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Power Cab System Reference. Manual - part 4

SYSTEM POWER PANEL DESCRIPTION

POWER

PCAB-PP

TRACK

Track Wires

Power

Optional UTP Panel(s)

provide extra plug-in

locations for optional cab,

Mini Panel and/or USB

Interface

Optional

Extra Cab

(must be

set to cab

address 3)

Power Cab

here ONLY

Red LED glows

when there is

power to track

NOTES:

The Power Cab

will deliver track power only if it is plugged in to the LEFT socket.

With the flat, 6-wire cable.

Use only the provided P114 power supply or a voltage regulated 10-15 VDC
supply of 3 Amps or less.

The flat 6 wire cable carries track power from the Power Cab

to the Power

Panel

. Use this cable for Power Cab

operations.

The 4 wire coilcord DOES NOT carry track power. Use this cable when you use
the Power Cab

as a Pro Cab

on another system.

THE POWER CAB

DCC COMPATIBLE COMMAND CONTROL

DIRECTION

MOMENTUM

INC FAST

DEC FAST

INC

DEC

HORN/

WHISTLE

BELL

HEADLIGHT

OPTION

RECALL

EMERGENCY

STOP

SELECT

LOCO

MACRO

SELECT

ACCY

ENTER

PROG/ESC

EXPN

28/128

SHIFT

CONSIST

SET UP

SPEED

LOC:1234

FWD: 000

12:00AM

L1-3---

CLEAR

ADD

DEL

F10

F12

F11

NCE

CAB

SET THE PROCAB ADDRESS -

If the Power Cab is to be used as a Pro Cab

Just as every locomotive has a separate number (address in DCC terms) each cab
needs a separate address so the command station can distinguish one cab from
another. Each Power Cab

is shipped from the factory with the address of 2. When

the Power Cab

is used in Power Cab

mode, the address is always 2 regardless of

the Pro Cab

address setting. To easily change the address:

1. Power up your Power Cab

system.

2. Plug in the Power Cab

cable to the CAB BUS connector of the Power Cab

3. Unplug your Power Cab

at the base of the cab

4. Press and hold the SELECT LOCO button while re-plugging in the cable you just

removed from the cab

5. You should see the following display on the cab:

NCE PROCAB V1.3

CAB ADDRESS = 02

6. The cursor will be flashing over the 0 of “02”. Type in the new cab number. In this

case, you will press “3” (valid range = 1-63) followed by ENTER.

7. Press PROG/ESC to skip setting all the other cab setup options. They will be

discussed later on page 20 of this manual.

THE LCD SCREEN

The LCD screen provides you with
messages from the Power Cab

Command Station. This information
includes: locomotive status, scale
time, command prompts and
messages regarding programming
decoders. The drawing above
shows how the display looks
during normal operation. The top
line of the display includes the locomotive number being controlled and the scale
time. The second line shows the direction, speed and status of the locomotive
function outputs. Decoder functions are represented with “L” for headlight or the
function number 1 through 6 being ON. A dash (“-”) indicating the function is OFF

LOCOMOTIVE CONTROL AREA

DIRECTION

The DIR key changes the direction of your loco or
consist. The current direction is displayed as the first
three characters of the second line on the screen.
This button is disabled if the cab is in Yard mode.

Holding down the DIRECTION button while turning the system on will cause it to
immediately go to Power Cab

mode.

MOMENTUM

This key changes the acceleration/deceleration rate of the currently controlled
locomotive/consist.

DIRECTION

MOMENTUM

SPEED

DCC COMPATIBLE COMMAND CONTROL

LOC:1234

FWD: 000

12:00AM

L1-3---

NCE

CAB

SPEED CONTROL SECTION

The digital encoder equipped Power Cab

allows

you to use both the speed buttons and the knob for
controlling the speed of your locomotive. The left
two keys increase or decrease the speed by either
4 or 10 speed steps, depending on the speed step
mode (28 or 128), whereas the right keys increase
and decrease the speed by one speed step at a
time.
The knob increases the speed by rotating it up and
decreases the speed when it is rotated down.
Power Cabs

have a feature called ballistic tracking. The faster you rotate the knob

the faster it will increase or decrease the speed. This rate is adjustable from 0-7. The
factory default value is 3. See the Cab Setup section later in this manual.
Note: Speed buttons are disabled if the Power Cab

is in Yard mode.

COMMONLY USED BUTTONS

HORN/WHISTLE

Factory default is to operate function 2 when this
button is pushed. Unlike other keys which toggle
functions on/off this key blows the horn as long
as the key is held down. Pressing the 2 key will
still toggle the function on or off.

BELL

Factory default is a toggle for function “1” on or off with each button press. This can
be changed in the Set Cab Params menu.

HEADLIGHT

Toggles the Headlight on and off. With DCC, the headlight is defined as Function 0,
and pressing the 0 (zero) key will perform the same function, but we felt the headlight
warranted its own button and a more convenient location.

OPTION

This button can be programmed to act as any button you wish (see the CAB SETUP
section on page 18, step 8).

EMERGENCY STOP

Pressing EMERGENCY STOP will stop the active loco/consist for this Cab only.
Speed will be immediately set to zero (no momentum). Loco is restarted by changing
the speed step or direction.

RECALL

This button toggles between the last two to six locomotives or consists addressed.
RECALL allows you to keep two to six locomotives and/or consists active in the
command station memory and access them in “round-robin” fashion with each press
of the button. Think of RECALL as being a set of memory slots. To put a locomotive
in a recall “slot”, press SELECT LOCO and enter the loco or consist to be operated
followed by pressing ENTER. To put another locomotive in the next slot, first press
RECALL to access the next slot. Now press SELECT LOCO and enter the second
loco followed by pressing ENTER. When additional trains are to be added either a
“slot” with “000” or an expendable loco/consist must be displayed on the screen.
Whatever is on the display will be replaced with the new loco/consist.

INC FAST

DEC FAST

INC

DEC

HORN/

SPEED

HORN/

WHISTLE

BELL

HEADLIGHT

OPTION

RECALL

EMERGENCY

STOP

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