Broadway Limited Paragon 2 Series, Operator'S Manual

Page 1: ... 2 Steam Locomotives 06 23 14 Important Notice This product is not recommended for children under 14 years of age Broadway Limited locomotives manufactured under US Patent No 7 749 040 and RE38 660 under license from Real Rails Inc Other ...

Page 2: ...imited com for more information Connecting Locomotive and Tender Before you can operate your new steam engine you must connect the locomotive and tender First locate the short tether cable protruding from the front of the tender Next locate the matching socket located under the cab on the rear of your locomotive Notice whether the pins are located at the top or bottom of the socket Also notice the...

Page 3: ...ugh for 15 20 minutes run time There are 2 CV s used to adjust the smoke output by controlling the heat CV236 controls the level while moving and CV 237 controls the level at idle Operation with a DC Power Pack Your Paragon 2 Steam locomotive is ready to run Simply place the locomotive on a track powered by any DC power pack with a variable output up to 16 volts DC As you increase the track voltag...

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Page 5: ...lay warning blasts when the loco starts and stops by setting CV 227 to 6 Set CV 227 back to 2 to turn off Bell The bell turns on when the bell button on the DC Master is pressed It turns off when the bell button on the DC Master is pressed a second time The interval between bell rings can be adjusted by setting CV180 A lower number is faster Air Pump Press the AUX button on the DCMaster while the ...

Page 6: ...e is slowed quickly Steam Chuff The sound of steam chuffs is automatically played when the engine moves The intensity of the steam chuff is related to how hard the engine is working When the engine is under a heavy load the chuff sound will be much sharper and the smoke output will increase When the load is reduced the chuff sound will be softer and the smoke output reduced Randomly Activated Soun...

Page 7: ...ive always start at a lower volume set CV 133 to some number lower than 128 0 is off 128 is max Tip The volume of many sound features can be set independent of the overall volume by setting CV s 135 through 158 with the DC Master See the next section Setting Configuration Variables CV s without DCC Your Paragon 2 locomotive s sound system is highly configurable even without DCC by using the DCMast...

Page 8: ...tage A lower number causes the sounds to start at a lower track voltage 0 255 178 CV132 Sound Unit Shutdown voltage A lower number causes the sounds to shut down at a lower track voltage 0 255 62 CV135 Whistle Volume higher number is louder 0 255 128 CV136 Bell Volume higher number is louder 0 255 128 CV137 Steam Background Volume higher number is louder 0 255 128 CV138 Whistle 2 Volume higher num...

Page 9: ...on as front middle or rear locomotive Rear locomotive is facing rear 0 single locomotive 1 front locomotive 2 middle eng 3 rear locomotive 0 3 0 CV236 Smoke unit heat level when moving Set to higher level to increase smoke while moving 0 90 80 Cv237 Smoke unit heat level when stopped Set to higher level to increase smoke while stopped 0 50 50 CV245 Enable Alternate Horn Ending 16 disable 17 enable...

Page 10: ...equipped with an integral DCC decoder It automatically detects if you are using a DCC system and responds appropriately FACTORY DEFAULT ADDRESS 3 To Reset set CV8 8 When programming on the main line in Operations Mode the locomotive will beep to indicate when a CV is changed It will not beep if the same number is programmed into a CV It will not beep on the program track DCC Programming To change ...

Page 11: ...ume Mute F9 Startup Shutdown Engine F10 Coal Shovel or Auger F11 Water Injectors F12 Brake Set Brake Release When Moving Brake Squeal F13 Grade Crossing Horn F14 Passenger Announcements F15 Freight Announcements F16 Maintenance Sounds F17 Radio Sounds F18 City background sounds F19 Farm background sounds F20 Industrial Background Sounds F21 Lumber Background Sounds F22 Toggle to second horn F23 Ma...

Page 12: ... the main horn by pressing F22 Some DCC controllers including Digitrax DT400 and NCE Procab have the ability to quill the whistle This model is equipped with a variable analog whistle function that will operate if your system is capable of sending the signal See P 22 Thewhistle canbe settoautomaticallyplaywarningblasts when the loco starts and stops by setting CV 227 to 6 Set CV 227 back to 2 to t...

Page 13: ...ke unit should never be operated without fluid or it will be damaged It can be disabled by turning off the switch behind the smoke box door Master Volume and Mute F8 To mute the sounds press the F8 button once To turn the sounds back on press the F8 button once Whistle and bell still work when the other sounds are muted There are 8 volume levels that can be set from the DCC handheld controller At ...

Page 14: ... effect is active pressing F11 turns the effect off Brake Set and Brake Release F12 When the locomotive is at speed step zero pressing F12 activates the brake set sound effect When the locomotive is above speed step zero pressing F12 activates the brake release sound effect Above speed step 5 F12 plays the brake squeal Brake Squeal A sudden decrease in throttle activates the brake squeal sound eff...

Page 15: ...t departure sounds will be heard when the train starts to move If the train has been moving for over 30 seconds pressing F15 will play freight yard arrival messages F16 F21 play one of 4 messages in random order F16 is Maintenance Facility Sounds F17 is Crew Radio Messages F18 is radio chatter heard in a city F19 is radio chatter heard on a farm F20 is industrial sounds F21 is lumber mill sounds C...

Page 16: ...replay the DCC controller cannot control the engine To interrupt the playback either interrupt track power or press the emergency stop button CV 238 controls the number of times the recording will repeat between 1 14 times by setting the value to 64 plus the number of repeats Setting CV 238 to 79 makes the recording repeat indefinitely The timing of the loop can be shortened by setting CV239 Its r...

Page 17: ...unction button This is done by entering the value of the function into the CV associated with the button Button CV F0 CV 33 F1 CV 34 F2 CV 35 F3 CV 36 F4 CV 37 F5 CV 38 F6 CV 39 F7 CV 40 F8 CV 41 F9 CV 42 F10 CV 43 F11 CV 44 F12 CV 45 F13 CV 46 F14 CV 47 F15 CV 48 F16 CV 49 F17 CV 50 F18 CV 51 F19 CV 52 F20 CV 53 F21 CV 54 F22 CV 55 F23 CV 56 F24 CV 57 F25 CV 58 F26 CV 59 F27 CV 60 F28 CV 61 ...

Page 18: ... 1 Bell on off 2 Whistle 3 Couple Uncouple 4 Air Pump 5 Blow Down Chuff Increase 6 Water Fill Chuff Decrease 7 Mars Lights 8 Volume Mute 9 Startup Shutdown 10 Coal Auger or Shovel 11 Water Injector 12 Brake 13 Steam Cock 14 Pop Off 15 Wheel Flange 16 Coupler Slack 17 Brake Squeal 18 Horn 2 Toggle 19 Smoke Control 21 Grade Crossing Horn 30 Play Macro 40 Record Macro 41 Passenger Sounds 50 Freight S...

Page 19: ...page20 Broadway Limited Imports recommends programming your Paragon 2 locomotives on the main track using Operations Mode programming or using Direct mode or Paged mode on the programming track Reading CV s Digitrax and Lenz systems can read Paragon 2 CV s in any mode MostMRCandNCEsystemsrequireaprogramming track booster to read CV s such as the Power Pax by DCC Specialties A booster is not requir...

Page 20: ...10 for example For a rear facing engine Set CV 19 the consist address plus 128 138 for example if the consist address is 10 Rear Facing Rear Engine Set CV230 3 Set CV 19 the consist address plus 128 138 for example if the consist address is 10 Front Facing Rear Engine Set CV230 3 Set CV19 Consist Address then set CV 229 1 to set the lights Operate the consist by selecting its address as if it were...

Page 21: ...g CV95 from 129 to 255 makes it run faster in reverse 255 is the fastest A value of 0 or 128 disables the feature CV2 is the start voltage and determines the motor voltage at speed step 1 If back EMF is disabled this value must be high enough to get the engine moving CV6 is the motor voltage at the middle speed step It must be greater than CV2 and less than CV5 CV5 is the motor voltage at the high...

Page 22: ...r 0 128 128 CV135 Whistle Volume higher number is louder 0 255 128 CV136 Bell Volume higher number is louder 0 255 128 CV137 Steam Background Volume higher number is louder 0 255 128 CV138 Whistle 2 Volume higher number is louder 0 255 128 CV139 Coupler Slack Volume higher number is louder 0 255 128 CV140 Coupler Volume higher number is louder 0 255 128 CV141 Uncouple Volume higher number is loude...

Page 23: ...ch manual CV226 DCC Control Two see tech manual CV227 FWD Reverse Warning 2 turns off horn toots to ward when starting 6 turns on 2 or 6 2 CV229 DCC Extended Consist Lighting see tech manual CV230 DCC Easy Consist 0 single locomotive 1 front 2 middle 3 rear locomotive in consist 0 1 2 3 0 CV 231 Headlight brightness Decrease to dim headlight and rear light 4 100 100 CV236 Smoke unit heat level whe...

Page 24: ...Articulated Engines The chuff sounds on Paragon 2 articulated engines are designed to sound like the chuff sounds of a real articulated engine For compound articulated engines this will result in hearing 4 chuffs per revolution of the drivers For simple articulated s 8 chuffs are heard 4 from the front engine and 4 from the rear Because the wheels on real locomotives slip the front and rear chuff ...

Page 25: ...y the new address as A 2477 If an error occurs you will get a message like ERR02 Press ESC and quickly re enter the address You may have to do this several times This is because the sound decoder has a capacitor that charges when the track power is turned on to begin programming This interferes with the programming signal Once the signal is sent quickly several times the capacitor will be fully ch...

Page 26: ... button is pressed Notice that the bar graph on the display now shows how hard the button is being pressed To enable the quillable analog horn function using the NCE Procab system NOTE The NCE system must have software dated March 2007 or later To check press Prog until Set CMD Station is displayed Press Enter The software date will show If you need to update NCE will send a new chip to install in...

Page 27: ...l send a new chip to install in the system for a nominal fee With the system on disconnect the plug from the handheld Hold down the Select Loco key while plugging the cable back in Press enter repeatedly until Program Option Key Value is displayed Press 122 enter Press Esc Now pressing the option key 1 time will make keys F1 9 act as 11 19 pressing twice will make keys F1 9 act as functions 20 29 ...

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