Premier E94 Crocodile Electric Engine
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Softkey Operation for Operating Pantograph Engines
The new softkeys displayed when an operating pantograph engine is loaded into the
remote are as follows (requires Remote code version 3.10 or higher):
MOP (Menu Operating Pantograph)
When pressed it brings up auto/manual pantograph operating screen.
MAN – This selects Manual mode for operating the pantographs. (See the F and R
Commands below)
AUTO - This selects auto mode for operating the pantographs (See Command Mode -
Automatic Operation at the top of this page)
F Commands the front pantograph up. If it’s already up this button will not do
anything
F
- Commands the front pantograph down. If it’s already down this button will not
do anything
R - Commands the rear pantograph up. If it’s already up this button will not do
anything
R
- Commands the rear pantograph down. If it’s already up this button will not do
anything
AUTO – This commands the pantographs to run in Automatic mode. In this mode the
pantographs will operate based on the direction the engine is running. Every Direction
button press on the DCS remote handheld or an AC transformer will cause the
pantographs to change their orientation. NOTE – The default operation of the
operating pantographs is Auto mode. Also, the default orientation of the pantographs is
that when the engine is in the forward direction the rear pantograph is up and the front
one is down.
IMPORTANT
– Ensure your pantographs are NOT locked down like they would be
for shipment prior to pantograph operation.
Manual operation using DCS requires DCS Software Version 3.1 or later which can be
downloaded for free from www.mthtrains.com. DCS systems using software versions
3.0 or earlier will only have automatic pantograph operation when running under DCS
command mode.
If you are using the pantographs for picking up power from an operating overhead
centenary system in lieu of track power through the center rail pickup rollers, be sure
that at least one of the pantographs is in contact with the cantenary at all times. If both
pantographs lose contact with the overhead cantenary, the engine will lose power and
not operate until one of the pantographs remakes contact with the cantenary or the
selector switch is moved back to the track position.