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Digitrax BDL162 Manual

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BDL162
LocoNet Occupancy Detector
For 16 Detection Sections
Occupancy Detection for 16 detection sections lets you know when rolling
stock is in a detection section on your layout
Outputs for LEDs to indicate local detection section occupancy and zone
power status on a panel mount display
3 Amp capacity per detection section
Connect to LocoNet to transmit occupancy information to your LocoNet
system
Detects any powered locomotive
Detects un-powered rolling stock equipped with resistor wheel sets
Plug and Play with Digitrax DCC
Configurable for most DCC systems
Automatically checks layout status on power up of your system computer
Transponding with addition of an RX4 Transponder Detector and transpon-
ders in your rolling stock provides additional capabilities:
Identify where specific rolling stock is on your layout
Operations Mode Read Back allows you to read CV values of decoders
equipped with transponders
1 BDL162
1 44-Pin Connector
The BDL162 requires a 12V-16V AC or DC power supply which is sold sepa-
rately. Multiple BDL162s can be powered from the same power supply as long
as 100mA is provided for each BDL162. One Digitrax PS12 power supply can
run up to three BDL162s.
Digitrax Manuals and Instructions are updated periodically.
Please visit www.digitrax.com for the latest version of all manuals.
©2002 Digitrax, Inc
www.digitrax.com
1 LT5 Tester
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  • Page 1 1 44-Pin Connector 1 Instruction Manual The BDL162 requires a 12V-16V AC or DC power supply which is sold sepa- rately. Multiple BDL162s can be powered from the same power supply as long as 100mA is provided for each BDL162. One Digitrax PS12 power supply can run up to three BDL162s.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    15.0 Warranty and Repair Information..........20 Digitrax, LocoNet, Super Empire Builder, Super Chief, Zephyr and others included in this manual are trademarks of various manufacturers including Digitrax. U.S. & International Patents Pending for BDL162, RX4, transponding and other Digitrax products & technologies.
  • Page 3 The BDL162 lets you know when a detection section on your layout is occu- Whole layout common rail is a method of wiring layouts where power dis- tricts and their boosters are connected electrically by a common rail or com- pied.

  • Page 4: Direct Home Wiring

    The form, BDL162 Planning Worksheet, is also available in the same sec- tion for documenting your setup for future reference and trouble shooting. Whether you are building a new layout or installing your BDL162 on an exist- ing system, there are two basic wiring formats: direct home wiring and whole layout common wiring.

  • Page 5: Common Rail Wiring

    The BDL162 wiring panels should be located near the highest feeder density in order to minimize the lengths of wires feeding from the track to the BDL162. Planning the detection sections on the layout and the associated wiring on the wiring panel is covered in more detail in the technical applications paper, Advanced Transponding Application Note, available at www.digitrax.com.
  • Page 6 8. The first time you apply power to the unit, hold down the switch located connected to LocoNet and seeing DCC packets. behind the red LED on the BDL162 to set it up for whole layout common rail operation. The red and green LEDs will light up as power is applied to The BDL162's option switches are factory set at the values that will work for the unit.
  • Page 7 Isolated track section for Detection Section 5 DS 6 Isolated track section for Detection Section 6 To make set up simpler and easier for non-Digitrax layouts to use the BDL162, DS 7 Isolated track section for Detection Section 7 there are two quick configuration buttons that let you set up your unit to work...

  • Page 8: Direct Home Wiring

    (Digitrax common rail wired layouts 1. Power up your BDL162 and connect it to LocoNet. recommended wiring) 2. Connect a DT or UT series Digitrax throttle to one of the the BDL162's Disable Transponding Enable Transponding LocoNet connectors.

  • Page 9: Bdl162 Board Address

    BDL162. Press the key until the corresponding LED is lit. This will set the board address for the BDL162. The green LED will then go steady green to indicate BDL162 Power ON. When you are finished...

  • Page 10: Power Management

    LED indicators. Header “A” includes the 4 detection indi- If a device is used to switch off power feeding the BDL162 and the track it is cators for detection sections 1 to 4 and the zone power indicator for zone A...

  • Page 11: Packet Reception

    4 occupancy LED headers on the BDL162 and solder LEDs to the wires to create an array of LEDs (see Figure 6). By plugging this The BDL162 is ready to set up four transponding zones with the addition of an display array into one of the 4 occupancy LED headers (Figure 5, marked RX4 Transponder Detector.
  • Page 12 All warranties on Digitrax products are limited to refund of purchase price or repair or replacement of Digitrax products at the sole discretion of Digitrax. In the event that Digitrax products are not installed or used in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications, any and all warranties either expressed or implied are void.
  • Page 13 BDL162 LocoNet Occupancy Detector Made in U.S.A.

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