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Sound of Power™
The diesel locomotive will produce Sound-of-Power labored diesel motor sound effects if you have
selected any of the load settings from level 1 to 15. Under acceleration
,
the motor sounds will be
more labored until the locomotive has achieved its final speed where it will then produce standard
sounds appropriate to its throttle setting
.
Under deceleration, the engine sounds are less labored
until it achieves its final speed where
it
will again produce standard diesel sounds appropriate to
its throttle setting.
Helpers
Prototype Helpers are locomotives that are used to provide extra power and/or braking for a
heavily loaded train. These engines can be part of the head end consist or as mid train
helpers or as pushers at the end of the train. Helper engines behave differently than the
train's lead locomotive. Their horns and bells are usually not operated and their lighting
options are different or not used at all.
When you make up your train using more than one locomotive, the Quantum System allows
you to easily program how each engine will behave by selecting between a Lead engine,
Mid Helper, End Helper, or Pusher. Each type of helper engine has different lighting and
sound characteristics as described in the table in the next section on Analog Programming
.
Normal and Reversed Direction
Quantum also allows you to reverse the directional sense of your locomotive. This
is
normally not an issue with DC two-rail trains since all engines will go in the same direction
whether they are facing forwards or backwards. However, certain features like directional
lighting or diesel Low Idle do depend on the directional sense. For in
s
tance
,
if you program
your engine to be an End Helper for your consist
,
its Reverse Light operates when the
engine is moving in Reverse and the Headlight is disabled. This is
ideal
for providing a
Reverse Light for the consist. However
,
if this diesel locomotive is facing backwards at the
end of a consist
,
the Reverse Light faces forwards and will be lit when the consist
is
moving
Forward and there will be no Reverse Light for the consist. The
"Direction"
program feature
will ensure that this End H
e
lper
'
s backward facing Headlight will come on only when the
consist is backing up and the forward facing Reverse Light, will not light at all. When making
up a train with different Helper types
,
it is recommended that you also change its directional
sense if the Helper is intended to be operated backwards within the consist. See
"Option
4
Direction", Analog Programming
,
next section
.
Additional
Analog
Operation
Your Quantum diesel locomotive is equipped with our new OSI QARC™ (Quantum Analog
Remote Control) Technology, which uses special remote control signals to operate different
Quantum features without the need for complicated and expensive digital systems like DCC.
With QARC technology, you can operate features that are otherwise available only in DCC
plus features that are not yet available in DCC. QARC will allow you to: 1) turn on or off
lights, 2) shut down and start up locomotives, 3) make up consists easily, 4) simplify Analog
programming, 5) set System Volume or Mute while train is operating, 6) trigger Coupler
Crash sounds, 7) operate prototype-like Air Brakes
,
8) turn on Dynamic Brakes
,
9) activate
verbal speedometer readout, and operate many other features
.
The QARC System makes
Analog operation more fun and more
prototypical
than
DCC
by eliminating the need to
configure function keys. Every button on QARC controllers does exactly what it says. The
only major difference between QARC and DCC is
that
you are not able to independently
operate multiple trains on the same powered track section at different speeds at the same
time.
The QARC controller, called Quantum Engineer, can be added to your existing Analog
power pack.
Wiring is
simple: two wires go to the variable DC output from the power pack
and two wires go to the track.
All
features on
the
power pack remain the same including
throttle and reverse
sw
itch control. See our
web
site at
w
ww.wal
t
hers
.
com for further
information.
