PM42 Short Circuit/Auto-Reversing Failure When used with Zephyr (DCS50) The PM42 is designed to control 4 independent power subdistricts that can be set up as either a “Short Circuit Manager” (the factory setting) or as an “Auto-Reversing Controller.” The PM42 factory setting for trip current is 3 amps. The trip current can be modified to settings from 1.5 amps – 12 amps to accommodate the needs of your system. In addition, each of the 4 power subdistricts can be set for slow, regular, faster or fastest short circuit management. While a trip current of 3 amps will work with most ...
I have a 4x8 H0 scale layout. I'm 13 years old and REALLY thinking about switching to DCC, I need to know really fast because I want to ask my parents to get it for Christmas.You wouldn't know by looking at those who edit the Tech Support Depot, but there actually was a time when we too were thirteen, and just starting out in model railroading. In many ways, we still are thirteen years old; we just can't move as fast. Consider this photograph from our youth: This little bit of ancient model railroad history dates back to the 1950's, ...
I have a Zephyr control station and I would like to set up a Braking District as shown in your PDF sheet in the Basic DCC issue section; you show a DCS100 connecting through a modified LocoNet cable to a DBxxx booster -- can this same setup be used with a Zephyr system? No. The braking district described here uses Super Chief and a second booster to create a braking district. Super Chief is configured by toggling OpSw47 and connecting it to a second booster that is properly configured. Because Zephyr does not have an available OpSw47, and because there ...
Digitrax DCS51 (Zephyr Xtra) Operating Instructions by Dan Bourque v1.0 Selecting a locomotive or consist 1. Press the “LOCO” key (display will flash) 2. Enter the address of the locomotive or consist - For a consist, the address will normally be the lead locomotive - For a 3-digit locomotive number, use “0” for the first digit 3. Press the “LOCO” key again (display will stop blinking) 4. Move the direction selector on the throttle to either “Forward” or “Reverse” 5. Move the speed knob until train moves Dispatching (releasing) a locomotive or consist ...