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The
Loco Info Area
is where the current or
display focus
locomotive
information for the active throttle knob is shown. Changing a knob speed,
direction or the
key may change the throttle knob focus side. The
focus loco’s speed is then listed as “sp XX %”. At left is a loco icon with
the current direction indication. Showing forward as “F” and an arrow, or
reverse, shown with or an “R” and arrow. If a focus loco is currently
selected this loco icon will be
green
with flashing smoke above the smoke
-
stack. If no loco is selected the icon will be
gray
with no smoke. The cur-
rently active address is shown in the large numbers in the center. If a loco
is selected the numbers will be solid
black
, if no loco is selected the num-
bers will be
gray
. The
focus Loco Info
area will show additional informa-
tion during locomotive selection, see section
4.1
for more information on
selecting locomotives.
1. The
Status Bar
is active for Home screen and will show the status of your
system. There are multiple indicators that appear in the
Status Bar
. The
“Ln” indicator is solid black when LocoNet is connected OK. The “Trk”
indicator is green when system track power is turned on. In IR or Duplex
mode connection information is shown.
2. The
Switch/Fn Info + Area
is where turnout or switch information is dis-
played in switch mode. Switch mode is covered in more detail in section
6.0.
This area of the screen is also where the complete 29 function state is
displayed when the “Info +” soft key is pressed. Active/ON function num-
bers are blue and inactive/OFF functions are grayed out. For more info on
controlling and managing functions see section
5.0
.
3. The
Function Bar
is where ten active locomotive decoder functions are
shown. The compact function information shown in this bar correlates to
the “Fn+” soft key, pressing the “Fn+” soft key will cycle through control
of higher functions and display them in the
Function Bar
. For more infor-
mation on using functions see section
5.0
.
4. The
Second Throttle Area
shows information related to the alternate
non-focus throttle knob that is not currently the function-number display
and information focus.
5. Scrolling Help
text line. Shows status and prompts user actions.
6. A/B/C soft key Bar
. Indicates the adjacent soft key actions.
2.1.2 Screen IDLE Power saver
To save power and be ecologically responsive, the DT602 will enter a dark dis-
play screen IDLE after a user configurable no-activity timeout. When in a
power saving IDLE mode the
key will flash green about every 3 seconds.
To exit IDLE mode press the
or
key to restore the color LCD display.
A short press of the
key is a consistent way to return to the HOME screen
from any menu.
Note: holding the the
key for more than about 1 second
will perform Emergency Stop. See section 8.
