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piece of test track. Place an analog locomotive (without a decoder) on the
track. The loco should “sing”. Use the
R
Throttle Knob
to control speed
and the
REVERSE / R
key to control direction. For the DB220 preform
this test on both sections of test track.
10. Place a locomotive with a decoder with a known address on the track.
Turn the
L
Throttle Knob.
You should see the left side
“SEL”
in the display
begin to blink. Press the
LOCO
key, then the numbers for the address
,
then the
LOCO
key. The loco address will replace the blinking
“SEL”
.
11. Use the
L
Throttle Knob
to control speed and the
L / REVERSE
key to
control direction of the decoder equipped loco and the
R
Throttle knob
and
the
REVERSE / R
key to control the analog locomotive. For the DB220
preform this test on both sections of test track.
1.3 Quick Start Problems?
If you encountered problems at any step in this Quick Start Section:
First, try backing up a step until you get results described. The steps included
in this installation procedure are set up so that if you follow them carefully, any
problems you encounter will be easy to isolate and correct.
If that does not work or if you have other questions or problems, we encourage
you to visit the Tech Support Depot at www.digitrax.com/support. You may
also submit help ticket to out tech support staff at helpdesk.digitrax.com.
There are thousands of successful Digitrax installations around the world and
we want to be sure that yours is one of them.
2.0 Layout Power Districts
The DB210/220 is designed to add additional power to your layout to run more
trains by setting up power districts. A power district is an electrically isolated
section of the layout including the power wiring, booster and power supply
that drives it. Power districts are used for power distribution, not for train con-
trol as with DC blocks. Power districts may be divided into sub-districts for
short circuit management within the power district or for auto reversing. Even
though blocking is not required for train operation with DC, dividing the layout
up into power districts (and sub-districts) is needed for the following reasons:
2.1 Number of Locos
Additional power districts may be needed to provide enough power to operate
more locomotives than one power supply alone can handle. For example a 5
amp booster and power supply will operate between 10 and 15 average N-scale
locomotives and between 6 and 10 HO locomotives. If you wish to
run more
locos on your layout, then you will need to set up more power districts to pro-
vide more total power.
2.2 Short Circuits
Additional power districts and sub-districts can be used to prevent the whole
