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Again,afterallowingabout30secondsforthatsequencetorun,presstheDirection
buttononemoretimetotriggerthefourthandfinalPSAsequence. ThePSAwill
continue,andwithinafewseconds,theengineandbell willstartandmoveouton
itsownatthecurrentthrottlesetting,inthesamedirectionitwastravelingwhenyou
beganthesequence. Oncethebellturnsoff,theoperatorregainscontrolofthe
transformer'sbellandWhistlebuttonsandcanringthebellorblowtheWhistleas
usual.
YoucanterminatePSAatanytimebyturningoffpowertothetrackfor15
seconds.
Y o u d o n o t h a v e t o beinForwardtousePSA. Attheconclusionofthefull
sequence,thetrainwillpullawayfromthestationinwhateverdirectionyou
weregoingwhenyouactivatedthefeature.
YoucanusePSAevenifyouaredouble-headingwithanotherengine.Ifthe
secondengineisnotequippedwithProto-Sound2.0,youmustremembernot
toleavethethrottleatahighvoltagelevelonceyouhavestoppedtheengineto
runthePSA. Otherwise,theenginewithoutPSAwillbeginvibratingonthe
trackasitsmotorsstraintomovethetrain,sincetheycannotbeautomatically
disabledduringthePSAcycle(orifanoriginalProto-Soundengine,PSAare
triggereddifferentlyandthatengine'smotor-disablefeaturewillnotbeactive
whenyourunPSAinProto-Sound2.0).
PSAcanbetriggeredfromNeutral. Itwilloperatethesameasiftriggered
whileinmotionexceptthat,attheconclusionofthePSA,theenginewill
departinthenextdirectionoftravel,asopposedtothedirectionitwas
travelingbeforeenteringNeutral.
Thislocomotiveisequippedwithoneormorecoil-woundProto-Couplersforremote
uncouplingaction. BecauseProto-CouplersarecontrolledthroughtheProto-Sound2.0
microprocessor,theydonotrequireanuncouplingtracksectionormodificationtoyour
layouttofunction.Youcanfireacouplerfromneutralorwhileinmotion. Usethecode
shownbelow(andinthechartonp.8)tofirethecoupler(s).
Tofiretherearcoupler,quicklytaptheBellbuttononcefollowedbythreequicktapsof
theWhistlebutton,allowingapproximately½secondtolapsebetweeneachquickbutton
press. Thesoundoftheliftbarandairlinedepletionwillplay,andtheknucklewillbe
released.
TipsonUsingPSA
Proto-Coupler Operation
®
RearCoupler:
Whistle
Whistle
Fire
Rear
Coupler
=
Whistle
Bell
+
SoundSystemCued
toPlayPassenger
StationAnnouncements(PSA)
Whistle
Whistle
Bell
Direction
1st
Sequence
PSA
+
Direction
2nd
Sequence
PSA
+
Direction
3rd
Sequence
PSA
+
Direction
4th
Sequence
PSA
=
Operator
Controls
WhenBell
TurnsOff
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