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Automatic Features with "Take Control" Operation
The Quantum System allows the operator to take control of certain automatic features by using
their associated function key. Once you
"Take
Control"
,
the features will no longer have automatic
operation and you will control their operation and their state with their function
key
commands
.
Automatic and Take Control operations are described in the table below.
Diesel Locomotive "Take Control" Operation
Automatic Operation
TakeControl
Forward
Reverse
Neutral
Function Key
Operation
Vents
&
Cooling
Non-operating
Non-operating
On and off at
random
times
F4
Toggle
s
Fans
Vents/Fans
operation
between
on or off.
Number Board
Lights
On
On
On
F11
Toggles
Number
Board
Lights on or oft
Cab Lights
Off after
10
seconds
Off after
10
seconds
On after
10
seconds
F12
Lights
on or off.
Toggles Cab
•
Take Control of Automatic Fans with the F4 key to stop automatic operation and control
whether the Cooling Fans are on or off.
Regardless of the state of the automatic fans (on or off),
if
you press the F4 key, the cooling fans
will be set to on if the F4 key is
"1"
and off
if
the F4 key is
"
O"
and automatic operation will be
disabled. Thereafter
,
the fans will respond only to the state of
the
F4 function
.
Automatic operation
will be restored if the power is shut down and reapplied or if the F6 Start Up key is double pressed
in
neutral (see
the description of Start Up on the following page).
Three Stages of
Shut Down:
_1
Disconnect,
2. Standby, 3. Total
Shut
Down (F9)
Engine Shut Down has three distinct stages that you can control. Each stage
is
entered by double
pressing the F9 key
30
.
Stage
One:
Disconnect
•
Double press the F9 key
in
neutral to enter Disconnect. You will hear a long air let-off.
•
To leave Disconnect
,
either double press the F6 Start Up key described in the Start Up
section or double press the F9 key again to reach the next stage of Shut Down,
Standby
.
If you double press the F9 key in neutral, the motor drive will be disconnected. Once you hear the
long air let-off, the throttle can be moved up and down without the diesel locomotive moving. As
the throttle is moved up or down
,
you will hear the diesel motor rev up and down in proportion to
the throttle setting.
Note:
You can also turn on the Dynamic Brakes
(see
description of Dynamic Brakes below) to
create
Sound
-
of-Power as the throttle is moved up and down
.
Engineers on prototype diesels use
the Dynamic Brakes to load the diesel motor-generator to test its output
and
efficiency while the
locomotive remains stationary.
Stage
Two:
Standby
•
Double press the F9 key while in
Disconnect
to enter Standby
.
You will hear
a
long
air
let
-
off followed by a
special "Low
Idle"
sound. The Directional Lighting and Mars Light
will then shut down. The motor will remain disconnected, while the Air Pumps,
automatic Cooling Fan
Operation, Number
Board
Lights
and Cab
Lights
will continue to
operate. In Standby, the engine
will
not respond to throttle or function keys
31
.
The three
exceptions are the F6 Start
Up Function
Key, the F8
Mute
Key {described below) and
the F1
O
Status
Key
(described below)
.
•
To leave Standby, either double press the F6 Start Up key described in the Start Up
section or double press the F9 key again
to
reach the final stage of Shut Down
,
Total
Shut Down.
Note:
Standby is ideal for
leaving
your engines running on a siding. Besides
the
low idle motor
sounds, the engine will not respond to accidentally changing the throttle setting or pressing the
function
keys.
Stage Three: Total Shut Down
•
Double press the F9 in Standby to enter Total Shut Down. You will hear a long air let-off.
•
To leave Total Shut Down
,
double press the
F6
key.
If
you
double press the F9
key while in
Standby,
you will
hear a
long
air
let-off
after which the
locomotive will advance to
Total
Shut
Down. The
air pumps
will turn
off
,
followed by the Number
Boards
and
the
sounds
of
the
cooling fans shutting off, the louvers closing and the diesel motor
shutting down. A few seconds
later
you
will hear
the
engineer's
door open and then
shut.
In
Total
Shut
Down,
the engine will not
respond
to throttle or function keys. The two exceptions are the F6
Start
Up
Function Key {described below) and the F1
O
Status
Key
(described below)
.
"'
Double
p
re
ssing
ensures that Shut Down
stages
are
not
entered or exited accidentally.
Double pressing
is
defined
as
two F9commands sent within two
seconds.
N
ote
that the F9 key
m
ay
have to bepressed three times
,
due to the
com
mand
s
tat
ion
and
l
ocomotive
havingdifferent initial
states
for F9.
"
Function keys will
only
produce
asho
rt
air
let-off.
