction manual.
