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M.T.H. HO ES44AC
Diesel Engine
(PS3E+)
Engineer's Guide
Congratulations! You've just purchased the most
feature-rich and technically advanced HO diesel
locomotive ever produced! This highly detailed
model includes a broader range of features than you'll
find on any other HO scale diesel, including smooth
performance from a three-scale-mile-per-hour crawl
to full throttle; "cruise control" for steady speeds
regardless of curves, switches and grades; built-in
decoders for DCC and the M.T.H. Digital Command
System (DCS); and a full range of prototypical
sounds. If you're looking for motive power that's
accurately detailed, smooth running, and a great deal
of fun to operate, it doesn't get any better than this.
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- Page 1 M.T.H. HO ES44AC Diesel Engine (PS3E+) Engineer's Guide Congratulations! You've just purchased the most feature-rich and technically advanced HO diesel locomotive ever produced! This highly detailed model includes a broader range of features than you’ll find on any other HO scale diesel, including smooth performance from a three-scale-mile-per-hour crawl to full throttle;...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS UNPACKING YOUR ENGINE ...................4 Removing and Unwrapping Your Engine ..................4 What Else is in the Box? ........................4 PRODUCT OVERVIEW....................5 Getting to Know Your Engine......................5 Engine Diagram.............................7 DCC-DCS Switch..........................7 SET-UP ..........................8 Couplers..............................8 Lubrication .............................8 Traction Tire Replacement........................9 MODES OF OPERATION ..................10 FEATURES AND OPERATION................11 Conventional AC ..........................11 Analog DC (standard DC power pack) ...................11... - Page 3 * Please note, when making setting changes in DCS or DCC, such as address, please wait a minimum of 5 seconds after removing power to insure the settings are stored in the engines memory. Reapplying power in less than 5 seconds may result in losing the setting changes. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
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Page 4: Unpacking Your Engine
Replacement Traction Tires (4) Your locomotive is equipped with two neoprene rubber traction tires on each powered truck block. While these tires are extremely durable, you may need to replace them at some point. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 5: Product Overview
Your HO diesel includes built-in realistic horn sound effects, including forward (two blasts) and reverse (three blasts) signaling and crossing signal sounds, all available with one-touch control from a DCS controller or through any DCC controller capable of accessing up to F28. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... - Page 6 There are so many more things to learn and enjoy about M.T.H. HO Engines, we could write a book. But, that's no fun. So, if you haven't already done so, flip to the Quick Start Guide and let's run your new engine!! M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
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Page 7: Engine Diagram
Likewise, if you leave the switch in DCS and try to operate the engine under DCC you may notice a humming Volume Potentiator coming from your engine and you will likely notice that your DCC system’s overload light will be on. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 8: Set-Up
M.T.H. gear grease or equivalent. To remove the gearbox cover, snap it off from one of the ends. Gearbox Cover Lubricate Axles (L) Lubricate Axles (L) M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 9: Traction Tire Replacement
One set of replacement tires is packaged with the model. Additional tires are available directly from the M.T.H. Parts Department. Order online: www.mthtrains.com E-mail: parts@mth-railking.com Phone: 410-381-2580 Fax: 410-423-0009 Mail: 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia MD 21046-1532 M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 10: Modes Of Operation
5 seconds after removing power to ensure the settings are stored in the engines memory. Reapplying power in less than 5 seconds may result in losing the setting changes. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 11: Features And Operation
8 and she'll move out! About 16 volts DC is adequate for prototypical speeds however, your engine can handle up to 24 volts DC if you feel the need for speed! M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... - Page 12 The first thing to know about the lighting is there aren’t any bulbs. It’s all LEDs, so you should never have to replace them. As with sounds, in analog DC mode, lighting operation is fully automatic. They’re always on and behave appropriately. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
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Page 13: Dcs Digital Command System
“ADD ENG” and the system will scan the track and automatically upload your engine into the controller. At this point, you can press “START UP”, roll the throttle and pull out! That's it! M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 14: Speed Control
Your holidays may never be the same! Lighting As with everything in DCS, this becomes a little more than obvious. Pressing the “HEADLIGHT” button turns off the directional headlight and reverse light (if equipped). M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 15: Dcc Digital Command Control
F Function on then off to actually get it to enable. Some DCC systems do this for you automatically and others allow you to set particular F Function buttons to either be set for M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 16: Start-Up/Shut-Down
The bell will then begin ringing. 2. Slowly reduce the throttle until the train stops at the desired location and speed reaches zero. Press the F4 button twice (toggle F4 on then off) again and the bell M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 17: Lights
Again, just like a real engine, you can trigger the Crossing Signal on your engine. This is two long, one short, one long whistle/horn blast. F11 – Crossing Signal Pressing F11 twice (toggling on then off) will sound your Crossing Signal. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 18: Engine Sounds
Once the engine has gone past that rev level, notch 6 in this example, the engine will then rev down normally, all the way to idle, as you decrease the speed. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... - Page 19 Pressing the F27 button (enable F27) will disable the Cab Chatter. Pressing the F27 button again (disable F27) will enable Cab Chatter. Cab Chatter is On by default. F28 – Feature Reset This resets features to default. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
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Page 20: Function Chart
Rev Down One Shot Doppler Coupler Slack Coupler Close Single Horn Blast Engine Sounds Brake Sounds On/Off Cab Chatter On/Off Feature Reset *Refer to pages 23, 24 & 25 for CV Data and Function ID M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 21: Cv29
3. In this step you have to tell the MTH engine that you want it to start looking at long addresses. You do this in CV29: Bring up the CV menu on your DCC handheld Enter “29” to edit CV29 M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 22: Feature/Factory Reset
- Send a decimal 64 for a Feature Reset. This resets volumes, smoke and light settings. - Send a decimal 128 to reset only address values back to factory default - This is the same as writing 55 to CV55 to engine address 55 M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 23: Advanced Dcc Operation
User ID #1 – General Purpose use for customer CV106 User ID #2 – General Purpose use for customer CV115- MTH Function Assignments – See table of supported CV’s and manual CV170 section on how to re-arrange them for further information M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... - Page 24 Brake Sounds On/Off Low Byte Reverse Trim Cab Chatter On/Off High Byte User ID #1 Cab Chatter On/Off Low Byte User ID #2 Feature Reset High Byte Function - Bell High Byte Feature Reset Low Byte M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
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Page 25: Motorola - Marklin 6021 Controller
CV contents on the keypad. For example, to program a CV with the value 128, enter 12 on the keypad then press the function key to tell the engine that a number greater than 79 is being entered M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... - Page 26 Function/Off button on the Marklin 6021 controller toggles Start-up/Shut-Down. For the New Motorola format the Function/Off button on the Marklin 6021 Controller toggles the Headlight/Taillight and F1-F4 are supported. Please see page XX for the engine's F-Function List. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
- Page 27 6 and then you can use Function/Off and F1-F4 to control functions F5-F9. The same applies to consists as they would be consist address + 1. Also, you can re-map F5-F9 via CV123-CV130. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
- Page 28 Electric Boiler Start-Up Extended Shut Down 21 Electric Pressure Release Extended Start Up LIGHTS Start Up/Shut Down Lights Train Wreck Marker (Train/No Train) Trolley Manual Mode 26 Beacon Trolley Learn Mode (Alt Lighting/Country) Trolley Auto Mode M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
- Page 29 Write a value of 18 to CV25. Your engine will now use the speed curve #18 below If you want to create your own speed table using CV's 67-94 then write a value of 0 or 1 to Cv25 M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
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Page 30: Advanced Consisting
Setting CV21 and CV22 determine which F Functions the consist responds to • See diagram below for example Engine 1 - Front Engine 2 - Middle Engine 3 - Rear Normal Forward Direction of Travel M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... - Page 31 CV change. Some DCC systems may already do this for you but the instructions assume your system does not. If you are in doubt then go ahead and follow step 5 as it will do no harm M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
- Page 32 F9-F12 are used in a consist: 7 (128) 6 (64) 5 (32) 4 (16) 3 (8) 2 (4) 1 (2) 0 (1) (Decimal Value) Used Used (Engine (Engine Function Used Used Facing Rev) Facing Fwd) M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
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Page 33: Programming Track
= 128) for the engine you want to reverse. To do this - take 128 (the new bit you want to set) + 5 (the existing bit that you do not want to alter) = 133. You would then write a value of 133 to CV19. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... - Page 34 Your engines are now set up according to the example above. You will note that there is no F0 in CV21. This is because that function (FL) is controlled by CV22. Please refer to the Advanced Consisting section for more information regarding CV22. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
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Page 35: Specifications
DCC - Digital Command Control Motorola DCS - Digital Control System Default Addresses DCC short DCC extended 3333 US PATENTS US 6,457,681 Oct. 2, 2002 US 6,619,594 Sept. 16, 2003 US 6,655,640 Dec. 2, 2003 M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 36: Care And Maintenance
New engines even after they are lubricated may take a little bit to get everything run in. Be a little patient and let it run for a bit. It should clear up shortly after lubricating and running. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... - Page 37 Full CW = Max volume and it moves just fine. There’s a crackling sound from Check to see if a screw or some other my engine material hasn’t lodged itself in the underside of the engine body. M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
- Page 38 New engines even after they are lubricated may take a little bit to get everything run in. Be a little patient and let it run for a bit. It should clear up shortly after lubricating and running M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
- Page 39 This is normal. You will need to press the hear the Doppler shift but F12 button again to turn Doppler off. then the engine sounds Your engine sounds will now return to fade out and I can’t get normal them back M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
- Page 40 Try to get a hold of the engine on its last known long address Place the engine on the Programming Track output on your DCC system and write a value of 3 to CV1 M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
- Page 41 This is normal. You will need to Doppler shift but then the engine press the Doppler button again to turn sounds fade out and I can’t get Doppler off. Your engine sounds will them back now return to normal M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
- Page 42 Recover Engine HOW TO ORDER PARTS: Replacement parts are available directly from the M.T.H. Parts Department (Order online: www.mthtrains.com, e-mail: parts@mth-railking.com, Fax: 410-423-0009, Phone: 410-381-2580, Mail: 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia MD 21046-1532 ). M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine...
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Page 43: Power Supply Charts (Ac+Dc)
Controller CRE-55401 Controller PWM Output from this power supply DAMAGE Will the TIU * Use 22 volts maximum track voltage when operating a MTH locomotive equipped with Proto-Sound, Loco-Sound, Proto-Sound 2.0, or Proto-Sound 3.0 M.T.H. HO ES44AC PS3E+ Diesel Engine... -
Page 44: Service & Warranty Information
M.T.H. Authorized Service Center (ASC) in your area to obtain Repair Authorization. You can find the list of ASCs on the M.T.H. Website, www.mthtrains.com. Authorized Service Centers are required to make warranty repairs on items sold only from that store; all other repairs may-- or may not be done at the store's own discretion.
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