Robert,
I just tested the PFA function with my DCS Explorer and it works fine.
However, if MTH put Transit Station Announcements in your engine (for use with subways and trollies), I can guarantee that the PFA button won't do anything at all. Transit Station Announcements are not supported by the app when using a DCS Explorer. You need to be using a TIU and WIU.
Following is an excerpt from The DCSWiFi Companion 2nd Edition, page 130, regarding how to trigger PFA sounds:
- Tap the PFA button to open the Passenger/Freight Announcements window.
- Tap Activate to begin to play the announcement sequences. Activate will change to Arrival.
- Tap the Arrival button to stop the engine and play the first sound sequence. Arrival will change to Segment 1. The engine’s reverse unit is temporarily disabled so that the train will not move until the full PFA sequence is completed or cancelled. Also disabled is the use of the Bell and Horn/Whistle buttons.
- After waiting about 30 seconds for the sequence to finish, tap the Segment 1 button to play the next sound sequence. Repeat this for the remaining sound sequences. At the conclusion of the Departure sound sequence, the DCS engine's bell will begin to sound and the engine will resume movement in the same direction that it was going when PFA was initiated.
- Once the bell turns off, the operator regains control of the engine.
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