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of the TOP locomotive to control the entire MU and the command station
handles the rest of the commands to the other locomotives in the MU. As the
address you will use to control the consist is not necessarily the address of the
lead or head end loco, we use the term “TOP” for this special address. The
TOP address can also be the train number.
You will not be able change the speed or direction of any individual loco that
is added to an MU, however you can control individual locomotive functions.
Locomotive speed and direction for all locos in the MU are controlled by the
TOP address
4.9 Adding a Locomotive to an MU
To MU two locomotive addresses together with the UT6:
1.
Choose two locos you want to MU together. Place them on the track.
Make sure that both locos that will be part of the MU will run in the same
physical direction. Select and run the first loco to determine which way itis
headed. Then select the other loco and run it in the
same physical direc-
tion
. They are now ready to consist.
2. Select the address you want to use to control the MU.
This will be the
TOP address
. To do this, press
enter the address numbers & press
again.
3. Press
again to re-enter loco selection mode, and the large TOP address
numbers in the Loco Info Area will begin to blink black and gray.
4. Press the key to bring up the 5 additional loco selection tasks The
numeric keys will now show soft keys; Recall, Status Edit, MU+, MU- and
Dispch choices.
5. Press key labeled “MU+”: This will enter MU add mode. The display
will now show the TOP address above the blinking loco address number. It
will say “Consist To:” and then your chosen TOP loco’s address to confirm
the address that the new loco will consisted to.
6. Use the Keypad to enter the locomotive address you wish to add to the
consist.
7. Press the Function/shift key to make the consist addition of the newly
selected address.
8. You may enter a new address and press the again to add another loco to
the TOP locomotive consist, or press the
key to exit back to the origi-
nal TOP locomotive on the throttle.
If your MU could not be set up, the UT6 will display and informational mes-
sage in the Scrolling Help Text line.
This happens when you try to link to an address that is already part of an MU
or link an address that is under the control of another throttle. For example if
