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To Emergency Stop the active knob controlling a locomotive: Press and
hold down the
key for about one second and the speed will go to zero and
the throttle will beep. The release the
key, or hold down for another about
1/2 second to also emergency stop a locomotive controlled on the other DCS52
knob.
12.0 Having Problems?:
Having Trouble Stopping? If the deceleration CV value you set for a partic-
ular loco is very large, this can make it look like the loco is not stopping on
command because the deceleration CV value is causing the loco to take a long
time to come to a stop. Emergency stop commands force an immediate stop
with no deceleration delays.
If your throttle says "SLOT MAX...". This means that the Zephyr Express
system's capacity to handle operating locos is full. The DCS52 can run up to
20 addresses at the same time. This includes all decoder/locomotive addresses
in use on the system, whether they are being run individually or as part of an
MU. If you have the "SLOT MAX: Release unused locomotives at zero speed
to free space" message, be sure that all locos that are not running are released
from throttles.
If you run into this problem often, you should consider a command station
with more capacity. If you want to clear all of the loco addresses and consist
information in the DCS52 and start over, set OpSw 36 to "Closed" or press the
Reset button.
I'm totally lost! If your DCS52 display isn't showing you what you expect
based on the manual, press the
key to return to the Home Operations
Screen. Then try the throttle task again. If you think you might have made an
inadvertent change to one of the factory settings in either the decoder or the
command station, try resetting everything to the factory settings and try the
task again. See your decoder instructions for resetting the factory settings of the
decoder. See Section 9.2 for using OpSW 40 for resetting the DCS52 to factory
settings.
DCS52 Track power Shutdown
If the DCS52 track status led shows unlit briefly and then comes back on again,
it is probably being run too close to its preset current limit of 3.0 Amps. In this
case it may clip or mutilate some outgoing packets of information to keep the
track current within acceptable limits. To solve this problem, reduce the track
current load by running fewer locomotives, or set up additional power districts
and adding more boosters to provide more power for the layout.
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