Model Train Technology LSC IIa, User Manual

Page 1: ...ort DCC LED Scene Controller IIa KEYPAD USER MANUAL Model Train Technology LLC 10524 Moss Park Rd Ste 204 256 Orlando Florida 32832 407 242 5436 www ModelTrainTechnology com support modeltraintechnology com ...

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Page 3: ...2 MODEL TRAIN TECHNOLOGY QUICK START PLUG THE POWER SUPPLY INTO THE POWER SOCKET PLUG YOUR LEDS INTO ANY OF THE LED 16 LED PORTS IDENTIFIED IN GREEN IN THESE PICTURES ...

Page 4: ... MODEL TRAIN TECHNOLOGY SLIDE THE POWER ON OFF SWITCH TO THE RIGHT THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW 1111 then 3 then 1234 AND THEN GO BLANK THE BLUE POWER LIGHT WILL BE LIT AND SO WILL ANY LEDS YOU HAVE PLUGGED IN ...

Page 5: ...ORT 1 PRESS AND HOLD THE KEYPAD ON OFF FOR 1 SECOND THE DISPLAY WILL LIGHT AND SHOW 1 1 PRESS THE RIGHT HAND BLACK UP BUTTON TWICE SO THAT THE RIGHTHAND DISPLAY SHOWS 3 PRESS THE SAVE KEY ONCE THE DISPLAY WILL FLASH PRESS THE KEYPAD ON OFF FOR 1 SECOND TO TURN IT OFF PORT 1 LED WILL BE BLINKING ...

Page 6: ... create other effects For example the alternate flashing mode allows any two adjacent pins to you guessed it alternate flash If you set all 16 pins to this mode you have a marquee lighting effect This one controller can run the police lights a crossing gate multiple random on off ports a rotating beacon fade streetlights on and off and show a TV simulation in a building all at the same time Additi...

Page 7: ...or groups of pins with up to 18 hour timer Random on off with adjustable pace all pins or one pin Step Chase Race each LED on off in sequence Alternate 2 pin Flashing TV Simulation use 2 3 or 4 LEDs Arc Welding Lighting Some speed settings apply to all LEDs whereas blinking and brightness settings apply individually to each LED they can be different If you have multiple boards with the same DCC ad...

Page 8: ...The LSC II can operate as either of these which gives you great flexibility in how you want to set up your lighting This means you can set up switch controllers that turn specific lighting effects on and off With this newest release of the LSC II a we have added triggers that can be activated by your DCC system and they work in both Multifunction and Accessory mode Setting Triggers and Trigger tim...

Page 9: ...ia your DCC system the LSC II with Keypad requires an external power supply to operate If you connect DCC as the main power source to the LSC II it will only read the digital signal which is only a few milliamps and will not draw current to power the LEDs This is great for Club setting where keep track and accessory power separate is a requirement ...

Page 10: ...ly 1234 on the display and then the numbers will disappear 1111 indicates that the LSC II is set for DCC Multifunction decoder operation 3 is the default DCC address and 1234 indicates that all is working At that point the LEDs that you plugged in will all turn on depending on what FX setting you set The default mode for each port is ON and the brightness setting is 20 If your unit indicates 2222 ...

Page 11: ...o a very quick push If your push is too long the LSC II will switch back and forth After a few tries you will get the hang of it There are two pairs of number LEDs on the top of the LSC II On the left is the number of the selected Port When you switch to configuration mode this will always start at 1 To change the port number push the Up or Down black buttons on the left side top of the LSC II On ...

Page 12: ...nfigured so that a 100 brightness setting is 14VDC This is a few volts higher than 12V which is maximum for the Woodland Scenic Roomette products as well as other 12V LEDs The default brightness of all the ports is set at 10 This is the MAXIMUM value for 3 3V LEDs with a 25V power source In this way if you plug in only 3 3V LEDs when you start up you won t have any problems And then you can adjust...

Page 13: ...sappear and the number will change to the value representing the special effect setting Pressing the button again will toggle back and forth between setting the Brightness and setting the special effects Behavior for the port number that is shown on the left If you forget what the button does and you have lost this piece of literature flip the LSC II upside down to see the reference key The arrow ...

Page 14: ...13 MODEL TRAIN TECHNOLOGY CONNECTING LEDs The LSC II has 16 Ports labeled counterclockwise as viewed from the top of the LSC II You can use the ports in any order ...

Page 15: ...ct whether 2 or 21 or 25 will Flicker Likewise with 3 All effects that begin with 3 will blink Try some of the settings below to get the effect pun intended FEATURE When you have more than one Port set to a common first value say all set to 22 when you change ANY Port that has a leading 2 all the ports will change to that same new number If you change Port 5 from 22 to 24 all pins that were 22 bef...

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Page 17: ...e to set the speed of the MARS effect set the PORT to the Beacon setting that corresponds to the desired speed Save it Then change the Port FX to Mars Fade Fade timing is by default in 10 second increments This can be increased or decrease via CV 127 The range is 1 255 The duration of the ON time and OFF time are set via the keypad or CV s see the chart The range is 1 to 255 Thus with 255 set to a...

Page 18: ... doubles the value The Step FX turns on and off LEDs in sequence starting at Port 1 if it is set to a 7 series through to 16 It will skip Ports that are not set to a 7 series 71 79 o The Race sequence repeats by starting at 1 o The Chase sequence repeats by going backward from 16 then forward at 1 so back and forth o Each LSC II can either Race or Chase but not both simultaneously DCC Signal Scan ...

Page 19: ...ges to get 5vdc output USING SWITCHES AND FUNCTION KEYS TO SIMULTATE TRIGGERS The LSC IIa will let you set triggers so that a port only displays when its trigger is tripped or active You can assign any valid switch address within the 16 addresses starting with the first address set for the LSC IIa By default your LSC IIa is set the address 3 That means that all the switch addresses from 3 to 18 ar...

Page 20: ...gthen the amount of time that the trigger stays active after the sensor has stopped The shortest time is immediately the longest time is 255 seconds 4 minutes To change the Trigger Timeout set the CV values 224 231 to correspond to the port you want it to activate RESET There are a few reasons that you may want to reset the LSC II back the factory defaults One is that you forgot the DCC Address Or...

Page 21: ...urrent CV value Using the right side Up Down keys select the new value for the CV Use the left side arrow keys to switch between CV Address and CV value Press SAVE to write the new CV value To exit the CV mode press the Keypad On Off button SETTING THE DCC ADDRESS OF THE LSC IIa 1 Press the Green button to enter configuration mode 2 Press and hold the WHITE button for 8 10 seconds The display will...

Page 22: ...or Accessory mode it doesn t matter In Accessory mode the address of the LSC IIa is always the first Trigger FAST BOOT CV50 When the LSC IIa starts up it displays three sets of numbers First it shows which decoder type it is set to then the DCC address and then 1234 to show all is working You can disable this and speed up the boot up process by setting CV50 1 1 is Fast Boot on no display 0 zero is...

Page 23: ...d then can have any number of sub address Some Accessory decoders only have one address Some have 4 The LSC IIa has eight one for each Trigger Unlike the Multifunction decoder that can do many things for one DCC address the accessory decoder can really do only one It s either Thrown or Closed for any given address On or Off But that s fine We ll use eight sequential addresses to trigger each of th...

Page 24: ...s we can and seem appropriate That means that your LSC II will have old software a week after we ship Therefore here is our upgrade policy We will upgrade your software on the LSC II for two year FREE of charge less shipping Simply send us the device and we will return it with the latest and greatest Order the upgrade shipping kit on our website and then send the device to the address listed In th...

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