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Commander Reference Manual
1.1.1.1 Running a train
Control panels
Introduction
The control panels guarantee a comfortable con-
trol of your locomotives. The ergonomic arrange-
ment enables you to operate and control your loco-
motives ambidextrously. At the time you always will
have a free view of the entire main display.
The Commander has two equivalent control pa-
nels. They are on the right and left side of the dis-
play, composed of a handle rotary speed control
knob with intelligent turn stop adjusted to the actu-
ally controlled locomotive. Furthermore you will find
two direction- buttons, displayed indications and
touch fields for the selection of locomotives, additi-
onal functions, speed and direction of travel.
Conception
The illustration shows the different components of a
control panel. You have the full view of all relevant
touch fields and information.
The rotary speed control knobs have a dynamic
evaluation. This feature avoids the necessity of ha-
ving to turn the speed control knob several times
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Emergency Stop
If you want to stop a single actually cont-
rolled locomotive immediately, just press the
speed- control knob associated with the res-
pective engine.
to increase speed from step 0 to step 128 and to
decrease reversely , in case that a locomotive is
programmed on "speed step 128"(see chapter
1.1.1.3).
Rotary speed control knob with intelligent turn
stop adjusted to the actually controlled loco-
motive. Turning clockwise, you accelerate the
speed. You decelerate the speed by turning it
anti-clockwise.
Two direction-buttons for the selection of the re-
spective direction of travel.
Function-touch fields: in order to choose the ad-
ditional functions of a locomotive by a touch-tip-
ping.
Locomotive-selection field to call up the list of
locomotives. The Commander shows a locomo-
tive icon of your free choice in this field as well
as the address and the name of the locomotive.
Speed indication field: The Commander indica-
tes the actual speed of the locomotive (speedo-
meter and speed steps) and the direction of tra-
vel.
Speedometer
The pointer instrument of the speedometer visua-
lizes the selected speed step. The indication de-
pends on the speed step programmed in the loco-
motive decoder.
The colour of the pointer indicates the digital format
used for the control of the locomotive:
► red = Märklin / Motorola
► yellow = DCC
The digital display shows the actually adjusted
speed step or visualizes the speed numerically
(km/h). Thus an exact control of the locomotive is
possible.
1.1.1.1
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