cially if one throttle is trying to to stop the loco and the other is try-
ing to speed it up at the same time.
When you have gained control of the stolen loco and are finished run-
ning it, release it from your throttle by setting the loco’s speed to 0
and pressing the LOCO Key followed by the EXIT Key.
This feature can be useful for training new operators or supervising engineers
who insist on breaking the speed limit. The supervisor can “steal” a locomotive
that is selected on a trainee’s throttle & be able to closely supervise that loco-
motive’s control, taking over when necessary. The supervisor can gain instant
override control without having to physically “grab” the trainee’s throttle. This
lets you have unskilled visitors participating and enjoying operations without
too much anxiety for either party.
19.0 Releasing An Address From A Throttle
When you are finished running a locomotive address, release if from your
throttle so that it is available for other throttles to select and run and so that
your command station will have room to run other addresses.
To release an address from a throttle:
1. With the loco address selected on the throttle, use the THROTTLE
KNOB to set the locomotive’s speed to STOP.
2. Press the LOCO Key to release the address from your throttle imme-
diately. The address will begin to flash in the display.
3. Press the EXIT Key to dispatch the address on the throttle and the
locomotive will be released to the system and marked as a dis-
patched address. Your DCS50’s display will show Loco.
4. If you press the LOCO Key again, the throttle will begin flashing the
address you just released. You can re-select that address by pressing
the LOCO Key or you can use the key pad to enter a new address
and select it instead.
19.1 Dispatching Addresses or MUs
Dispatching is a special feature incorporated in the LocoNet “language” to
meet the needs of operators that wish to enforce a strict discipline in how oper-
ators gain access to locomotives during an operating session. Dispatching also
lets you run MUs with basic throttles that can’t set up their own MUs and run
four digit addresses on basic throttles that only have two digit capability. It lets
you have newcomers run trains on the layout without giving them access to the
entire operation.
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