Dcc Operation - QSI Quantum 1 System Operation Manual

DCC Operation

These steps will allow you to start operating your Quantum equipped Electric locomotive immediately using any DCC system that is
compatible with the applicable NMRA DCC specifications.
1. Select locomotive number 3.
2. Set your DCC controller to 128 (preferable) or 28 (acceptable) speed step range.
3. Start your locomotive immediately by pressing the F6 DCC function key
System (Front Headlight, Reverse Light (Rear Headlight), colored Marker Lights, optional Ditch Lights and optional Mars Light
be off. Use the FL or F0 key to turn on the Directional Lighting. Cab Lights (if so equipped) and Number Board Lights will turn on. Cab
Lights will shut off automatically after ten seconds.
When you reduce the throttle to zero, the locomotive will automatically enter Neutral when the locomotive stops. You will hear a Short Air
Let-off when the locomotive stops moving and a Long Air Let-off about one second later - followed by Air Pumps and other background
sounds 37 . The Directional Front Headlight will go dim. If your model Electric locomotive is equipped with Quantum Ditch Lights, they will
turn off in Neutral. Similarly, if your model Electric Locomotive has a Quantum Mars Light, it will stop pulsing and go dim and the front
Headlight will turn off in Neutral. If you locomotive has QSI multicolored Marker Lights, they will go to red.
The direction of your locomotive will change when you press the direction key on your DCC throttle.
Function Keys
The following table lists features that have been pre-assigned to your DCC function keys. Operation of these keys can be different in the
Neutral state (locomotive stopped) and the Motive states (locomotive moving in Forward or Reverse). After you have selected your
locomotive, simply press any of the function keys listed below to produce the described effects.
Function Key*
F0 or FL or Headlight
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
F11
F12
* Quantum supports the new NMRA 0-12 function key standard; the old 0-8 standard is not supported.
If you have a DCC command station that supports only the older 0 to 8 function key standard, you will have no way to initiate Shut Down in
Neutral with these pre-assigned feature to function key mappings. There is an interim solution to this problem; Swap the features assigned
to the F7 and F9 outputs in Neutral by doing the following:
1. Set CV49 to 9, set CV50 to 1, and set CV53 to 145. Now F7 in Neutral controls Shut Down.
2. Set CV49 to 11, set CV50 to 1, and set CV53 to 9. Now F9 in Neutral controls Long Air Let-off.
Directional Lighting Operation (F0 or FL or Headlight)
The FL (or F0, or Headlight) key toggles the Automatic Directional Headlight/Reverse Light/Ditch Lights/Mars Light System
The defaults for Headlight/Reverse Light (Reverse Headlight) and optional Ditch Lights and Mars Directional Lights are off; default for
Marker Lights is on. When toggled on, the Directional Lights
35 It does not need to be F6; any function or speed command for an engine that is not in Shut Down will activate the locomotive.
36 Not all locomotive models have the Ditch Light or Mars Light feature.
37 Neutral sounds also include Traction Motor Cooling Fans with Vents opening and closing that turn on and off randomly.
38 Explicit lighting control features for Headlight, Reverse Light and optional Ditch Lights, Mars Light or Marker Lights can be assigned to DCC function outputs. (See QSI DCC
Reference Manual, version 3)
39 The Quantum System uses constant voltage lighting that is independent of track voltage.
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Forward and Reverse
Directional Lighting on or off
Bell on or off
Horn or horn with Doppler Effect (see below)
Coupler Crash/Coupler Fire
Cooling Fans on or off
Dynamic Brake function on or off
Initiate Doppler Effect
Squealing Brake/Flanges and Air Brakes
Audio Mute on or off
Short Air Let-off
Locomotive's Verbal Speed Readout in SMPH.
Number Board Lights on or off
Cab Lights on or off (if so equipped)
39 come on according to the table below.
35 to hear the locomotive Start Up sounds. Directional Lighting
Directional Lighting on or off
Bell on or off
Horn on or off
Coupler Arm or Coupler Fire
Cooling Fans on or off
Dynamic Brake function on or off ("Disconnect" only)
Start Up
Brake Set - Long Air Let-off
Audio Mute on or off
Shut Down
Locomotive's Verbal Status Readout
Number Board Lights on or off
Cab Lights on or off (if so equipped)
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36 ) will
Neutral
38 on or off.
8 March 2006