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Manual DINAMO Plug & Play
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Version 1.2 – Dec 21
Control your miniature world
st
, 2017
©2017 Leon van Perlo
VPEB
VPEB
DINAMO
Manual
Smart electronics for your miniature world
Van Perlo Elektronica
Van Perlo Elektronica
& Besturingstechniek
& Besturingstechniek
Plug & Play
Author: Leon J.A. van Perlo
Version: 1.2
st
Date:
December 21
, 2017
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- Page 1 Manual DINAMO Plug & Play Control your miniature world VPEB VPEB Van Perlo Elektronica Van Perlo Elektronica & Besturingstechniek & Besturingstechniek (This page is intentionally left blank) Plug & Play DINAMO Manual Author: Leon J.A. van Perlo Version: 1.2 Smart electronics for your miniature world...
- Page 2 The making of copies and prints by users of the Dinamo system and/or Dinamo modules for their own use is allowed. Page 2 of 32 Version 1.2 –...
- Page 3 Relays for this application can be obtained from a regular electronics components store. Types that are specified to switch 1Amp per contact are fine. Also the VPEB partners offer ready-made modules with one or more relays, equipped with pluggable connectors or screw- type terminals for easy wiring.
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Page 4: Block 1 Block
Also bear in mind that an event needs to go from Dinamo to the PC, the PC-software has to process it and then the PC has to send a command to Dinamo, that also has to When using Dinamo, the layout is not only divided into blocks security-wise, but also every process it in order to stop the train. -
Page 5: Block 4 Block
Dinamo P&P consists of just 3 different modules, by which all possible parts of your layout can be controlled, including analogue trains, digital trains, turnouts, signals and many other Even when multiple turnouts are lined up this rule counts. Have a look at the example in accessories. -
Page 6: Dinamo
Control your miniature world Manual DINAMO Plug & Play The Power Supply is not part of the Dinamo P&P program and can in principle be every 6.3 Some additional words on DinamoConfig decently stabilized DC power supply with sufficient power. The choice of power supply is not primarily determined by Dinamo itself, but merely by what you want to control with Dinamo. -
Page 7: Dinamo Plug & Play
PC through the USB cable, so you won’t need a separate power supply for your RM-C. Fig 26: Status window of a live Dinamo P&P system Communication with the TM44 and OC32 modules on your layout is done through RS485 The version numbers of the OC32’s are less... -
Page 8: Rm-C/1
The easiest way is to download and run the “setup executable for default VID and PID While the power to your Dinamo system is off and your RM-C is connected to your PC, values”. - Page 9 TM44, the maser/slave setting), your TM44 and OC32/NG modules need to be rebooted (power-off - power-on). Changing addresses in a live Dinamo P&P network would not work anyway and could lead to very strange behaviour. If you read and understand section 6 of this manual you will know why.
- Page 10 Dinamo module, block and section numbering. So TM44 module 0.0 may show up like module 1.1 in your software and Dinamo Block 5 therefore may be Block 6 in your control software. Note this is up to the control software and you will need to consult the manual of the respective software to get the details.
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Page 11: Led Indicators
The TM44 had been designed as block- control unit, to be used in a Dinamo Your Dinamo system will, at some point, consist of multiple TM44’s and OC32/NG’s. In control system and offers the order for the RM-C to communicate with every individual module, each module shall have a... - Page 12 S7 & S8 OFF S7 & S8 OFF Terminators Fig 22: Another Dinamo P&P network example activated. All other modules shall have their terminator de-activated. If you don’t comply with this rule, the good news is that your network will still work (in most cases).
- Page 13 S7 & S8 a professional. Fig 21: An example Dinamo P&P RS485 network 3.7 Power Supply Cabling 5.2 Terminators The electrical power for your trains is transported by copper wires from your power supply unit to the TM44’s underneath your layout.
- Page 14 • Keep the wires (PWR and GND) together. Preferred is one cable with multiple In the previous chapters we have described the three different Dinamo P&P modules. In this conductors. chapter we will show how to interconnect them and make the Dinamo system work.
- Page 15 Manual DINAMO Plug & Play Control your miniature world Control your miniature world Manual DINAMO Plug & Play If you have the OC32/NG in enclosure, simply mount the OC32/NG using the 4 screws that If you want to connect 4 sections per block, at the side you connect to the TM44, bundle all come with the unit or enclosure to a suitable flat surface.
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Page 16: Mounting
The OC32 can be used to control all accessories on and around your railroad and many other applications. This manual applies to the use of the OC32/NG version only. If you have the previous version of the OC32 (not /NG), please refer to previous versions of this Dinamo P&P manual.
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