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NCE Mini-Panel Instruction

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Manual is about: Accy and Macro Controller

Summary of Mini-Panel

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    Mini-panel accy and macro controller dimensions: 3.20" x 2.70" (81 x 69 mm) revision 1.00 $49.95 build the kind of control panels you’ve always wanted without complicated wiring! ? Use one button to control multiple switches or macros on your nce dcc ? Up to 30 pushbuttons, toggle switches, block de...

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    Description of mini-panel the mini-panel is primarily intended to make it easy to build control panels for yards, towns, interlockings and other layout applications. A secondary use of the panel is to provide rudimentary automation of trains or control of signals. For more complex automation or sign...

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    Simple control panel example : below is an example of a control panel for a simple yard with 3 tracks off the mainline. We only need 4 pushbuttons to select the various tracks in the yard. We designated the yard as tracks 2, 3 and 4 with track 1 the main line. Setup cab bus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ground 9 ...

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    To set up the mini panel plug a procab into the "setup" jack of the mini panel, make sure the cab bus is connected from the mini panel to the nce dcc system and turn the power for the system on. The mini panel will detect the presence of the procab and you should see an opening lcd display of: nce m...

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    Note that the step number has increased to 2 indicating the last command has been accepted and the mini panel is ready for the next command for this input. We don’t need any more commands for this input so press “prog/esc” to return to the main menu. 1=setup 2=macro 3=test operation let’s review the...

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    Last revised: 22 july 2008 page 6 1 2 3 setup review test 1 setup input 2 setup config input # input # cab address mem address memory data input # step # main menu menu navigation chart 1 accy 2 macro 3 loco 4 signal 5 other accy # norm or rev macro # 1 select 2 speed 3 functions loco # 1 28 mode 2 ...

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    Command descriptions: the following commands can be setup through the procab user interface and sent by the mini panel: accessory/macro commands ? Accessory command - all nmra standard accessory addresses (1-2044) can be sent via the accessory command ? Macro command - all nce macro numbers (0-255) ...

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    Other commands there are 6 groups of ‘other’ commands executed by the mini panel. These commands do not result in a dcc command being sent but control the flow of the commands from the mini panel. ? Delays - two different delay commands can be used. These commands will cause the mini panel to delay ...

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    Remember that if any of those higher number inputs are grounded the associated commands starting at that input number will still be executed (unless memory location 4 is programmed) and run until a termination command is encountered. Interrupting wait commands wait commands will loop until the input...

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    Of time is it possible to miss momentarily activated inputs. This is not a problem for typical applications with quick acting command strings such those used with a control panel that just issues accessory/macro commands. The problem may occur in layout automation applications that require long peri...

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    Command format of the mini panel the table below describes the hex bytes stored in the memory locations for each command nop - no-operation, just execute next command 1111 1111 1111 1111 ff unused ---- ---- ---- ---- d0-fe set accessory/signal address 1-2044 aaaa aaaa 1100 1aaa c8-cf macro 0-255 nnn...

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    Chart of mini panel memory locations 4 15 7e/7f 126/127 3 15 7c/7d 124/125 2 15 7a/7b 122/123 1 15 78/79 120/121 4 31 fe/ff 254/255 4 14 76/77 118/119 3 31 fc/fd 252/253 3 14 74/75 116/117 2 31 fa/fb 250/251 2 14 72/73 114/115 1 31 f8/f9 248/249 1 14 70/71 112/113 4 30 f6/f7 246/247 4 13 6e/6f 110/1...

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    Default values for memory locations location 0 - 3 cab bus address, 2-63 are ok location 1 - 5 debounce timer (normally doesn’t ever need change) location 2 - 0 clear all 8 memory locations for an input when programming 1=don’t location 3 - 0 input number at/above which command string memory is cont...