Page 6
Analog
Programming
The Diesel
Locomotive
can be Programmed Using a Standard Power Pack.
All advanced operations are easily programmed via your standard HO power pack. After entering
programming (described below),
features
are selected and operated by using the direction switch.
Program
Option
#'s
(POP
'
s
12)
Option
Name
Message
"
when
Entering
Option
Option Description
1
System
Volume"
(16,
Max)
"
Volume equals X
"
Sets
System
volumt: \,
7
levels) where level
16
is maximum
volume and level
O
is off.
2
Load
(0,
No
Load)
"
L
oad equals
X"
Selects
the
starting and
stopping momentum
for both
Regulated
Throttle
Control
(ATC) and
Standard Throttle
Control
(STC).
Level
O
(no load}
,
Level 1-15
,
increasing load
with acceleration
to
full speed
from 15
seconds to 21
O
seconds in
ATC
and
from
3 seconds to 45 seconds
in
STC.
3
Helper
(Normal)
"
Helper
equals
"
"Normal
"
"
Lead
"
"
Mid
"
"
E
nd
"
"
P
usher
"
Selects Normal, Lead
,
Mid
,
End
,
DIC
or
Pusher
Helper
in
consists
.
Normal Engine
has all sounds and lights enabled.
Lead
engine
has
all sounds enabled and
Reverse
Light disabled.
Mid
Helper
has
horn, bell and all lights
disabled
'
5
.
End Helper
has horn
,
bell and all
lights
disabled.
Pusher has reverse light
on all
the time
as train warning light.
Horn
,
bell
and
all
lights except
Number Boards
are disabled
.
4
"Direction"
(Normal}
"Direction
equals X
"
Selects if the
features
associated with
the locomotive's
direction
are
"normal"
or
"reversed".
5-7
Reserved
"
Reserved
"
8
V-Start
(8.5v}
"V-Start
equals X
"
Sets
track
voltage where engine will leave neutral.
(See
Example below
)
9
V-Max
(12v)
"V-Max equals X
"
Sets
track
voltage where
full power is
applied
to
motor
.
10
Throttle
Mode
(ATC}
"
Th
rottle Mode equals X
"
Selects between Standard Throttle Control
(STC) and
Regulated Throttle
Control (ATC).
11
Programming
Reset "Warning
-
about to reset
"
After
next
Quick
or
Slow
O
pe
r
ation
,
bell rings
followed
by
a
hoot
to
indicate locomotive
returned
to
factory default.
12
About
Model number
Each
Quick
or
Slow
Operation
provides progressive
information
about
Quantum model number
,
software version
,
and software
release date.
13
Horn Volume
"
Volume
equals X
"
Customizes Horn Volume
(16 levels).
Max
is
15.
14
Bell Volume
"
Volume
equals X"
Customizes Bell
Volume
(16
levels)
.
Max is 15
.
15
Motor
Volume
"
Volume
equals X
"
Customizes
diesel Motor Volume.
(16
levels).
Max
is
15.
16
Vents
and Cooling
Fan Volume
"
V
olume equals
X
"
Customizes
Vents
and
Cooling Fans Volume
(16 levels).
Max
is
15.
17-19
Reserved
"
Reserved
"
20
Air Brakes Volume
"
Volume
equals X
"
Customizes Air Brake
Air Release
Volume
(16 levels}.
Max is 15.
21-25
Reserved
"
Reserved
"
26
Pump
Volume
"
Volume
equals X"
Customizes Air
Pump
Volume
(16
levels).
Max
is
15.
27
Air
Let-off
Volume
"
V
olume equals X"
Customizes
Long
Air Release
Volume
(16
levels).
Max is 15.
28
Short
Air Let-off
Volume
"
Volume equals
X
"
Customizes Short
Air
Let-off
Volume
(16 levels}
.
Max
is 15.
29
Reserved
"
Reserved
"
30
Flange
Volume
"
Volume
equals
X
"
Customizes
F
lange
/
Squealing
Brake Volume
(16
levels). Max is 15.
31
Dynamic
Brakes
Volume
"
V
o
lum
e equals
X
"
Customizes Dynamic Brake Cooling
Fan
Volume
(16
levels).
Max
is 15.
32
Coupler
Volume
"
V
o
lum
e equals
X"
Customizes
All
Coupler Sound
Volumes
(16 levels).
Max
is
15.
33
Reserved
"Reserved"
Where
"X"
is
the
current value of the Program Option
.
Defaults are shown in parenthesis next
to
the option name.
Entering Programming
Use this simple sequence to enter programming using the direction switch
.
1.
Apply
power
and
turn
up
the throttle to hear the sound
system come
on.
2.
Within
five seconds of powering
up
,
turn on
the
bell
with
a
Quick
flip-and-back
operation.
3.
Within
three
seconds
of the bell turning on, turn the bell
off
with
a second
Quick
flip
-
and
back operation.
4.
Within
three
seconds,
turn the bell back on again
with
a
third
Quick
flip
-
and
-
back
operat
ion
.
If you delay too long after power has been first applied, the opportunity to enter
programming will time out and you will need to
start
again by shutting off and reapplying
track power.
12
POP
isshort
for
"
Pr
ogram
Option
'.
13
The veroal programming responses
(suchas
"
EnterProgramming
"
etc.)
have
a
minimum volume
setting
toprovide programming information even when
the
system
volume
is
turned
all
the
way
off
.
"
You can
set
volume
with
the manual volume control or with programming or both
.
The manual volume
control
willdetermine the range of volume
control
under
programming
;
that
is,
if you turnthe manual volume
control
down to
say,
50%,
you will
not
be
able to increase
the
volume
above
the
50%
value
using
programming
.
15
Some
lights
that are not
controlled
by
the
Quantum System may remain on
.
