DCC Digital Command Control
Now, if your operating in this mode, you may very well know more about DCC
than we do so, we're going to stick to telling you about our engine in this
operating environment. First of all, in DCC mode, we brought all the features of
analog DC along and of course, added to them. Your new engine has more user
features than any DCC engine ever built. Some of them are even ahead of the
world of DCC!!
Running the Engine
Set the engine on the rails, and apply DCC power. Refer to the Set-Up section of
this guide for instructions on how to connect the boiler and tender.
The first thing you will notice is the engine does absolutely nothing! Don't panic.
This is by design. M.T.H. HO engines never do anything in command mode until
told to do so, regardless of what brand DCC controller you use. In this way, you
could have a fleet of M.T.H. HO engines on the rails and they will remain
shutdown until you command them to start up.
F3 Start up/Shut Down
Select engine address 3 (factory default), press the F3 (Start Up/Shut Down) key,
and your engine will start-up. Lights, sounds, ACTION!!! Roll the throttle and
away you go. Our models are compatible with 14, 28, and 128 speed steps. We
strongly recommend 128 because in this mode, speed steps correspond directly to
scale speeds. That is, speed step 10 = 10 smph, speed step 47 = 47 smph, etc.
You get the idea. When your done, press the F3 key again, your engine will shut
down.
To be clear, pressing F3 when the engine is shut down will start it up. Pressing F3
when the engine is started up will shut it down. Pretty clever, eh?
M.T.H. HO SD70ACe & SD70M-2 Diesel Engine
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