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16 Port LED Lighting Controller – LLC-5
LLC MICRO-5
USER MANUAL
Model Train Technology LLC
10524 Moss park Rd. Ste. 204-256
Orlando, Florida 32832
407-242-5436
www.ModelTrainTechnology.com
support@modeltraintechnology.com
WE APPOLOGIZE FOR ERRORS IN THIS MAUAL – IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS

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  • Page 1 16 Port LED Lighting Controller – LLC-5 LLC MICRO-5 USER MANUAL Model Train Technology LLC 10524 Moss park Rd. Ste. 204-256 Orlando, Florida 32832 407-242-5436 www.ModelTrainTechnology.com support@modeltraintechnology.com WE APPOLOGIZE FOR ERRORS IN THIS MAUAL – IT’S A WORK IN PROGRESS...
  • Page 3 16 channel Sensor Hub . The Sensor Hub allows you to connect remote switches and sensors (like our Precision Detectors) to turn any one or more of the MICRO-5 ports on and off. The animation capability of the MICRO-5 and the LLC-5 Main Unit are identical.
  • Page 4 DCC system. That also means you can use jmri (www.jmri.org) or Railroad Automation (RRAuto.com) software. The MICRO-5 is a customized, purpose-built circuit that has been pre-programmed, so you don’t have to. NOTE: Digitrax user must operate the speed control with the train direction FORWARD.
  • Page 5 OVERVIEW Your board comes configured as address 3 per NMRA® standards. The MICRO-5 has a DCC onboard decoder that allows you to both configure and control your lights remotely. There are two types of decoder in the DCC eco-system: § Multifunction decoder (Default Setting) §...
  • Page 6 QUICK SET USING THE BUTTON There are Five options using the onboard push button. They are listed below: In order to program CV’s using the Programming Track of your DCC system, you must set the board FastBoot to OFF.
  • Page 7 SETTING THE BOARD ADDRESS There are two ways to change the board address: 1. Connect the board to a programming track and set the Address CV (#2) for short addresses up to 255, Or, to whatever address you like. Long and Short addresses work just as they do with locomotive decoders.
  • Page 8 2. Non DCC Powered Mode. (this is cool) DCC Track power is precious, particularly if you have a big layout or are part of a club. To accommodate the requirement to have accessories run off non-DCC sources we have built that capability into the board.
  • Page 9 Note: Everyone knows that the blue part of flame is hotter than the orange part. With that in mind I can see that the blue area of the above chart should be “hotter” and have a higher degree Kelvin associated with it.
  • Page 10 with the speed control switching from one mode to another. My advice is to go slow and follow the steps one by one. Additionally, there will be a few sequences where you might get stuck. In that case, turn off all the function keys and use F0 to turn All the LEDs on and off.
  • Page 11 To change the configuration of a pin you have to stop Animation mode (F5 OFF) and then make sure all other function keys are also off. This is explained further in this manual. The port behaviors and their CV values: Value Behavior Notes:...
  • Page 12 The available Functions in Operator Mode (F1 OFF) are: Function Behavior Comments All Pins On/Off Also used to check everything works. Adjust all Pin Bright level Forces all pins to same Dim level; use F2 to save Alternate pin Flashing Overrides individual mode setting;...
  • Page 13 The LSC II uses Function F0 through F8 to configure and control the pins on the board when in MultiFunction mode. This mode allows very basic configuration options. The full range of configuration are only possible via the LLC-5 Main Unit or via DCC programming mode.
  • Page 14 If you are a Digitrax user, you will notice a slight idiosyncrasy when you turn the speed controller. Occasionally you may feel two “clicks” of the dial when the lit LED only moved by one. This is because the range of speed in DCC is 0-127 (128 speed steps) but the dial on the Digitrax hand controller is only two digits to represent 0-100%, not the actual internal speed step.
  • Page 15 If you now dial the speed control back to 8, the LED will go back on and you will see the new, adjusted and probably a brighter setting for pin 8. Now you can use the speed dial to pick another pin and adjust its brightness and other configurations and so on.
  • Page 16 back to factory defaults. We recommend that you power down the board for 5 seconds (just unplug the power) and then restart it. Everything should be back to normal and the address for the boards is back to 3. As mentioned, you can always use the programming track methods, otherwise known and DCC Ops mode - to program the address.
  • Page 17 “address setting” mode at the same time. That is not easy to do so we don't’ expect it to occur too often.) For convenience, I use addresses for my MICRO-5 that start at 1,000. That way I won’t confuse myself with the layout switches.
  • Page 18 Behavior of the “MODE” of a pin for Animation Each of the 16 pins on the LSC II can be set to behave differently for the purpose of Animation Mode F5. When F5 is activated, the Mode setting of that pin directs its behavior with a few the exceptions that will be mentioned.
  • Page 19 Beacon – the LED will fade up and down and flash briefly at the highest point of the fade cycle. Random – turns LED pins on and off randomly. When in Operations mode – F10 - the F6 controls whether the lights sequence “spools”...
  • Page 20 Arc Welding – a random cycle of flashing with brief pauses – three settings are available that determine the length of time between cycles – or how fast the worker is working. Lightning - as series of flashes with periodic sub-flashes - a random cycle of flashing with brief pauses –...
  • Page 21 1.2 Configure ALL LEDs Bright Level [ F4 ] a) All Function keys OFF b) F0 [On] – all LEDs should be lit c) F4 [On] - LEDs will dim to the setting on the speed dial. d) Adjust the speed dial 0-100% to your liking. e) F2 [Press Once] –...
  • Page 22 q) Test the selected pin by pressing the function key for that pin: F11 = pin 1, F12 = pin 2, F13 = pin 3, etc. r) OR, F0 will turn on all pins and you can evaluate the pin that you configured.
  • Page 23 g) F2 – Press once to save the settings. All the LEDs will flash to confirm the setting was saved. h) F10 [Off] – turn off adjusting the LED blink timing. If you still have F1 on, you will need to adjust the speed dial to get back in range 1-16 for any of the LEDs to light.
  • Page 24 The time multiplier CV is 117. You can set this to a max of 255 and you can set the time On or Off to 255 which would result in a time On or Off of 65,025 seconds. That is 1,084 minutes or about 18 hours! A characteristic of the fade behavior is that the number of “steps”...
  • Page 25 certain LEDs and keep them On, set their MODE to 1 (always on). Mode 1 only activates during F5 – animation. You can activate Random while NOT in Animation Mode by using F6. In this way the other animations such as always on, blink, flashing and TV will not activate.
  • Page 26 F1 [Off] – Exit Configuration mode. PROGRAMMING DIRECTLY TO CV’s When using your DCC System to write directly to CV location, does not know that. In other words, it can’t see MICRO-5 that a CV value has changed. When the starts up it MICRO-5 loads the CV values it needs from the chip memory.
  • Page 27 • Remember to use the CV Reload function after any change or group of changes you make directly to CV’s. (F4+F5+F6; F2). LED “chips” are available in the following colors • 2000K • 3000K • 5000K • 6500K • TV Sim (Blue & White) •...

  • Page 28: Other Notes

    OTHER NOTES: • Remember to Reload the CV Variables after using direct CV writes. (F4+F5+F6, then F2/Horn) • Some FX work with several ports in unison. Step, Chase, Race and TV sim work this way by design. But you can also mix effects on different ports.
  • Page 29 Each LSC II can either Race or Chase but not both simultaneously. • DCC Signal Scan is the amount of time that the MICRO-5 waits after power on to switch into animation mode if it does not detect a DCC Signal. You can select ANY Port since it affects the entire device, select the value for the delay option and press SAVE.
  • Page 30 USING SWITCHES TO SIMULTATE TRIGGERS The MICRO-5 will let you set triggers so that a port only displays when its trigger is tripped or “active”. You can assign any valid switch address within the 16 addresses starting with the first address set for the MICRO-5 .
  • Page 31 DCC address. Additionally, there is a speed control and function keys. Typically, the function keys turn on the headlights and sound the horn. The MICRO-5 uses these same capabilities to respond to your commands via your...
  • Page 32 Trigger ports. When the MICRO-5 boots up with power it has to pick one or the other mode to operate in. When you change the Decoder Type CV47, when you switch back to Animate mode the display will show the active type either 1111 or 2222.
  • Page 33 A word about SLOTS (Multi-Function Decoder mode) Not technically a power issue, it is still worth mentioning something about Slots. All DCC systems have a certain number of slots that they maintain – one slot per loco. The LSC II uses the same slots that engines use.

  • Page 41: Software Updates

    Free Upgrades: For two years from date of purchase you can upgrade the software of your MICRO-5 by mailing the board back to us and we will upgrade the software for free. You must pay for return shipping. If you live in the U.S., you can choose BASIC or EXPIDITED shipping.
  • Page 43 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT , INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENCIAL, SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARRISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT, WHETHER OR NOT THE DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT COMPANY WAS...
  • Page 44 Model Train Technology LLC 10524 Moss park Rd. Ste. 204-256 Orlando, Florida 32832 407-242-5436 www.ModelTrainTechnology.com support@modeltraintechnology.com Version 1.1a MICRO-5 Copyright© 2024 Model Train Technology LLC...

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