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Broadway Limited Paragon 2 Series Operator's Manual

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Important Notice:
This product is not recommended for children
under 14 years of age.
06/23/14
Paragon 2
Operator's Manual
Broadway Limited locomotives
manufactured under US Patent
No. 7,749,040 and RE38,660 under
license from Real Rails, Inc. Other
Paragon 2
Steam Locomotives
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  • Page 1 Operator’s Manual Paragon 2 Steam Locomotives Important Notice: This product is not recommended for children under 14 years of age. Broadway Limited locomotives manufactured under US Patent No. 7,749,040 and RE38,660 under 06/23/14 license from Real Rails, Inc. Other Paragon 2...
  • Page 2 If you do not insert this completely, you will have continuous problems with intermittent power pick- up. If your locomotive is making sound, but is not moving, your tether cable is not firmly seated in the socket. insert tether image here Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 3 Smoke If your engine is equipped with a smoke generator, DO NOT OPERATE THE SMOKE UNIT WITHOUT SMOKE FLUID. Doing so will damage the engine. The smoke unit heater can be physically turned off using the switch located beneath the cab (or behind the smokebox door on some models).
  • Page 4 Figure 1. Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 5 Manually Activated Sounds Whistle Plays when the “horn” button on the DC Master is pressed. The Paragon 2 whistle is highly playable. A quick press and release plays a short whistle blast. Holding down longer and releasing produces a long whistle blast.
  • Page 6 The following sounds will be heard when the locomotive is running or sitting at idle. Various other random sounds may play if appropriate for each locomotive. Air Pump Blower Coal shovel or auger Injector Steam Cock Blow Down Pop-off Valve Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 7 Volume/Mute To mute the sounds, press the “Vol” button once. To turn the sounds back on, press the “Vol” button once. Horn and bell still work when the other sounds are muted. Your Paragon 2 locomotive’s sound system has 8 volume levels that can be set from the DCMaster.
  • Page 8 0-255 Volume Brake CV147 Release higher number is louder. 0-255 Volume Pop Off Valve CV148 higher number is louder. 0-255 Volume Blower CV149 higher number is louder. 0-255 Volume Dynamo CV150 higher number is louder. 0-255 Volume Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 9 Brake Squeal CV151 higher number is louder. 0-255 Volume Coal Auger/ CV152 Shovel higher number is louder. 0-255 Volume Water Fill CV153 higher number is louder. 0-255 Volume Water Injector CV154 higher number is louder. 0-255 Volume CV155 Chuff Volume higher number is louder. 0-255 Passenger CV156...

  • Page 10: Dcc Operation

    Use the program track. See page 24.) Steam Engine Function Key Definitions Paragon 2 locomotives have the ability to use dozens of functions. If your DCC system does not support this many functions, the function you want to use can be assigned Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 11 to the function keys available on your DCC system. The default function keys are listed below. To change the assignments, see page 16. Function Key Description Front Light/Rear Light Bell Whistle Coupler Slack/Couple Air Pump When stopped: Blow Down When Moving: Increase Chuff Intensity When stopped: Water Fill When Moving: Decrease Chuff...
  • Page 12 The actual slack sound effect plays when the engine starts moving. Air Pump (F4) Pressing F4 activates the air pump. Pressing F4 once the air pump is active shuts the air pump off. Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 13 Blow Down/Increase Chuff Magnitude (F5) The blow down sound effect may be activated by pressing F5 when the engine is stopped. Pressing F5 when the engine is moving increases the chuff volume with each press. CV204 (Chuff Magnitude Increment) dictates the magnitude of change per F5 press.
  • Page 14 20. Increasing this value decreases the brake sensitivity while decreasing this value increases the sensitivity. Set to 5 for 28 speed step operation. Grade Crossing Whistle (F13) Pressing F13 automatically plays a long-long-short- long whistle sequence as a warning at grade crossings. Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 15 Passenger Sounds (F14) When stopped, press F14 to play a passenger train departing message. Do not press this button if you do not have a passenger train, as this will cause unprototypical operation. After pressing, other passenger departure sounds will be heard when the train starts to move. If the train has been moving for over 30 seconds, pressing F14 will play station arrival messages.
  • Page 16 The engine can run for a long time without using more space, but changing the throttle uses space quickly. 28 speed step mode is best for recording, since it uses less space. Broadway Limited Imports...

  • Page 17: Function Key Mapping

    Function Key Mapping Most DCC systems have between 8 and 28 function buttons. Since the Paragon 2 sound system has more than 28 functions, the functions can be made to work on any function button. This is done by entering the value of the function into the CV associated with the button.
  • Page 18 Steam Cock Pop Off Wheel Flange Coupler Slack Brake Squeal Horn 2 Toggle Smoke Control Grade Crossing Horn Play Macro Record Macro Passenger Sounds Freight Sounds Maintenance Sounds Radio Chatter City Sounds Farm Sounds Industrial Sounds Lumber Sounds Broadway Limited Imports...

  • Page 19: Resetting To Factory Default

    (CV’s). A list of DCC settings is shown on page 20. Broadway Limited Imports recommends programming your Paragon 2 locomotives on the main track using Operations Mode programming or using Direct mode or Paged mode on the programming track.

  • Page 20: Motor Control

    The Paragon 2 system features outstanding back EMF speed control for both DC and DCC use. The back EMF feature can be turned off by changing CV10 to 0. Change to 1 to turn back EMF on again. Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 21 The motor movement can be delayed after turning the throttle to allow the engine sound to rev up before movement. To enable this feature, set CV 245 to 18 or 19. Set back to 16 or 17 to disable. Once enabled, the delay can be adjusted by setting CV 248.
  • Page 22 0-255 comm. volume City/Farm/Industrial/ CV158 higher number is louder. 0-255 Lumber Volume Increasing increases the CV180 Bell Ring Interval 0-120 Varies time between bell rings increasing decreases brake CV185 DCC Brake Control 0-255 sensitivity Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 23 Change to alter pitch CV188 Pitch Shift of all sounds. Makes 2 0-255 locomotives sound different Initial angular offset Articulated Chuff between front and rear CV194 0-25 Offset drivers set in articulated engine. Time in seconds for CV195 Slip Timer articulated drivers to slip 0-255 one increment.
  • Page 24 CV195. Setting to 0 stops the slip. CV196 can be adjusted to set the initial timing between the front and rear engines. Setting to zero will make the articulated engine sound like a traditional steam engine at start up Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 25 DCC Programming Quick Reference Guide FACTORY DEFAULT ADDRESS = 3 FACTORY RESET: Set CV 8 = 8 Programming Paragon 2 locomotives using locomotives using Lenz Digital Plus system. The Lenz system does not allow programming locomotive ID on the main track. To program on the program track: Press F, then 8.
  • Page 26 Press enter repeatedly until “ANALOG HORN CHANNEL” is displayed. Press “127, then “ENTER”. Press Enter until ANALOG BIAS is shown. Press 8, then ENTER. Press ESC. Now, while pressing the horn button, the pitch can be changed by turning the throttle. Broadway Limited Imports...
  • Page 27 To enable Functions F13-28 using the NCE Procab system. NOTE: The NCE system must have software dated March 2007 or later. To check, press “Prog” until “Set CMD Station” is displayed. Press “Enter”. The software date will show. If you need to update, NCE will send a new chip to install in the system for a nominal fee.
  • Page 28 Broadway Limited Imports, LLC 9 East Tower Circle, Ormond Beach, FL 32174, USA www.broadway-limited.com email: info@broadway-limited.com TEL: 386-673-8900 | FAX: 386-673-8080 Manufactured under US patents RE38,660* and 7,749,040. RE38,660 under license from Real Rails, Inc. Broadway Limited Imports...