Is there any hack, fix, etc so that you don't have to reset the Z4000 Handles at power up?
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TheDude23112 posted:Is there any hack, fix, etc so that you don't have to reset the Z4000 Handles at power up?
Not that I have found. As an alternate, you might want to purchase one of those remote Z4000 controller devices, then you never have to bend down and work the handles.
That's both a safety feature and also, I believe, a requirement for UL certification.
Z-4000 Remote Commander Receiver MTH # 40-4002
Makes it easy to turn on one or more multiple Z-4000 transformers using the DCS remote and the handles staying in the off position.
Regarding controlling the Z4000 transformer remotely, every edition of The DCS Companion has a complete discussion of how to create and use Z4K Tracks under DCS to remotely control the Z4000.
Look under "Advanced Features and Functions", "Z4K Tracks". In the 3rd edition this starts on page 97.
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Gentlemen,
Barry's books also has great information on how to run multiple Z4K transformers together using side receivers and all, it works great, and no ZW-L can run using this particular power control set up. MTH does not recommend running in this manner in their directions. However Barry's DCS O Gauge Companion book, gives exacting directions, for how to safely set up, for this advanced power control operating method, this is just something else to consider, as you purchase your power supplies for operating your layouts.
RGD/Dave
MTH does not recommend running in this manner in their directions.
Dave,
Just to clear up this false statement as the DCS users' manual, 3rd edition (pages 65 & 66) I have clearly states how to setup and use the Z4K tracks. I had the Z-4000 Remote Commander System before DCS came out, so I already had the receiver to work with the DCS remote. And Barry hadn't published his first book yet.
Not to discourage anyone from buying Barry's book, as it has much more in it than the MTH users' manual. His book shows how to set up more than 3 Z-4000 transformers than MTH shows in their manual as one example.
