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MTHTrains Premier ALP 46 Operator's Manual

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Compatibility
This engine will operate on any
traditional O-Gauge track system,
including M.T.H.'s RealTrax® or
ScaleTrax™ or traditional tubular track.
The Hi-rail wheel version operates on O-
42 curves and the Scale wheel version
operates on 31" radius curves. It is also
compatible with most standard AC
transformers and DC power packs. (See
page 49 and 50 for a complete list of
compatible transformers, power packs,
and wiring instructions.)
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Premier ALP 46
Electric Engine
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  • Page 1 Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine OPERATOR’S MANUAL Compatibility This engine will operate on any traditional O-Gauge track system, including M.T.H.’s RealTrax® or ScaleTrax™ or traditional tubular track. The Hi-rail wheel version operates on O- 42 curves and the Scale wheel version operates on 31”...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Set Up Checklist ............... 3 Pantographs.

  • Page 3: Before You Begin

    WARNING: The Automatic Operating Pantographs must be unlatched or the on-off switch must be set to OFF before power is applied to the engine. Unlatch before power is applied Figure 3 Pantograph On-Off Switch Figure 2 Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 4: Automatic Operating Pantographs

    When the engine is moving, the trailing pantograph on the engine should be up and the leading pantograph should be down. The pantographs will alternately rise and lower with each direction change of the locomotive. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 5: Command Mode-Automatic Operation

    NOTE – The default operation of the operating pantographs is Auto mode. Also, the default orientation of the pantographs is that when the engine is in the forward direction the rear pantograph is up and the front one is down. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
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  • Page 7: Ps 3.0 Enhancements

    DCC systems. Most DCC systems can support the current requirements of the engine as long as it’s not started up. If you plan on powering up the MTH engine on your programming track, you may want to consider a DCC Programming Track Booster. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 8: Loading Engine Firmware

    A short interruption (approximately 1 to 2 seconds) in the track voltage will cause the engine to cycle in the sequence for each track voltage interruption (neutral – forward – neutral – reverse) Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 9 By using combinations of button presses, different commands besides blowing the whistle and ringing the bell can be initiated. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 10: Proto-Sound 3.0 Conventional Ac Operating Instructions

    The engine is programmed to restart in neutral each time the track voltage is turned off for 25 seconds or more. Cycle Phases Neutral Reverse Forward Neutral Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 11: Manual Volume Control

    To set your engine's lights to indicate that it is pulling a string of cars behind it, you want to tap the Bell button followed by one tap of the Horn/Whistle button. Train/No Train Indicator Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 12 Once the bell turns off, the operator regains control of the transformer's bell and Horn buttons and can ring the bell or blow the Horn as usual. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 13: Proto-Coupler Operation

    Horn button, allowing approximately ½ second to lapse between each quick button press. The sound of the liftbar and air line depletion will play, and the knuckle will be released. Fire Bell Horn Horn Horn Horn Front Coupler Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 14: Speed Control

    5 seconds after the horn button has been released. When you set the Ditch Lights OFF they will stay off regardless of movement or horn sounds. To toggle the Ditch Lights, perform the following sequence on your AC transformer below: Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 15: Reset To Factory Default

    Your MTH locomotive will operate on conventional DC track voltage also. However, functions such as blowing the whistle, ringing the bell, and the PSA sounds cannot be initiated in conventional DC. Only the steam chuffing sounds with synchronized Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 16 MTH Web site, www.mthtrains.com With DCS, you can have a whole fleet of MTH PS 3.0 engines on the rails and they will remain shut down until you command them to start up. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 17 To set your engine's lights to indicate that it is pulling a string of cars behind it, press the LMK softkey so the DCS Remote displays “Marker Light OFF”. Your engine's lights will now look like this : Engine with Train Forward (Front) Forward (Rear) Reverse (Front) Reverse (Rear) Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 18: Dcc / Digital Command Control

    It's all done for you at the factory. Each PS3.0-equipped engine has a full complement of lights, sounds, smoke (if equipped). Just set the model on the rails, apply DCC power and hit F3 on your DCC handheld controller and you're off and running. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 19: Basic Dcc Operation

    F1 – Bell. To activate the Bell press F1. To deactivate it, hit F1 again F2 – Whistle (Horn). To activate the Whistle/Horn, press F2. To shut it off either let off the F2 button or press and release it Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 20: Lights

    F19 and F20 (Train/No-Train and Ditch Lighting). When F0 is disabled your Headlight, Taillight, Train/No-Train Indicators and Ditch Lights are disabled as well. F5 – Lights. This toggles your firebox and cab interior light on and off. (This will not affect F19 and F20 operation) Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 21: Master Volume

    F12 – Auto/Manual Pantograph Operating Mode. Toggling F12 ON will enable Manual Pantograph Mode. Disabling F12 will return the engine to Auto Pantograph Operating Mode. If you enable F12 you can then use F13 and F14 to drive the Front/Rear Pantographs Up/Down. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 22: Engine Sounds

    5 seconds after the horn button has been released. When you set the Ditch Lights OFF they will stay off regardless of movement or horn sounds. NOTE – F19 and F20 will not operate if you have F0 disabled. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 23 Pressing the F27 button (enable F27) will disable the Cab Chatter. Pressing the F27 button again (disable F27) will enable Cab Chatter. Cab Chatter is On by default. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 24: Function Chart

    Ditch Lights On/Off One Shot Doppler Coupler Slack Coupler Close Single Horn Blast Engine Sounds Brake Sounds On/Off Cab Chatter On/Off Feature Reset *Refer to page 29 & 30 for CV Data and Function ID Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 25: Cv29

    Hit the PROG button twice to enter PoM mode Hit Enter twice so the LCD displays “Adr” Type in the new Short Address (1-127) that you want and hit Enter The engine will give you a two whistle/horn blast response Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 26: Feature/Factory Resetting

    Lost or Unknown Engine Address and the 55-55-55 Address Reset In some cases you may not remember or have somehow lost the engine address. Following the above Feature or Factory Resets will allow you to recover an engine. The Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 27 55 on your DCC handheld and sending a value of 55 to CV55. Again, MTH engine's will listen to the 55-55-55 reset command even though the engine's address isn't actually 55 (and it can't be for the 55-55-55 reset to work). Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 28: Advanced Dcc Operation

    User ID #1 – General Purpose use for customer CV105 User ID #2 – General Purpose use for customer CV106 CV115- MTH Function Assignments – See table of supported CV’s and manual CV170 section on how to re-arrange them for further information Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 29 User ID #1 Function - Cab Chatter On/Off Low Byte User ID #2 Function - Feature Reset High Byte Function - Bell High Byte Function - Feature Reset Low Byte Function - Bell Low Byte Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 30 Master Volume Marker (Train/No Train) Short Horn Ditch Light One Shot Doppler (On/Off) Reverse Signal SCRIPTS Extended Shut Down Extended Start Up Start Up/Shut Down Train Wreck Trolley Manual Mode Trolley Learn Mode Trolley Auto Mode Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 31 Function ID table above you can see that Feature Reset is a value of 29 Using your DCC system, enter a value of 29 for CV122 and hit Enter. Your engine will give you a two horn blast indication Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 32: Advanced Consisting

    Setting the MSB (Bit 7) of CV19 tells the engine that it is facing reverse in the consist Setting CV21 and CV22 determine which F Functions the consist responds to See diagram below for example Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 33 CV change. Some DCC systems may already do this for you but the instructions assume your system does not. If you are in doubt then go ahead and follow step 5 as it will do no harm Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 34 CV22. Below is a table that outlines which bits correspond to what F Functions F0, F9-F12 are used in a consist: Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 35 CV21's bits are shown in the table below – the decimal value is shown in parenthesis: (Decimal 7 (128) 6 (64) 5 (32) 4 (16) 3 (8) 2 (4) 1 (2) 0 (1) Value) Function Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 36: Programming Track

    Main (PoM). MTH engines support PoM to write any CV on the main. However, read back is not supported on the main. Check with your DCC system's manufacturer to see about any limitations they may have to PoM. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 37 128) for the engine you want to reverse. To do this - take 128 (the new bit you want to set) + 5 (the existing bit that you do not want to alter) = 133. You would then write a value of 133 to CV19. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 38: Maintenance

    4. Reassemble the truck and motor, being careful not to pinch any wires between the truck block and motor mount. Rotating the flywheel in the opposite direction of the removal will help properly seat the motor in the gearbox and make it easier to re-insert the motor mount screw. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 39: Cleaning The Wheels, Tires And Track

    Thereafter, keep an eye on the track and clean it when it gets dirty to ensure good electrical contact and to lengthen the life of the tires. Truck Side Screws Figure 11: Truck Side Screws Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 40: Traction Tire Replacement Instructions

    The PS 3.0 headlights and other associated lights are small LEDs that require a lot less power and generate a lot less heat than incandescent bulbs, resulting in extremely long life compared to the incandescent bulbs. The LEDs are not user serviceable Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 41: Troubleshooting Proto-Sound 3.0 Problems

    The coupler does not fire or stay denatured alcohol (not rubbing alcohol) and coupled. let dry. Cab Chatter Solution Sometimes the Cab Chatter sounds Cab Chatter plays only in neutral at random don't play. intervals. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 42 PFA cycle. Wait at least 30 play or the engine does not come out of seconds in each PFA sound clip before PFA after fourth press of the direction pressing the direction button. button. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 43 Check to see if a screw or some other There's a crackling sound from my material hasn't lodged itself in the underside engine of the chassis or tender Make sure smoke volume pot is turned full Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 44 New engines even after they are lubricated may take a little bit to get everything run in. Be a little patient and let it run for a bit. It should clear up shortly after lubricating and running. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 45 This is normal. You will need to press the F21 button again to turn Doppler off. Your engine Doppler shift but then the engine sounds sounds will now return to normal. fade out and I can’t get them back. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 46: Shut Down

    Try to get a hold of the engine on its last known long address Place the engine on the Programming Track output on your DCC system and write a value of 3 to CV1 Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 47 I can't get them engine sounds will now return to normal back *Make sure that you have the DCC/DCS Switch set to ‘DCS’. Otherwise your engine will not function properly in DCS Mode. Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 48 I can't call up my engine on the address Delete the engine from your DCS remote, I believe it to be set at and attempt to re-add it. On the DCS Remote, hit Menu System Engine Setup Recover Engine Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 49: Transformer Compatibility And Wiring Chart

    Lionel SW Unknown 130-Watt Standard Lionel TW 8-18v 175-Watt Standard Lionel ZW A,B,C or D 8-20v 275-Watt Standard Lionel Post-War A,B,C or D Common 0-20v 135/190 Watt Electronic Celebration Series ZW * Conventional Mode Only Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 50: Dc Power Supply Chart

    DO NOT Use with the DCS System (TIU) at Controller CRE-55401 Controller PWM Output from this power supply Will DAMAGE the TIU * Use 22 volts maximum track voltage when operating a MTH locomotive equipped with Proto-Sound, Loco-Sound, or Proto-Sound 2.0 Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...
  • Page 51 Direction Control Set Up-User can set initial individual start-up direction (start in forward or reverse) for double- heading operations •Locomotive Consist Set-up-User can determine locomotive values for consist make-ups, allowing multiple locomotives belonging to a consist to operate together Premier ALP 46 Electric Engine...

  • Page 52: Service & Warranty Information

    Service & Warranty Information How to Get Service Under the Terms of the Limited One-Year Warranty When you suspect an item is defective, please check the operator's manual for standard operation and trouble- shooting techniques that may correct the problem. Additional information may be found on the M.T.H. Website.

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