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StEin

Stationary Equipment Module Page 1

StEin

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

short for

StEin

ationary-

quipment) - Module

and

StEin expansion boards

Note: A separate instruction manual

will cover the external

ICA

boards

(via I

C bus).

EDITION

Preliminary Edition 2017 12 18

2018 01 02
2018 02 06
2018 05 13
1018 06 11
2018 06 19
2018 06 27
2018 07 20
2018 08 21
2018 10 20
2018 11 10
2018 11 30
2018 12 05
2018 12 15
2019 02 14

Summary of Contents for StEin

Page 1: ...dule and StEin expansion boards Note A separate instruction manual will cover the external ICA boards via I2 C bus EDITION Preliminary Edition 2017 12 18 2018 01 02 2018 02 06 2018 05 13 1018 06 11 2018 06 19 2018 06 27 2018 07 20 2018 08 21 2018 10 20 2018 11 10 2018 11 30 2018 12 05 2018 12 15 2019 02 14 ...

Page 2: ...rcurrent and Short circuits 15 6 Track sections point detectors point following commands 18 7 Terminal loops 19 8 The 8 outputs for8 turnouts 16 Single consumers 20 9 The speaker outputs of the StEin 21 10 The Signal Boards at the I2 C Bus 21 11 The Track Section Expansion Boards 21 12 The Turnout Expansion Boards 21 13 The Servos Expansion Boards 21 14 Prepared configurations and their activation...

Page 3: ...ns The air flow must not be restricted e g by covering when in operation The wiring should not be squashed or put under tension A tight fit of all connectors is a prerequisite for faultless power or data transmission The devices should not remain under power unattended i e the power supply or power supplies should be disconnected from the power grid ideally via a switchable power bar or by pulling...

Page 4: ...out connection usually S1 of the MX10 command station but can also be taken from an external inde pendent power supply Accessories connected to the StEin module turnouts signals etc are also supplied with DC voltage which is connected to the terminal Accessory power and GROUND This is usually supplied by the output DC out S2 from the command station and there fore separated from track power but th...

Page 5: ... output marked N or the MX10 output N Track outputs 1 8 for common N rail and individual P rail sections All N pins are internally parallel To track 2 Programming track ATTENTION The DCC output Schiene 2 is supplied by the same pow er source as the output DC out S2 which in this application example is also used for the StEin to control turnouts and signals Therefore the voltage and short circuit h...

Page 6: ...isplay for module number und local operation buttons I 2 C Bus to the signal board 8 turnout outputs coils motor EPL or 16 single consumers e g uncoupler included in the 20 pin plug auxiliary voltages 5V and accessories 16 inputs and LED indicators for point detectors photoelectric sensors turn out feedback and more Note brown letters mean taht the connections are only available on STEIN88V but no...

Page 7: ...P and UESSAZT in the object lines of the track sections leads to a delayed switch off in parameters UES LAZT and UESSAZT turn off time in case of short circuits typical threshold 4 to 8 A according to KUSAMP it turns off immediately in both cases there is a number of automatic restarts in parame ters UESLEAZ UESSEZ KUSEZT after which the system is finally turned off The goal of these settings and ...

Page 8: ...ject s connection point at the StEin in the case of a turnout the turnout output number which by the way does not necessarily have to be at the same StEin module on which the object line resides Excerpt from a parameter sheet shown are some object lines for track sections in this screenshot most of the parameters correspond to the template GAZIMEN18 therefore many fields use the same content as ab...

Page 9: ...into each StEin module each module only picks the proper lines according to the parameter MODULNR An example is shown here of a parameter sheet that contains object lines for multiple StEin modules For easier identification we added the additional column MODULNR to the usual col umns see above which holds the module number for which this line is determined Among the parameters of all object lines ...

Page 10: ...USB socket or via CAN bus Code letter when loading c Code letter when loading F Code letter when loading s cfg file Parameter sheet cfe file Err Param sheet cfm file Mod Param sheet cff file Pre finished conf snd file Sound samples Selection of prepared blocks of configurations us ing the buttons and display on the StEin together with software update Loading the Configurations into the StEin The l...

Page 11: ...the next file displayed as above e g Button 3 Loading the file in this case a cfg file which is a configuration or Button 1 Skip this file or BUTTON 4 Loading a file as above but INTO ALL MODULES ONLY after finished loading IN ALL MODULES e g i e number of modules in which the loading procedure was successful BUTTON 4 Next Accepted the completion of the loading procedure Ready to load the next fil...

Page 12: ...onfirm with Button 2 ALL track section outputs are set to F Drive _ all track section HLU LEDs turn green after 3 sec Display changes to P2 Confirm with Button 2 ALL track section outputs set to H Halt all track section HLU LED s turn red after 1 sec Display changes to P3 Confirm with Button 2 occupancy threshold for ALL track section outputs are set to dry threshold as per configuration after 3 s...

Page 13: ... newly selected turnout can be tested with Button 5 Timeout if not confirmed Turnout selected but no other button pressed 10 sec Timeout if not continued Procedure selected an action executed that is the turnout was operated at least once but nothing after that 30 sec Abort back to module number i e or briefly press Button 1 Abort i e after erroneous start back to module number i e How to operate ...

Page 14: ... the yellow occupancy LED on the module Overcurrent and short circuit conditions blue dot similar to the blue LED on the module The display logic of the colored dots in the list is similar to the LEDs next to the screw terminals of the track connections although not identical for practical reasons The HLU states can be controlled by the controller press corresponding numeric key to set it one step...

Page 15: ...y switched on again but overcurrent is still present therefore it will be shut down again shortly typical picture resulting from this alternat ing flickering and steady lighting flickering blue about 10 kHz without steady light Immediate turn off due to short circuit and test based reset in quick succession final shutdown after 25 cy cles Bottom the yellow occupancy and RailCom LED in addition to ...

Page 16: ... the StEin output blue LED steady light yellow LED flashes 1 Hz UESL or 2 Hz UESS 8 If a track section from state UESL or UESS is restarted manually which can be done from the buttons on the StEin the controller or the interlocking program the section enters normal operation except when overcurrent or short circuit is detected again immediately in the latter procedure as described above Short circ...

Page 17: ...ashes at 1 Hz Sign of a slow overcurrent Overcurrent threshold UESSAMP fast overcurrent threshold i e 2 5A is exceeded Blue LED flickers at 10 Hz Yellow LED Power turns off after UESSAZT expires fast overcurrent time i e 1 sec Solid blue LED Power is restored after UESLEZT expires fast reset time i e 1 5 sec Blue LED flickers again According to UESLEAZ Quantity i e 8 several resets are atempted Bl...

Page 18: ... Point detectors rail contacts photoelectric sensors etc are assigned to one track sec tion each by entering the connection point of the point detector into the object line of the parameter APUGK1 or APUGK2 The purpose of the point detectors is to switch the track section from one HLU step to another as soon as a train is detected for example from L to H displayed L H Point detectors are used in t...

Page 19: ...ay of coherence of both sections and the current polarity Polarity display by HLU LEDs long 0 4 sec on short 0 1 sec off on P pole long 0 4 sec off short 0 1 sec on on N pole when changing starting with first switch for 2 sec full on P pole dark on N pole so immediate synchronous visualization of every change With every short circuit that leads to reversing the polarity Blue LED flashes Occupancy ...

Page 20: ...r amplifiers of the 8 turnouts or 16 individual outputs If only coil turnouts are present or motorized turnouts are switched one by one not all at the same time it is possible to draw conclusions as to the functionality of the turnouts i e how much time the turnouts require to switch The typical switching sequence of a double coil turnout looks like this Flashing of the position LED means that a c...

Page 21: ...outputs of the StEin WILL BE ADDED LATER 10 The Signal Boards at the I2 C Bus WILL BE ADDED LATER 11 The Track Section Expansion Boards WILL BE ADDED LATER 12 The Turnout Expansion Boards WILL BE ADDED LATER 13 The Servos Expansion Boards WILL BE ADDED LATER ...

Page 22: ...dule can be built If more of these prepared configurations are selected after each other they comple ment each other i e the objects of these prepared configurations all are joined in the final configuration as far as they refer to different objects otherwise a later selected object line overwrites a previously selected one The module configuration built from prepared configurations can be saved o...

Page 23: ...StEin Stationary Equipment Module Page 23 etc all objects of the prepared configurations as objects track sections and double way turnout ...

Page 24: ...ter sheets See chapter Setup technical data StEin configuration strategy Parameter sheets can contain objects for one several or all StEin modules the re spective module selects its own objects and only loads those parameters into its own memory Own are those objects that are actually connected to the respective StEin e g a complete turnout not just its lantern which is defined in one of the objec...

Page 25: ...n BEFORM 1 3 4 Initialwert H Halt UH Zwischenstufe UH U Ultralangsam LU Zwischenstufe LU L Langsam FL Zwischenstufe FL F Volle Fahrt A AUS Spannung aus GASYNU Gleisabschnittsnummer systemweit 1 65000 jede Nummer darf system weit also für die gesamte Anlage nur einmal vergeben werden Über diese Nummer kann vom Computer aus ein Gleisabschnitt angesprochen werden OHNE dass dessen Anschluss punkt an e...

Page 26: ...lusspunkt eines Vorabschnitts Optionale Angabe der Modul Nummer und des verwendeten GA Ausgangs am Modul für einen Vorabschnitt für Gleiseinfahrten z B 49 3 Modul Nummer 1 65000 Anschluss am Modul 1 65000 APUGK1 Anschlusspunkt erster Gleiskontakt Optionale Angabe eines Gleiskontakts Lichtschranke für Punktfolgebefehle z B 35 13 Modul Nummer 1 65000 Anschluss am Modul 1 65000 Schalteingänge APUGK2 ...

Page 27: ...sächlichen Aussennung noch nicht festgelegt PUFFIX fixe Punktfolgebefehle nur gültig wenn BEFORM 0 oder 1 und ein bzw 2 Gleiskontakte vorhanden und in APUGK1 APUGK2 angegeben F H FL H L H LU H usw laut Beschreibung der Punktfolgebefehle GLEINF Gleiseinfahrt mit Vorabschnitt nur gültig wenn BEFORM 1 Vorabschnitt muss in APUGV angegeben sein H Ziel Limit H UH Ziel Limit UH U Ziel Limit U LU Ziel Lim...

Page 28: ...Page 28 StEin Stationary Equipment Module WEITYP WEITYP WEITYP WEITYP WEI WEI WEI Table excerpt WEITYP the templates for turnouts Table excerpt WEI the list of actual turnouts ...

Page 29: ...StEin Stationary Equipment Module Page 29 Table excerpt SIGTYP the signal template Table excerpt SIG i e the list of actual signals which are based on the templates SIGTYP and SIGBILD ...

Page 30: ...Page 30 StEin Stationary Equipment Module This is a preliminary excerpt of the planned signal types Table excerpt SIGBILD as template for the signal aspects in the table SIG ...

Page 31: ...ameter sheet the track section divisions and connection points the location of point detectors switches uncouplers and later also the signals must be determined ZIMO traditionally calls this step track section planning because the track sections and their division are indeed the main focus of considerations and also because they usually de termine the number of necessary StEin modules On the follo...

Page 32: ...For such track sections there are cheaper connections on expansion boards than the actual track outputs on the StEin modules themselves These expansion boards were not considered on the N layout because they are not yet available The point detectors infrared sensors are all connected to one single StEin module which in this case simplified the wiring The turnout and coupler drives are connected to...

Page 33: ... of class GA therefore have a quotation mark in almost all boxes which means that the parameters are copied from the GATYP only the connection points APUGA column for the track section itself and the point detectors APUGK1 are dif ferent NOTE Later when operating the layout it might turn out that some track sections should have a higher occupancy threshold because of their particular section lengt...

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Page 35: ...refore uses the special method of signal controlled speed influence Additional information is fed to a track section ahead of a red signal where any train should stop automatically Also see ZIMO system brochure or catalog further information www zimo at Turnout ladder A turnout ladder is a combination of turnouts that switch to predetermined directions which is first de fined as such and can later...

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