PIKO SmartControl light User Manual

System
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PIKO SmartControl
light
is a digital control system for aspiring model railway beginners and experts. It
consists of the hand controller PIKO SmartController
light
and the digital central station
PIKO SmartBox
light
which are connected via the enclosed spiral cable.
With PIKO SmartControl
light
you can control DCC locomotives (Digital Command Control is the most
popular data format for the digital control of DC model railways, signals and turnouts), switch magnetic
accessories (e.g. turnouts) and activate routes. It masters everything the model railway enthusiast
needs for a comfortable operation of digital model railways.
The PIKO SmartController
light
is the intelligent hand controller for the PIKO SmartControl
light
system.
By using a PIKO Lok-Net converter it can also be used as an additional corded hand controller for the
PIKO SmartControl system or other digital central stations with LocoNet
®
.
1. PIKO SmartControl
light
basics
The digital central station PIKO SmartBox
light
is the heart of the PIKO SmartControl
light
system. It
coordinates and processes all commandos according to their relative importance. It generates the DCC
track signal and establishes the connection to the hand controller. With the PIKO SmartController
light
you can control the PIKO digital central station. You can control locomotives, switch magnetic
accessories and activate routes of the digital central station. It is connected to the LocoNet
®
-T port of
the digital central station via the enclosed spiral cable.
1.1.Features
• With the PIKO digital central station you can individually and simultaneously control up to
20 locomotives.
• The digital central station supports the DCC data format with 14, 28, und 128 speed steps.
• You can individually set the data format for 9.999 locomotive addresses.
• You can control up to 24 special functions for each locomotive address.
• With the digital central station from PIKO you can control up to 2.048 magnetic ac-cessories
with DCC data format, for example turnouts and signals.
• The states of the magnetic accessory addresses 1-1.024 are permanently saved, so that
they are displayed correctly after a reboot of the system.
• The PIKO SmartController
light
can memorize up to 16 different routes (each route can
include numerous switching sequences)
• Every route can switch between the magnetic accessory no. 1 to 2.048 in up to 10 steps.
• The output of the main track of the digital station supplies a current of 2 A and is protected
against short circuits and overheating. This allows the simultaneous oper-ation of up to 4
trains (depending on the used scale) without having to use any additional boosters.
• The digital central station is equipped with an extra output for a programming track with a
maximum current of 250 mA. During programming the output of the main track is
switched off
• With the PIKO digital central station you can program DCC decoder as well as pro-
grammable LocoNet
®
devices.
• The station also has a special output for a turning loop relay.
• The PIKO digital central station is equipped with two LocoNet
®
ports at the back.

PIKO SmartControl light Specifications

General

Brand	PIKO
Model	SmartControl light
Category	Controller
Language	English