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CENTRAL COMMAND
STATION MX10

digital command station

and MX10EC

The Economy
digital command station

EDITIONS:

2013 03 15

2013 10 15
2013 11 23
2014 02 28
2014 04 04

2014 04 05

2014 12 02
2014 12 03
2014 12 10
2014 12 16
2015 02 04
2015 04 10
2015 05 27
2015 07 21
2015 10 20

2015 12 07
2016 02 11
2016 03 14
2016 04 05

SW 01.20.0001 - 2016 09 22

2016 12 10

SW 01.20.0150 - 2017 01 31

2017 05 16
2017 10.12

SW 01.22.0001 - 2017 12 20

2018 05 03

SW 01.24.0001 - 2018 07 30

2018.12.18
2019 05 25

Added: Startset with the Maus - 2019 10 19

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Summary of Contents for MX10

Page 1: ...4 05 2014 12 02 2014 12 03 2014 12 10 2014 12 16 2015 02 04 2015 04 10 2015 05 27 2015 07 21 2015 10 20 2015 12 07 2016 02 11 2016 03 14 2016 04 05 SW 01 20 0001 2016 09 22 2016 12 10 SW 01 20 0150 2017 01 31 2017 05 16 2017 10 12 SW 01 22 0001 2017 12 20 2018 05 03 SW 01 24 0001 2018 07 30 2018 12 18 2019 05 25 Added Startset with the Maus 2019 10 19 INSTRUCTION MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...g Instructions Until 2018 12 18 no records 2019 05 25 Installation of the MX10EC in the operating instructions and various corrections Pages 1 2 3 MX10EC new design so far only page 1 Page 6 7 MX10EC front and back images Page 8 Text and images Page 9 Supplementing the technical data Page 10 Inserting MX10 or MX10EC new text Page 15 Note on types of Massoth radio receivers Page 33 Bus Config Monit...

Page 3: ... not be restrict ed e g by covering when in operation Cable links shall not be squeezed 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 the plug from the ...

Page 4: ...n BLUE protection against erroneous activation Press and rotate shortly NO effect Rotated fast operating state VOLT AMP main settings screen YELLOW Press long 2 sec Broadcast Stop BCS and operating state STOP OFF screen RED Press 1 sec cancel broadcast stop back to normal operation or to operating state active before Press long 4 sec SYSTEM STANDBY track 1 2 OFF controller supply OFF display OFF e...

Page 5: ...fined Sockets for ZIMO CAN and LAN CAN bus for a 6 pole connection to ZIMO controllers and modules and or for an 8 pole connection to ZIMO stationary equipment modules StEin and compatible boosters as well as booster input and booster error output CAN and synchronization for ex ternal DCC power amplifiers LAN interface as networkable alternative to an USB computer connection or to a WiFi router ta...

Page 6: ... 3 USB Host socket Slot for the flash drive Insert UPDATE SOUND Select files to update the decoder or to load sound also for MX10 s self update ZIMO CAN and XNET sockets On the MX10EC CAN bus only on the rear of the device The XNET socket is used for the connection to ROCO Multimaus and others additionally provided on the 8 pole socket second ZIMO CAN bus and second XNET bus in reserve Rotary knob...

Page 7: ...for external AOS automatic operation sequences 6 LED outputs resilience of up to 25 mA for Signals various lights controlled by AOS Supply pins 5V and GROUND 2 4 GHz antenna for Mi Wi radio To communicate with radio modules ZIMO us es Mi Wi a mesh network based on compo nents and software of the company Microchip derived from the ZigBee standard The mes sages are forwarded from nod to nod until th...

Page 8: ...n the controller to a programming track function to Service Mode NOTE Modern decoders do no really need an programming track anymore The power supply unit via a connected cable big double screw clamp connector at the end to the supplying socket DC in of the MX10 or MX10EC The supply is only working with the correct polarity on DC in but NO dangerr in case of wrong polarity Finally Power supply via...

Page 9: ...able in 1 sec steps 1 to 60 sec 1 sec overcurrent threshold adjustable in 0 1 A steps 1 to 12 A 5 A Turn off time in case of overcurrent adjustable in 0 1 sec steps 0 1 to 5 sec 0 2 s Tolerated overcurrent threshold surpassing adjustable in 0 5 A steps 0 to 4 A 0 A for a time of adjustable in 0 5 sec steps 1 to 60 sec 0 sec Spark suppression selection between Off Lev1 Lev2 Level 1 Level 2 sensitiv...

Page 10: ...roller no loco pistures no function icons no speedo no broad cast stop no RailCom feedback no CV reading in POM i e on the main track also OP PROG etc nevertheless the central command stations MX10 and MX10EC are prepared for an extension with ZIMO controllers MX32 MX33 including the radio versions see picture How to handle the Roco WIFI Maus is de scribed in Roco s user manual Z21 WLANMAUS Manual...

Page 11: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL CENTRAL COMMAND STATION MX10 MX10EC Page11 ...

Page 12: ...inputs and 6 LED outputs MX10EC 2 inputs 2 outputs MX10 Loconet connection built in MX10EC no MX10 ZIMO CAN bus accessible on front and rear side of the device MX10EC Rear side MX10 3 buttons for operation MX10EC 2 buttons replacement by rotary knob In the description of the system s arrangement no difference is made between MX10 and MX10EC the MX10 is named for both devices ______________________...

Page 13: ...sory voltage for the StEin which also covers the internal consumption of the modules from the DC out output S2 of the MX10 or 12 V of the MX10EC A multiMAUS or several MAUSES cannot be connected to the same XpressNet XNET at the same time because there are differences in the protocol If simultaneous use is desired both XpressNets must be used at the socket either by manufacturing the necessary cab...

Page 14: ...wire with a 2 5 mm2 cross section correspond to about 0 01 Ohm 2 5 m stranded wire with a 4 0 mm2 cross section correspond to about 0 01 Ohm Attention the MAXIMUM resistance shall be 0 1 Ohm because otherwise the cur rent equalization between the two outputs would no be possible due to the auto matic voltage variation This leads to the recommendation Typical cable between S1 and S2 1 2 m long Mast...

Page 15: ...s rail resistance This can be guaranteed easily by certain lengths of wires and rails whereby the sum of both poles is effective 2 5 m stranded wire with a 0 75 mm2 cross section correspond to about 0 05 Ohm 10 m stranded wire with a 2 5 mm2 cross section correspond to about 0 05 Ohm 15 m stranded wire with a 4 0 mm2 cross section correspond to about 0 05 Ohm 25 m LGB tracks each of the two sides ...

Page 16: ...cable is used Each controller MX32 MX32FU MX31 is equipped with two equal 6 pole sockets which allows daisy chaining power supply and data from one controller to the next An alternative would be a 6 pole ring feeder with sockets and distributors to which controllers can be connected if needed RailCom is a registered trademark of Lenz Elektronik GmbH CAN2 bus Additional to XNET itself connections f...

Page 17: ...concerning speed steps or function keys are shown on the MX32 The MX32 can control the address active on the DiMAX immediately without takeover The ROCO MultiMAUS on the MX10 The ROCO MultiMaus is connected via a normal 6 pole CAN cable to the XNET socket on the MX10 If MX32 FU are used additionally those are connected to the ZIMO CAN or operated via radio The MX32 s function is not changed as far...

Page 18: ... all devices having two CAN sockets for daisy chaining In the MX10 menu Bus Config Monitor ZIMO2 xx 125 has to be configured for CAN1 and CAN2 The MX10AVP s jumpers next to the sockets CAN 1 2 have to be plugged into CAN 1 This way all 4 CAN sockets are connected in parallel As long as the CAN bus only connects controllers of the current generation like MX32 it doesn t mat ter if the cables of the...

Page 19: ...and StEin combined the MX32 forwards all 8 poles of the CAN bus although they themselves only use 6 Fourth Example In case old and new generation devices shall work together two separate CAN buses are used This is the same as using MX32 and MX31 old controllers until MX31 and all accessory and track section modules i e MX8 MX9 with valid addresses 801 863 or 901 963 on CAN 1 new controllers MX32 a...

Page 20: ... Additionally to or instead of the CAN bus applications described above the connection and expan sion board MX10AVP is also used as connection to XpressNet devices Roco Multimäuse or DiMAX Navigator radio receiver The ZIMO central command station MX10 supplies two Xpress networks which are combined in one socket XNET MX10AVP has separated sockets XNET 1 ad XNET 2 between the CAN sockets to comfort...

Page 21: ...Nevertheless not all vehicles are de signed to actually consume such a low amount of power On the one hand there are capacitors that need to be charged and on the other hand the locos contain consumers which are not connected to the decoder and therefore cannot be turned off Therefore the possibility to change this default configuration of voltage and current exists this is done in MX10 main menu ...

Page 22: ... stop on track 1 an emergency stop button for this case has to be connected to in 7 and for its activation connected to the system s ground ground accessible on the 16 pole pin connector or on screw terminals Configuration of the AOS inputs see chapter 8 8 the MX10 menu menu point AOS in out Moni tor Config Broadcast stop and OFF with the MX10 central command station In case of a broadcast stop th...

Page 23: ...addition to RailCom as acknowledgement for the reception of DCC packets also of decoders which were produced before 2005 when RailCom did not yet exist but only loco number identification as feedback from the decoders RailCom is a registered trademark of Lenz Elektronik GmbH Organising data transmission via track signal DCC or MM in many documents also called transmission cycle Additionally to sup...

Page 24: ...d for the update of the MX32 FU The updating process The MX10 software update is done during operation If a flash drive with the usable files is connected all outputs on the MX10 are switched off All devices which are supplied by the MX10 are therefore without current To prevent damage to the vehicles it is best to stop all operation on the layout before the flash drive is connected to the MX10 an...

Page 25: ...n i e of the Power supply unit which Supplies the MX10 and the whole layout Primary supply Voltage and current on Output track 1 DC output S1 included Voltage and current on output Track 2 DC output S2 included The power indicator for the DC in input power supply unit is not determined by measurement but derived from the output currents track outputs 1 2 as well as the 12V and 30V outputs and the ...

Page 26: ...dividual needs Each of the values is displayed and has to be adjusted individually for track 1 and 2 Those lines are marked by 1 and 2 Additionally for addressing and programming procedures in service mode on track 2 i e track 2 as programming track there are the lines SERV and for updates and sound loading processes the lines UPD In many cases the default values can be used especially if the pote...

Page 27: ... in the OVC threshold is allowed See de scription above OVC permitted current Spark suppression Range OFF LEV1 LEV2 Default LEV 2 Special circuits in the power amplifiers of the track outputs make sure that despite the high output power in case of a short circuit there are no sparks also when passing a frog or at derailments Starting from the controller No the MX10 starts operation on track 1 with...

Page 28: ... voltage off ON normal operation BCS OFF etc Example As soon as both track sections are turned on again after 2 sec it switches automatically to normal operation normal screen BLUE Press BUTTON3 to not so normal normal screen RED not so normal means that BCS and OFF operations are NOT cancelled and therefore the usually blue screen is RED the trains on track 1 do NOT start This not so normal scree...

Page 29: ... the following only occur in case the MX10 has a hardware defect concerning the power supply circuits or if a power supply unit acts unexpectedly We recommend contacting ZIMO service service zimo at and or send it to repair Wrongly detected overcurrent on track 1 track 2 screen colour changes to RED STOPP OFF screen WOC Wrongfully detected overcurrent current reached wrong OVC threshold This notif...

Page 30: ...2 3 Press rotary knob the corresponding functions are fixed i e the rotary knob gets speed slid er the three buttons stay assigned the fixation is shown by the change of the cursor from to Press rotary knob LONG current speed step is fixed rotary knob is freely usable Mark another function group with the rotary knob first fixation is cancelled Also passing by and stopping the cursor for example on...

Page 31: ...Cab SERV ADR screen adjust the tagged value address with the rotary knob according to your wishes Press rotary knob program adjusted address into decoder Read out address As described above but do not enter CV value but immediately Press rotary knob feedback READ 8 7 BaseCab SERV PROG programming CVs Via the MENÜ se chapter 8 8 the menu can also be reached from BaseCab LOCO by pressing button 2 ME...

Page 32: ...d T2 all possible states of the tracks are set one after the other ON BSC OFF ON BCS OFF ON etc See chapter 8 3 Menu point VOLT AMPERE MAIN YELLOW Configuration of running voltages and maximum current on tracks 1 and 2 whereby the correspond ing track output reacts immediately to changes of the running voltage See chapter 8 2 Menu point VOLT AMPERE DETAIL YELLOW Configuration of running voltages m...

Page 33: ... shall be Master or Booster Sniffer Input prepared Analog address i e virtual address can be called up from the controllers for analog vehicles which are controlled corresponding to NMRA with the stretched 0 Bit method MX10 Sound virtual address for the sound generator including built in speaker and audio sock et via which it can be called up at the controller to play back some of the stored sound...

Page 34: ...he MX10 s file storage shall be used the available files are listed In con trast to the situation in which the updating procedure is started by inserting a flash drive to use a file di rectly from this drive See chapter 7 This chapter explains decoder software updates and sound loading from the file storage as well as from the flash drive Menu points DCC signal configuration Configuration screen G...

Page 35: ...igger BCS and OFF operating modes of the AOS outputs If the levels on the AOS inputs fluctuates between 120 and 140 this input is open i e not occupied if the level is 0 to ground and 256 to positive pole level setting see below If a value is read out that does not fit this range e g 180 although the input is open this input is defective Inp 6 Inp 7 and Inp 8 are set by default for the use of Ackn...

Page 36: ...ler CS this object loco address received commands from the computer in the last 5 seconds HG CS both Display 3 DCC packet monitor function Shows in intervals of about 0 5 seconds what kind of packets were sent during this period for this address The flickering frequency of a certain packet indicator e g F or the third represents the sending intensity of this data If for example the slider on the c...

Page 37: ...elete from database Press rotary knob screen colour changes to GREEN BaseCab screen Activision codes FG object is in the foreground on one controller HG object is in the LoR of at least one controller CS this object loco address received commands from the computer in the last 5 seconds HG CS both Menu point ObjectDB consist Object list GREEN Menu point ObjectDB accessory Object list GREY Press rot...

Page 38: ...ss MX10 Sound software decoder collection file and sound projects for decoders applicable via menu points ZIMO decoder SW Update and ZIMO decoder sound loading Menu points Data Clear Save Restore Clear GREY Save and reload important data from and to the flash drive ObjectDBs Settings of this menu Factory Reset Delete texts Delete Fonts Delete Icons Delete Sound Delete FahrzeugDB Delete loco pictur...

Page 39: ...oders connected one after the other the same file HOW THE UPDATE OF THE DECODER OR LOADING SOUND IS DONE SEE CHAPTER 8 10 8 10 Decoder Update and Sound loading directly from the flash drive or the MX10 s file memory Starting point normal screen BLUE EITHER from the flash drive Flash drive flash drive with decoder software collection file and or sound projects see chapter 8 9 Display colour changes...

Page 40: ...ea and has to be static Configuration on the MX10 see bottom of this page If this does not help the router has to be connected to the computer to determine the router s IP ad dress see chapter 10 Interlocking program ESTWGJ on the MX10 and the MX10 and the router have to be matched If the Roco app and the MX10 connect green WIFI symbol on the app s screen vehicles can be de fined under rail vehicl...

Page 41: ...outer Necessary actions on the computer when connecting it directly via LAN cable Only use crosslink LAN cables The PC Laptop has to have a static IP address corresponding to the principles described below In case of a firewall it has to be ensured that the MX10 sends data via the UDP ports 14520 PC sends and 14521 PC receives commands these ports are configured by default in the MX10 and can be c...

Page 42: ...operation but can be interesting sometimes e g searching for bugs After Saving these settings in ESTWGJ the connection works As described here for ESTWGJ other interlocking programs can be connected to the MX10 PC with interlocking software and MX10 can also be connected via WIFI Therefore it is important that the PC gets an IP address automatically assigned from the router All those assigned IP a...

Page 43: ...ice manager This COM port has to be changed to Com port 10 In case the COM interface was not automatically installed do it manually by following the described procedure Connect MX10 to USB and turn it on On the computer the Control panel opens an in it the device manager In the device manager Open USB controller Open USB serial converter Open the tab Extension and activate load VPC if this tab is ...

Page 44: ...h proof of purchase from a ZIMO contractor The warranty covers the repair or replacement of defective parts ZIMO Elektronik GmbH reserves the right to proceed at its own discretion only if the damage is proven to be the result of a design manu facturing material or transport fault A repair does not extend the warranty Warranty claims can be made with a ZIMO contract partner or ZIMO Elektronik GmbH...

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