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TABLE OF CONTENTS UNPACKING YOUR ENGINE Removing and Unwrapping Your Engine What Else is in the Box? Removing and Reinstalling Pantographs 4 4 4 4 PRODUCT OVERVIEW Getting to Know Your Engine Engine Diagram 5 5 7 SET-UP 8 8 Lubrication FEATURES AND OPERATION Pantograph Operation Conventional AC Analog DC (standard DC power pack) DCS Digital Command System DCC Digital Command Control 9 10 13 14 16 18 DCC DIGITAL COMMAND CONTROL Advanced DCC Operation F-Function Table Configuration Variables Advanced
QUICK START GUIDE Of course, you should read your manual over before running your engine. But if you just can’t wait, choose how you want to run below and enjoy!! Now, after a few minutes, shut the engine down and read through your engineer’s guide. CAUTION: M.T.H. P.S. 3E+ HO engines OPERATE ON AC VOLTAGE and are designed to operate on HO 3-Rail Stud-rail track. I USE AN AC SUPPLY… Step 1: Unpack your Engine.
UNPACKING YOUR ENGINE Removing and Unwrapping Your Engine Carefully remove and unwrap the model on a soft surface. By nature, models with high levels of detail have some small fragile parts. Carefully remove any foam packing pieces that may be surrounding the model. What Else is in the Box? The following items are packed with your engine. Engineer's Guide (1) You probably know that since you're reading it.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW Getting to Know Your M.T.H. HO Locomotive Key Features Your new HO Diesel Engine is equipped with the exclusive M.T.H. Proto-Sound® 3.0E+ digital sound and control system. In plain English, this means your locomotive contains state-of-the-art electronics providing realistic digital sounds, precisely controlled speed in increments of 1 scale mile per hour, and much, much, more.
Digital Control In standard analog AC or analog DC mode, your model still operates under digital control. The PS 3E+ advance speed control system converts track voltage into digital speed commands. Your model will run smoothly and consistently at any speed regardless of load, hills, or curves. If you are a DCC/Motorola user, you'll quickly learn to appreciate the precision of our speed control and linear speed curve.
ENGINE DIAGRAM Locomotive Pantographs Mechanical NEM 362 Couplers and Mounting Assemblies All wheels Powered Track/Pantograph Switch Volume Pot Location DCC/DCS Switch Automatic/Pantograph Switch M.T.H.
SET-UP Lubrication Using light machine or household oil, apply a very small amount to all axles points as shown. Your gearbox is properly greased at the factory and probably never needs service however, if you run excessive hours pulling heavy loads, it's a good idea to remove the 2 screws from the gearbox cover and re-grease using M.T.H. gear grease or equivalent. Lubricate Axles (L) Lubricate Axles (L) M.T.H.
FEATURES AND OPERATION DC Operation In DC operation the pantographs will raise and lower with direction changes. In order to disable the automatic operation of the pantographs raising and lowering with each direction change, slide the AUTO - PANTO switch to the OFF position. Moving the switch to the ON position will restore the automatic operation. The AUTO - PANTO switch is located under the removable hatch in the center of the roof.
FEATURES AND OPERATION Operation with live catenary – One direction only! When the selector switch is moved to the PANTO position, the power connection from the right side wheels is switched to the pantographs. This creates a limitation in that the locomotive still uses the left side wheels for the return path of the power. As a result the locomotive only can operate facing one direction.
FEATURES AND OPERATION F11 toggles the Front pantograph up and down* F11 ON - Raises front pantograph. F11 OFF - Lowers front pantograph (default) F12 toggles the Rear pantograph up and down* F12 ON - Raises rear pantograph. F12 OFF - Lowers rear pantograph (default) *Note – By default F11 and F12 are NOT enabled until the F11 or F12 buttons are pushed.
FEATURES AND OPERATION Now, for the fun stuff! Your new M.T.H. HO Diesel Engine has more features and operating capabilities than any HO engine ever built by any manufacturer. We're going to walk you through the features of the engine but, you will probably find a few on your own that we forgot to mention. Modes of Operation There are 4 modes of operation with different levels of features accessible in each. We refer to them as analog DC, AC, DCC/Motorola, and DCS.
FEATURES AND OPERATION DCC or Digital Command Control DCC is a popular digital command control scheme wherein the track power is also a digital control signal. That is, using a DCC controller, you can communicate with multiple engines and have them all moving at different speeds or moving in opposite directions on the same track at the same time. The power/command signal remains constant and engines are “commanded” to perform as desired. M.T.H.
Analog DC Not much explanation is required here, and that's exactly why you run your trains this way! Here's the good news, even if you like to keep it simple, your MTH HO engine is packed with cool sounds, lights, and operating features, that you're going to love. Running the Engine Set the engine on the rails, and apply DC power. Refer to the Set-Up section of this guide for instructions on how to lubricate the chassis. As you increase power, at about 6 volts, the lights and sounds will come on.
Sounds In this mode, sound are pretty much automatic. When the engine is moving you will hear the sound of the electric motors humming. When your sitting at idle, there may be some maintenance done. You could hear someone calling for help on the radio. Don't worry, all of this and more is just a normal part of everyday operations. When your moving at a pretty good clip and you reduce the throttle quickly, you may hear the brakes squeak and squeal as the engineer applies them.
DCS Digital Control System As you may have gathered by now, DCS is an M.T.H. exclusive Digital Control System that provides easy access to dozens and dozens of features in our models. We developed DCS to provide a powerful and advanced model train control system that was simple and enjoyable to use. We've accomplished that goal. DCS further expands the features available far beyond that of DCC. After all, in DCC there are a limited number of usable “F” commands.
Speed Control DCS engines are controlled in scale miles per hour (smph) and increments of one. So, that means if you dial up 10, your engine will smoothly accelerate to 10 smph. There is no need to select a speed step setting, there's only one precise linear control at scale speeds. See, powerful yet simple. Sounds Independent Volume Settings Using DCS, you can independently adjust the volume of the bell, the horn, the engine and the accent sounds.
DCC - Digital Command Control DCC is a popular digital command scheme wherein the track power is also a digital control signal. That is, using a DCC controller, you can communicate with multiple engines and have all of them moving at different speeds and in varying directions on the same track at the same time. The power/command signal remains constant and engines are commanded to perform as desired. Your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine has the ability to decode and respond to these DCC commands.
Operator's Manual. Just like DCS, you can also operate each engine as its own individual engine. With this in mind, you will need to perform the following operation to ensure each engine (A-unit or B-unit) has its own unique DCC address: 1. Set the DCC/DCS switch on the 1st engine to DCC, place it on the track and apply the DCC power. 2. Call up engine address 3 on your DCC handheld 3. Press F3 to start the engine up 4. Set the address to something other than 3.
Start-Up/Shut-Down F3 – Start-Up/Shut-Down Pressing this twice (toggle on then off) will start up your engine. When you apply DCC power your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine will remain dark and quiet. Since you likely don't want to run the engine this way, simply press F3 twice to start your engine. The lights, sound and smoke (if equipped) will come on. Note – You are actually able to move the engine in DCC without starting it up. Just increasing the throttle will cause the engine to move.
2. Slowly reduce the throttle until the train stops at the desired location and speed reaches zero. Press the F4 button twice (toggle F4 on then off) again and the bell will stop ringing. You will hear the engine sounds switch from the cab to the station or yard with all the ambient sounds you'd hear in the real thing. 3. Press the F4 button twice (toggle F4 on then off) again to advance the sequence. You'll hear “Now boarding…” for passenger sound sets and freight yard sounds for freight sound sets. 4.
Crossing Signal Again, just like a real engine, you can trigger the Crossing Signal on your engine. This is two long, one short, one long whistle/horn blast. F11 – Crossing Signal Pressing F11 twice (toggling on then off) will sound your Crossing Signal. Auto/Manual Pantograph Operation 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.
addresses are those from 128-9999. You can program the engine address either with Programming on the Main (PoM) or using a Programming Track. Since it's easiest, in most cases, to PoM the instructions will show you how to do it this way. By default, your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine comes programmed with both a long and short DCC address. The default Short address is always 3. The default Long address is 3333. To change your engine's Short Address using PoM: 1.
5. Call up CV17 and enter the value required for CV17. You will get a two whistle/horn blast response 6. Call up CV18 and enter the value required for CV18. You will get a two whistle/horn blast response In order to determine your required values for CV17 and CV18 you will need to go to http://extranet.mth-railking.com/pdfapp/pdfs/instruction/HO%20DCC %20addressCV17_18%20Converter.
Advanced DCC Operation: This section of the manual provides more in-depth detail on how to set up and configure your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine using the NMRA-standard CV's as well as the manufacturer-specific CV's. It also explains some of the other F Functions not covered in the Basic DCC Operation section. Please refer to the CV Data Table on page 27.
F21– One Shot Doppler You can set your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine to simulate the actual Doppler Effect sound a real engine makes as it passes you. To do this, press the F21 button once (enable F21) and then listen as the engine makes that pitch shift that mimics the Doppler Effect perfectly. Press the F21 button again (disable F21) to shut off the Doppler Effect. With a little practice in timing and speed you can make this happen right in front of you.
Function Chart Function Description F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 F17 F18 F19 F20 F21 F22 F23 F24 F25 F26 F27 F28 Headlight Bell Horn Start-Up/Shut Down PFA Lights Master Volume Front Coupler Rear Coupler Forward Signal Reverse Signal Grade Crossing Auto/Panto On/Off Front Panto Up/Down Rear Panto Up/Down Idle Sequence 2 Idle Sequence 1 Extended Start-Up Extended Shut Down Rev Up Rev Down One Shot Doppler Coupler Slack Coupler Close Single Horn Blast Engine Sounds Brake Sounds O
MTH PS3.0 Expanded DCC Functionality Advanced DCC Operation: This section of the manual provides more in-depth detail on how to set up and configure your MTH PS3E+ equipped engine using the NMRA-standard CV's as well as the manufacturer-specific CV's. It also explains some of the other F Functions not covered in the Basic DCC Operation section. Configuration Variables (CV) Configuration Variables used on MTH PS3.0-equppied engines.
Below is the table of Factory Default MTH supported DCC CV's. This table is specific to the engine in the title of this manual: Factory Default Values for MTH PS3.
CV Programming – Marklin 6021 Controller Note: There are 4 DIP switches on the back of the Marklin 6021 Controller. For MTH engines you will want the DIP switches set to the following: 1 - OFF 2 - ON 3 - OFF 4 - OFF To enter programming mode using a Marklin 6021 controller, perform the following steps: 1. Press and hold the stop and go buttons simultaneously until the two digit LED display flashes 99. 2. Ensure that track power is off by pressing the stop button. 3.
2. Briefly turn the speed knob counter clockwise to the direction change position. The headlight should shift to a short-short flash pattern. 3. Enter the units digit of the CV contents preceded by a zero. For the example of 128, enter 08. The state of the function LED does not matter. Note: use 80 for 00. 4. Briefly turn the speed knob counter clockwise to the direction change position. The headlight illuminates continuously for ~1.5 seconds to confirm successful programming.
27 Speed Step Mode maps directly to the 28 speed steps used in DCC but does not use the 28th speed step. It uses the odd steps on acceleration and the even steps on deceleration. 28 Speed Step Mode maps directly to the 28 speed steps used in DCC When the New Motorola format is used (DIP switch 2 in the ON position on the Marklin 6021 Controller), you can re-map F1-F4 using CV115-CV122. When Bit 2 of CV56 is set you now have functionality of F5-F9 at the current engine address + 1.
User-Settable F-Function List This feature allows you to take the 28 F-Functions that currently reside in each MTH Proto-Sound 3.0-equipped engine and change the location of that function. For example: F4 is currently PFA and you'd like that placed down to F28 which is Feature Reset. The below instructions explain how you can do this. Note – When you set a particular F-Function to a numeric location you are overwriting that existing number's function.
The above list includes ALL F functions that an MTH PS3 engine could have. You are free to change any of the above listed items to any F function position, 1-28. For example, if you your engine came from the factory without a smoke unit but you added one at a later date you could swap out any of the F functions, 1-28, for the Smoke On/Off and the Smoke Volume. So, using the example of moving F18 (Extended Shut Down) to F28 (Feature Reset) here are the steps: 1.
4. If you want to create your own speed table using CV's 67-94 then write a value of 0 or 1 to Cv25 Advanced Consisting Advanced Consisting follows the NMRA standards. Any values assigned to CV's 21-24 are ignored once the consist is removed (CV19 set to 0).
To set this consists up so that: l The Headlight is ON in the Front engine when going Forward, OFF when the consist is in Reverse l The Reverse light and headlight is OFF in the Rear engine when the consist is going Forward, headlight is ON, reverse light is OFF when the consist is in Reverse l The Middle engine has no lights in either direction Perform the following: 1. Build the consist using your DCC system per the DCC system's manufacturer's instructions.
7. Set CV22 to a value of 2 to the Rear engine's address to tell the Rear engine that you want to control its FL control with the F0 button at the consist address. The engine will give you two horn blasts to announce that it received the CV change 8. Ensure F0 is deactivated at the Rear engine's address. Most systems have a light bulb icon to indicate whether F0 is active or not. Ensure that it is OFF 9. Call up the Middle engine on your DCC handheld; address 2 in this example 10.
Setting Up CV21 for a Consist CV21 allows you to set which F Functions you want the consist address to control. For example, you will likely want all of your MTH consist engines to respond to Start-Up/Shut Down (F3). Also, you'll likely want at your Front engine to respond to the Bell and Horn commands (F1 and F2, respectively) and the Front Coupler (F7 on most MTH models). Likewise, you'll want your Rear engine to respond to the Rear Coupler command (F8 on most MTH models).
Programming Track Your MTH PS3.0-equipped HO engine can function on Programming Track outputs from DCC systems. Because each DCC system manufacturer's output capabilities on the Programming Track differ it is recommended that you use a DCC Programming Track Booster to perform functions on the programming track. Simply put – try to program or read back the address of an MTH engine on a programming track. If you can read/write the address then you won't need a Programming Track Booster.
For example, if you had a consist address (CV19) set to 5 and you wanted to alter this to show an engine reversed in the consist you would need to set bit 7 (decimal value = 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. M.T.H.
SPECIFICATIONS Electrical Input Voltage Current Draw (lights, sounds) Lighting Operating Modes Analog DC DCC - Digital Command Control DCS - Digital Control System Conventional AC Motorola Default Addresses DCS DCC short DCC extended US PATENTS US 6,457,681 US 6,619,594 US 6,655,640 Oct. 2, 2002 Sept. 16, 2003 Dec. 2, 2003 M.T.H.
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CARE AND MAINTENANCE HO Troubleshooting Guide The following Guide will help you trouble shoot your MTH HO engine. This guide is broken up into the four operating modes of the engine, Conventional AC, Analog DC, DCC, and DCS Conventional AC Starting Up Solution Only my headlight comes on, nothing else. This is normal behavior. The super capacitors are charging and this will take between 1-20 seconds. (see page 5 for more details) When I first turn the power on, the engine will not begin to run.
Analog DC Start-up When I apply power to the track my engine doesn’t do anything. No lights, no sound, no nothing. Solution Check to see if that section of track has power. Use a voltmeter or a lit passenger car. Slide the engine a couple of feet in either direction, you may have a bad track section Have you got that section electrically isolated with a toggle switch or other device? Sound I have no sound from my engine, but my lights are on and it moves just fine.
DCC/Motorola Start-up When I apply power to the track my engine doesn’t do anything. No lights, no sound, no nothing. Solution Did you press F3 yet? F3 on your DCC handheld will start your engine up. Check to see if that section of track has power. Use a voltmeter or a lit passenger car, not your tongue.
DCC/Motorola Lights One of my lights is out None of my lights are on Motion My engine hesitates at slow speeds PFA I hit F4 to start PFA but the engine just keeps ringing its bell, that’s all it’ll do Shut Down Okay, I give up. What do I have to do to shut it down? Solution Check your F keys.
DCS (Remember, it's NOT DCC) Start-up When I apply power to the track my engine doesn’t do anything. No lights, no sound, no nothing. I get an error when I hit Start-Up DCS is polarity sensitive when powered by a DC power supply. Sound I have no sound on my engine, but my lights are on and it moves just fine When I run Doppler I can hear the Doppler shift but then the engine sounds fade out and I can’t get them back Solution This is normal. You have to hit the Start-Up button.
DCS (Remember, it's NOT DCC) Lights One of my lights is out None of my lights are on Motion My engine hesitates at slow speeds PFA When I enter PFA all that happens is the bell rings. What do I do? Why does my engine run away all by itself after the PFA is over? Shut Down Okay, I give up. What do I have to do to shut it down? Solution Check that you haven’t turned it off with the DCS controller.
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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 troubleshooting techniques that may correct the problem. Additional information may be found on the M.T.H. Website. Should you still require service, follow the instructions below to obtain warranty service. First, e-mail, write, call or fax a M.T.H.
