QUICK START
- Testing Crossing Gates / Signals / WigWags
(Before installing Crossings Gates or Signals on your layout, test them on a table.)
1. Make sure power is OFF.
2. Connect the RED wires together and connect them to 12-14VAC (accessory power).
3. Connect the BLACK wires together and connect them to COMMON.
4. Connect the BLUE wires together.
5. Arrange Crossings as shown above.
6. Turn power ON.
7. Gates should go down with lights flashing while making a warning bell sound.
8. If crossings do not actuate, momentarily touch BLUE wires to BLACK wires to actuate.
9. Use RED Indicator LED in base to align the pair of crossings so IR LED points at SENSOR. When the IR LED and
SENSOR are aligned, the RED Indicator LED will go out.
10. Be careful not to block the Light Beam Path from IR LED to SENSOR, as shown above.
11. When the Light Beam Path is momentarily blocked, the crossing will operate for a short period of time and then
stop. If the Light Beam Path is continuously blocked the gates will stay down and the signal lights will continue
to flash.
12. For Crossing Gates, adjust gate arm speed using switches on bottom.
Testing with (2) DZ-1011 Block Signal Detectors
1. Turn power OFF.
2. Connect RED wires of both DZ-1011 to RED wires of Crossings.
3. Connect BLACK wires of both DZ-1011 to BLACK wires of
Crossings.
4. Connect WHITE wires of both DZ-1011 to WHITE or YELLOW
wire of one of the Crossings. It doesn’t make any difference
which one.
5. Turn power ON.
6. Position Block Signals so that the SENSOR on the Block Signal
does not receive any reflected light from its IR LED. The
GREEN LED should be lighted at this time.
7. Place your hand about 1 inch from the SENSOR on the side of the Block Signal. The GREEN LED should go
out and the RED LED should light. This should also actuate the crossing gates / signals.
8. Check to make sure that when one Block Signal changes from GREEN to RED that the other Block Signal
also changes. Having the two WHITE wires of the Block Signals connected together assures that they both
change together.
You are now ready to install your Crossing Gates / Signals on your layout.
Options
:
(Note - switches are on the bottom of each unit.)
For the Crossing Gates
, the operating speed of the gates may be adjusted from about 1 – 6 seconds by setting the
adjustment switches on the bottom. The warning bell sound may be set to ring only while the gates are in motion (MODE 1),
while in motion and while down (MODE 2), or no sound (GREEN WIRES connected together).
For Crossing Signals
, the bell sounds continuously while the lights flash (Mode 1) or for only 2sec. of bell sound (MODE 2).
For WigWag Signals,
the bell sounds continuously while signal swings (Mode 1) or for only 2 sec. of bell sound (Mode 2).
For Both Sets
, an external, 2-3”, 8-ohm speaker may be used to give an improved “clanging” sound. Connect the external
speaker to the two GREEN wires.
For Use with Isolated Rails and/or without the optical detection
, the jumper SW 2 should be in the OPEN position. This
will also permit the devices to be used independently at separate locations if so desired.
Installation:
The wiring for the crossing gates and signals are shown in Table 1 and FIGURE 1.
12-14 VAC
should be wired to the
RED
wires and
Common
to the
BLACK
wires.
