Description; Installation Notes; Wiring - NCE Mini-Panel Instruction

Description of Mini-Panel
The mini-panel is primarily intended to make it easy to build control panels for yards,
towns, interlockings and other layout applications. A secondary use of the panel is to
provide rudimentary automation of trains or control of signals. For more complex
automation or signal operation the Macro-panel has more comprehensive
implementation of these secondary features and more memory for command storage.
The mini panel has 30 inputs that can be connected to pushbuttons, toggle switches,
block detectors, etc. for the purpose of issuing accessory, macro or locomotive control
commands. A thirty-first input is provided to act as a panel reset. Activation of an
input can initiate sending a string of DCC commands through the track to turnouts,
locomotives, signals or other DCC controlled devices. Inputs are activated by
connecting them to the mini panel "GROUND". This makes the mini panel compatible
with all pushbutton/toggle switches and most block detectors.
The mini-panel communicates with the command station via the cab bus and uses one
cab bus address.
Setup (programming) of the mini-panel is accomplished by plugging a ProCab or NCE
USB adapter into the "setup" jack. If USB is used the mini-panel memory is accessed
via binary CV read and write commands (page or direct mode). USB jumpers should
be set for PowerCab v1.28 or ALL SYS.
number and version of the Mini Panel as with a decoder when used with the USB
interface.

Installation Notes:

The mini panel runs off Cab Bus power (nominal 12V DC) and draws about 90mA of
current, slightly less than a ProCab. NOTE: When used with the PowerCab use the
mini panel default address of 3.

Wiring:

See the diagram below for sample wiring ideas.
Plug in ProCab
or USB interface
for setup
Push
Button
Push
Button
Last revised: 22 July 2008
CV7 and CV8 return the manufacturer
SETUP CAB BUS
PIN 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 GROUND 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Cab Bus
can be
daisy chained
through the
Mini-Panel
Toggle
Switch
BD20
Block Detector
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