DCS Command System User’s Guide
Universal Locomotive & Accessory Operation
Universal Locomotive Control
Operating with Multiple Users
(cont’d)
B. Apply power to the tracks (if any) your handheld will control in conventional
mode and add them to the handheld as described in the Track Setup section of
the Menu chapter above. You should not re-add tracks your handheld is already
programmed to control.
C. Place each engine your handheld will control (that has not already been
added to your remote control) onto the track and add it to the handheld as
described in the Engine Setup section of the Menu chapter above. You should
not re-add engines your handheld is already programmed to control.
3. Once everyone who will be using the DCS system in a given operating session has
programmed the TIUs and engines (s)he will be controlling, begin operating normally.
4. If you find that you have cross-communication between some handhelds and TIUs,
renumber some of the handhelds as described in the Set Remote Addr section in the
Menu chapter above.
Note: A given TIU and engine can be programmed into more than one handheld at a time, for control
by multiple operators. But all engines do not need to be entered into every TIU and handheld on a lay-
out; they may be entered only into the equipment that will be controlling them.
DCS Tip: You can program each handheld to communicate with up to five TIUs,
whether the TIUs are all on the same layout or not. For instance, if you have two TIUs
at home and three on a Club layout where you run regularly, you can program all five
TIUs into the handheld once and leave them programmed rather than re-programming
every time. Press READ whenever you change layouts so that the remote will know
which TIUs it is communicating with in a given session. Note that the more TIUs are
added to a handheld, the longer the READ process will take, as the handheld searches
for each TIU to determine whether it is there.
DCS Tip: Engines will respond to the last command given, allowing more than one
operator to control the same engines in the same session.
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