Operator`s manual

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. If you enable F12 you can then use F13
and F14 to drive the Front/Rear Pantographs Up/Down.
F13 – Front Pantograph Up/Down
Toggling F13 ON will raise the front pantograph if you have F12 enabled. Toggling
F13 OFF will lower the front pantograph.
F14 – Rear Pantograph Up/Down
Toggling F14 ON will raise the rear pantograph if you have F12 enabled. Toggling F13
OFF will lower the rear pantograph.
Irrespective of the pantograph's positions in manual mode; if you re-enable Auto mode
(toggle F12 OFF) the pantographs will automatically realign themselves to the correct
orientation based upon the engine's current direction of travel.
Engine Sounds
F25 – Engine Sounds
You can turn the Engine Sounds On/Off by pressing the F25 button. Pressing it once
(enabling F25) will cause the Engine Sounds to shut off. The Whistle/Horn and Bell
sounds will still be active, however. To turn the engine sounds back on press the F25
button again (disable F25).
CV29
CV29 is the basic decoder setup CV that is used by all DCC decoder manufactures. So,
if you are familiar with CV29 from other manufacturer's decoders MTH's is no
different. The most important part of CV29 is the ability to switch between long and
short addressing. By default, CV29 on your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine is set to 2.
Long and Short Addressing
Like most DCC Decoders, your MTH PS3.0-equipped engine can be programmed with
both Long and Short Address. Short addresses are those from 1-127 and Long
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
will be 3333.
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