Prodigy Info- Turnout - Model Rectifier Corporation
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1. Turnout Routes A turnout commonly referred to as a switch track or switch is a specialized piece of track work that moves a train to another track Turnout Nomenclature Points Main or Tangent Route Frog Sate Direction of travel gt coe gt Fon gt Diverging Route this diagram shows an example of a right hand turnout Turnout points are hinged rails that move back and forth left or right and guide the train s wheels through the turnout s frog to either the straight leg of the turnout Main or Tangent Route or through the curved leg of the turnout Diverging Route If the curved leg goes to the right it is known as a right hand turnout If it curves to the left it is a left hand turnout When programming accessory decoders for turnouts it is easier to remember the point direction Tangent or Diverging by wiring the turnout motors switch machines so that they all activate one way by your Cab see section on Accessory Decoders in the User s Manual When programming a Route the LCD will prompt you to enter 1or2 Pressing 1 turns the accessory output ON This operates the points so they always throw to the Main or Tangent Route of the turnout Pressing 2 turns the accessory output OFF This operates the points so they always throw to the Diverging Route of the turnout either to the left or to the right of the Tangent Route This way whenever you access an acces2. g button 2 makes points go through the Diverging Route The normal polarity of these turnouts is the forward A direction To program this Route ets call it Route 6 On your Cab 1 Press SYS followed by 5 2 Route SET appears on LCD Press ENTER 3 Enter the Route number 1 31 in this case 6 Press Enter 4 Add Accy will display Using 0 to 9 enter an accessory address number 1 255 in this case 1 for turnout 1 Press Enter 5 Add Accy shows in display again prompting you to add the next accessory into this Route In this case press 2 for turnout 2 Press Enter 6 Add Accy will display Enter 3 for turnout 3 7 You want the train to take the Main Tangent Route at junction 8 which is opposite of all other junctions you want this turnout programmed for reverse polarity Press DIRECTION until display shows reverse Press ENTER 7 Add Accy will display Enter 4 for turnout 4 Press ENTER 8 Add Accy will display Press ENTER without entering any data Normal screen appears on the LCD Congratulations you ve just programmed in Route 6 Operating the Route 1 Press ROUTE 2 Using 0 to 9 enter the Route number you wish to run in this case 6 from Route 6 from above example Press ENTER 3 lor2 will display Using the above example of Route 6 that you have set up e Pressing 1 will make the train go from Point A
3. sory decoder for a turnout you know that activating 1 will make the train go straight through the turnout and by pressing 2 the train goes though the Diverging Route of the turnout by turning either to the right or to the left If you wish to have the turnout points move in opposite direction of its normal programming press DIRECTION and then ENTER to reverse the polarity The accessory decoder on this turnout will respond accordingly when you operate the Route If you want to independently control one turnout in the Route you can do so by recalling the address of the turnout It will respond normally as if it was not in the Route 2004 Model Rectifier Corporation Example of a Route You want your train to go east from Point A to Point E The Route will take it through turnout numbers 1 through 4 Train direction east gt Turnout 1 is a right hand turnout and the train will take the Diverging Route curved leg E Turnout 2 is a right hand turnout and the train will take A a the Diverging Route 1 e Turnout 3 is a left hand turnout and the train will take the Main Tangent Route straight leg Turnout 4 is a left hand turnout and the train will take the Diverging Route In this example all turnouts in this Route are wired normally so that activating button 1 when prompted to enter 1or2 during operation of a Route makes points go through the the Main Tangent Route and activatin
4. to Point B e Pressing 2 will make the points of turnouts 1 2 and 4 to move to the Diverging Route of the turnout while the points of turnout 3 will move or remain through the Main Tangent Route straight leg of the turnout causing the train to travel from Point A to Point E 4 Ifyou want to pick another Route for another train repeat the steps above 9 If not press ENTER to escape and resume normal LCD display screen 2004 Model Rectifier Corporation
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