Need help hooking up this controller. Lost the instruction sheet . This is the small controller
thanks , Tstark
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It's pretty basic. Put two AA batteries into the remote. Plug the Power Supply barrel jack into the port labeled "Power" on the receiver. Attach wires from the track to the remote receiver red and black plugs. Plug in the Power Supply and you're ready to go.
Aim the remote at the receiver and press the SU/SD button on the remote. This will activate your compatible MTH engine. The buttons are self-explanatory. Pressing the VOL button and either the + or - adjusts sound volume.
Note that any locomotive you run with the DCS-RC must be factory reset to be recognized. Newer PS/3 can be reset using the DCS-RC, but older PS/3 and any PS/2 locomotives have to be reset using the full DCS system in order to be controlled using he DCS-RC.
You can also use it in passive mode. You should be able to find instructions on the MTH site. Mine works well in passive mode.
Oldmike
This link takes you to the instructions on the MTH website:
Actually, the DCS-RC manual doesn't mention passive mode, but it's pretty easy. Just forget the transformer input connection and connect it to the powered track, instant passive mode.
One extra thing to do for passive mode for best results. Use a large 22uh choke on the transformer track feed to keep the transformer from affecting the DCS signal. The 22uh choke on the transformer has to be sized to handle the entire load on the track.
None of this is in the User's Manual.
John, thanks for the reminder. I'm using passive mode and will get and install a 22uh choke at the Z-1000 brick.
Huh. The heaviest I can find are 3A toroid-wound chokes. IIRC three in parallel would carry 9A?
Ordered. Thanks, John!
Thanks John, is this choke wired across the pos. And neg terminals. I have 2 isolated loops . Will the engine run on both with the controller only wired to the outer one
DCS Remote Commander:
I double-wired my O-gauge layout with Lionel's TMCC (to knife switch selector position #1) AND MTH's DCS Remote Commander (to knife switch selector position #2) to accommodate both brands of locos. However, despite that foresight, I haven't yet unboxed and placed my MTH NASA diesel switcher (with PS-2) on the rails. So I don't know if that control system works -- or not -- via my Z-100 MTH brick.
I'm aware (as Gunner John pointed out) that my NASA-decor diesel may need to be factory reset. I confess I don't know how to do that, but I hope a nearby MTH-oriented dealer may come to my rescue if necessary.
Mike Mottler LCCA 12394
tstark posted:Thanks John, is this choke wired across the pos. And neg terminals. I have 2 isolated loops . Will the engine run on both with the controller only wired to the outer one
NO! Not across because that would be a direct short. The choke gets wired between one terminal of the power brick and it's power lead. Sort of in series, if you will. To low frequencies a choke looks like just a piece of wire whereas above the design frequency the choke looks like an open circuit, not allowing high-frequency current to pass. In this case it keeps the small high-frequency signal current from draining through the transformer while allowing the 60hz track power to flow freely.
The choke is wired in series with the center track lead. Do NOT wire it across the power, it will present a dead short!
The DCS-RC is good for only ONE isolated loop, a second loop on a different transformer will not get the DCS signal.
Mike H Mottler posted:I'm aware (as Gunner John pointed out) that my NASA-decor diesel may need to be factory reset. I confess I don't know how to do that, but I hope a nearby MTH-oriented dealer may come to my rescue if necessary.
They need a DCS system, either the TIU or the DCS Commander (note, not remote). Easy to do with the system, anyone with DCS should be able to do it. If you have a friend with DCS, they can do it.
