M.T.H. EMD F40PH DIESELLOCOMOTIVE Operating Instructions Manual - page 24
F40PH Diesel Operating Manual
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BRAKE SOUND PROBLEMS
REMEDY
When the transformer is throttled down, the sounds wont play.
The brake features has not been activated. See the section on activating the brake feature for
more information.The throttle voltage setting on the transformer is either not starting high enough
or ending low enough to trigger the brakes sounds. Try increasing the throttle setting to 14 volts or
higher before throttling down to 8 volts or less.
The brake sounds continue to play even after the engine stops.
The brake feature sound record lasts for three seconds. With practice you can control how
quickly you should stop the engine to keep it in sequence with the sound of the brakes squeaking.
The brake feature was activated in neutral after the engine was running in forward, but
the brake sounds would not play when triggered after the engine went back into forward or
reverse.
The brake feature will only remain enabled if it is triggered in the first direction state you
enter after activating the feature in neutral. You cannot interrupt the power twice to enter
another direction state and still have the brake feature active. Therefore, in order to make
the brake sound feature operate in forward, you must first activate the feature in the neutral
position that occurs after the engine was in the reverse state.
After triggering the brake sound and stopping the engine in neutral, the engine begins
making passenger station sound effects.
After you trigger the brake sounds, you cannot stop the engine in neutral and leave the
track power on without activating the passenger station sounds. If you dont want to hear
the passenger station sounds after entering neutral, turn the power off for three seconds to
disable the passenger station sound effects.
FYS PROBLEMS
REMEDY
The FYS feature does not begin even after stopping the engine and hearing the brake
sounds.
The power was not turned back on once the engine enter the neutral state thus
disabling FYS.The transformer throttle was interrupted too quickly in neutral thus disabling
FYS. Leave the throttle on in neutral until after the FYS arrival message plays.
The FYS sound effects occassionally repeat themselves.
ProtoSounds has a built--in random number generator that randomly selects each
sound clip to play. Because there are only a total of 8 sound clips available in each FYS
event, it is probable that a sound can occassionally be repeated one or more times.
Once in FYS, the engine never goes in reverse.
So that the passenger station sound effects and operation is as realistic as possible,
ProtoSounds disables the reverse unit state whenever FYS is enabled. This way the
engine never goes into reverse as the operator cycles through the various FYS events.
When the engine enters FYS event 5, the bell automatically comes on.
FYS has a built--in command to turn on the bell when the system enters Event 5. After
approximately 15 rings of the bell, it automatically will turn off.
Whenever FYS is enabled, pressing the whistle and bell buttons has no affect.
Because FYS must control various effects in each FYS event, the bell and whistle
functions are disabled until either the FYS events have been completed, or the engine is
shut down for 3 or more seconds.
I cant get FYS to begin when the engine is stopped in the neutral position.
It is possible that FYS was never enabled or has been disabled. Try reactivating the
feature by holding down the bell button for three or more seconds.