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1.0 Introduction 

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2.0 Terminology 

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3.0 Track Wiring for Detection with BDL16 

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4.0 BDL16 Installation 

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5.0 Set up for Non-Digitrax layouts 

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6.0 Customizing Your BDL16 By Setting Up Option Switches 

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6.1 How to read back and change BDL16 Option Switches: 

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7.0 Power Management 

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8.0 Auto-Reversing 

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9.0 LED Occupancy Indicators 

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10.0 BDL16 Board Address 

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10.1 To set up the board address 

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11.0 Troubleshooting: Checklist 

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11.1 Packet Reception  

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11.2 Mode Indication 

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11.3 Occupancy Debug 

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11.4 LocoNet Debug 

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11.5 Analog Locomotives 

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12.0  Warranty and Repair Information 

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13.0 FCC Information 

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BDL16 LocoNet Occupancy Detector

with RX4 Installation Information

Manual

Digitrax, LocoNet, Genesis II, Empire Builder II, Chief II, Super Chief, and
others included in this manual are trademarks of various manufacturers includ-
ing Digitrax and others.  There are many different manufacturers who build
products that work with Digitrax, those used in this manual are for example
only.  U.S. & International Patents Pending for BDL16, RX4, transponding and
other Digitrax products & technologies

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Summary of Contents for BDL16

Page 1: ... 15 11 3 Occupancy Debug 15 11 4 LocoNet Debug 15 11 5 Analog Locomotives 15 12 0 Warranty and Repair Information 16 13 0 FCC Information 16 BDL16 LocoNet Occupancy Detector with RX4 Installation Information Manual Digitrax LocoNet Genesis II Empire Builder II Chief II Super Chief and others included in this manual are trademarks of various manufacturers includ ing Digitrax and others There are ma...

Page 2: ...tection section location of any given transponder at any time RX4 Transponder detectors are hosted by the BDL16 and upgrade 4 detection zones of the BDL16 to be transponder detection zones In this case each transpond ing zone encompasses 4 detection zones The BDL16 is divided into four Zones Each Zone supports 4 detection sec tions and each zone can be run from a different booster 3 1 0 Introducti...

Page 3: ...ound this limita tion the BDL16 uses option switch 10 to set up detection section 16 to be used as a zone power detector for detection sections 1 through 15 Wire a 10K resis tor from detection section 16 not connected to tracks to the detection common return for the whole BDL16 Then detection section 16 on the BDL16 will be active when the BDL16 sees track power and you will be able to tell whethe...

Page 4: ...DS 3 Isolated track section for Detection Section 3 E DS 4 Isolated track section for Detection Section 4 F Zone B Connection to booster for Zone B H DS 5 Isolated track section for Detection Section 5 J DS 6 Isolated track section for Detection Section 6 K DS 7 Isolated track section for Detection Section 7 L DS 8 Isolated track section for Detection Section 8 M LocoNet LocoNet network connect to...

Page 5: ... If the ID switch behind the green ID LED is held down when AC power is first applied the BDL16 will operate on direct home layouts the default as shipped from factory When DCC packets are supplied to the RJ12 connector the ID LED will be lit and wink off once every 2 seconds to indicate direct home operation is selected If the OPTION switch behind the red option LED is held down when AC power is ...

Page 6: ...ttle to enter SWITCH mode Use the throttle to read back each OPSW in TABLE II by dialing it up on the throttle and looking at it s setting c or t If you need to make a change to the OPSW simply press c or t to make the change you want Once you are finished reading back and changing settings simply wait 6 sec onds for the throttle to time out and return to LOCO mode Be sure to com plete step 5 abov...

Page 7: ... DS 7 DS 8 BDL16 Partial Top View LED for First Detection Section 1 5 9 or 13 LED for Second Detection Section 2 6 0 or 14 LED for Third Detection Section 3 7 11 or 15 LED for Fourth Detection Section 4 8 12 or 16 LED for Power Zone A B C or D Socket Plug LT5 Tester in to External LED Connectors A B C or D with LED s facing the edge of the BDL16 as shown LT5 Tester External LED Connectors LocoNet ...

Page 8: ...e System Common ground point Be sure the BDL16 con figuration is appropriate for your usage 11 3 Occupancy Debug Use the LT5 provided with your BDL16 as described in Section 9 1 You can also build a simple LED display debugger as follows Use a 10 pin plug and cable such as DigiKey 1 800 DigiKey part number M1AXA 1036R ND that will plug into one of the 4 occupancy LED headers on the BDL16 and solde...

Page 9: ...f the 4 occupancy LED headers you can see the state of the zone and occupancies for that header This allows you to easily check the zone sensitivi ty typically 22K ohms to give detection This also aids in the determination of detection number and activity for a track detection section Many detection problems are related to wiring problems or poor connections to the detection section rather than to...

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