Programming the new Walthers 130' N scale turntable is slightly different than the first generation Walthers N Scale 130' turntable. These instructions were emailed to me by the chief technician of the Turntable division of Walthers (Dennis Yacowatz). If you follow these directions exactly, you won't have any problems programming your 130' N scale turntable. The instructions look complicated but they aren't.
Programming The 130' Turntable Instructions
Customers call us and say "I've done a reset and Calibration, now what do I do? This question made us realize that even though the menus have been described we forgot to tell the customer how to use them and in what sequence, when it came to operating the turntable. The following example has been written to do just that.
The example will demonstrate how to:
1. Program a track stop
2. Drive the bridge from one track stop to the next
3. Delete a track stop and reprogram it
A 130' HO scale turntable will be used in this example. The open end of the bridge will be used to program a track stop. If you're using the 90' HO scale or 130' N scale turntable you will use the cabin end to program the track stop.
Before we start we want you to know that there is no need to program both ends of the bridge unless you have a reason to do so. Turning an engine end for end would be an example of this. A typical scenario would be a customer who wants to drive an engine from the approach track onto the bridge, turn the engine end for end, and drive it back on the approach track. That's when you would program both ends of the bridge.
If you have no need to do that, then programming one end of the bridge will suffice. And remember to use the sensor end of the bridge when doing so.
Also, before we begin, a reminder: When you begin programming the track stops, keep the bridge moving in the same direction from start to finish. You can move the bridge back and forth when lining up the rails. But, after you save that position continue moving the bridge in the same direction as before.
Once power is turned on CAL is displayed and we're ready to begin.
We'll start by Resetting the turntable's electronics.
We push an arrow button on the control box and scroll to the Reset (RES) menu.
Then we refer to the instructions that came with the turntable: step 3, Getting Started, Resetting the turntable.
Once the turntable is Reset, we will Calibrate the turntables bridge.
We Push an arrow button and scroll to the Calibrate (CAL) menu.
Thenw e follow the instructions in step 3, Getting Started, Calibrating the bridge.
When Calibration is complete, the open end of the bridge is sitting just to the side of the sensor in the pit and CAL is displayed on the control box.
Now we Press an arrow button and scroll to the track menu. tr1 is displayed.
Now we're ready to program a track stop. We're going to move the open end of the bridge from tr1 to our first service track. In our example we will move the open end of the bridge from tr1 to our first service track. in our example we will move the bridge clockwise to get to our first service track.
This is a good time to talk about starting at tr1. When your turntable is new and void of any track stops you will start programming from tr1, this si the benchmark so to speak, the reference point from which all counting takes place. Every time you move the bridge to a new location around the pit and save that location, that location is x number of counts from the reference point, namely tr1. This how the electronics knows where the bridge is in the pit. Without a reference point, indexing wouldn't be possible.
But what if you've already programmed several stops, say 3, 4, and 5. The you go off and do something else. When you come back to do some more programming, would you start at tr1? No, you would rive the bridge to the last track stop you saved and start from there. In this example it would be tr5.
With that said, it's time to scroll from the track menu to the Program Menu and program a track stop.....
"Programming a Track Stop"
We'll leave the track menu by pushing an arrow button on the control box and scroll to the Program (Prog) menu.
We press go/set once, Prog flashes.
We press and release the UP arrow button to start the bridge rotating clockwise.
We press and release either arrow button to stop the bridge from rotating.
Now we press the arrow buttons to move the bridge back and forth until the rails on the bridge line up with the rails on the service track.
We make sure that the final movement of the bridge is clockwise.
Now that the rails are lined up its time to save the location.
We're still in the Program menu...
We press the go/set button once and p3 appears in the window.
We press the go/set button once more and Prog appears in the window.
Position #3 (p3) has just been saved.
At this point we're going to leave the Program menu by pushing an arrow button and scroll to the Track menu. Tr3 is displayed.
Summing up....
The open end of the bridge is sitting at position #3 (p3) on the pit. The service track at that location is track #3, tr3.
Now we're going to see if what we've done so far is correct. We're going to drive the bridge from tr3 to tr1 and then back to tr3.
We verify that tr3 is displayed in the window on the control box.
We press the Go/set button once, tr3 flashes,
We press the down arrow key until tr1 is displayed.
We press the Go/set button once more and watch the open end of the bridge rotate to Tr1.
Next we'll drive the bridge back to tr2.
We verify that Tr1 is displayed in the window on the control box.
Then we press the Go/set button once and tr1 is flashing.
We press the UP arrow button until tr3 is displayed.
We press the Go/set button once more and watch the open end of the bridge rotate back to tr3.
When the bridge stops moving tr3 is displayed. We then look at the rails on the bridge to see if they line up with the rails on the service track. If they do, we'll return to the Prog menu and continue rotating the bridge in the clockwise direction to subsequent service tracks. To do this we return to "Programming A Track Stop"
If the rails don't line up, we'll do three things:
1 Delete position 3
2 Calibrate the bridge
3 Program p3 again.
Before we delete p3, we will verify that the open end of the bridge is sitting at tr3, and the bridge rails are misaligned with the rails on the service track. We'll also make sure that we're still in the track menu and that tr3 is displayed in the control box.
Now we're ready to delete (DEL) p3.
We push an arrow button on the control box and scroll from the Track menu (tr) to the Delete (del) menu. Then we refer to the instructions that came with the turntable; step 3, Getting Started, Deleting A Bridge Stop (Track Stop).
Once p3 is deleted we'll calibrate the bridge:
We push an arrow button and scroll from the Delete menu to the Calibrate menu (CAL)
Then we refer to the instructions that came with the turntable; Getting Started, Callibrating The Bridge.
When Calibration is complete, the open end of the bridge is sitting to the side of the sensor in the pit and CAL is displayed on the control box.
Next we'll scroll from the Calibrate menu to the Program menu.
Once in the Program menu, we'll rotate the bridge to the service track that we misaligned and save that position. This time we'll make sure that we do a better job lining up the rails.
To do this we'll return to "Programming A Track Stop"
"Programming A Track Stop"
We'll leave the CAL menu by pushing an arrow button on the control box and scroll to the Program (Prog) menu.
We press Go/set once, Prog flashes
We press and release the UP arrow button, to start the bridge rotating clockwise.
We press and release either arrow button to stop the bridge from rotating
Now we press the arrow buttons to move the bridge back and forth until the rails on the bridge line up with the rails on the service track.
We make sure that the final movement of the bridge is clockwise.
Now that the rails are lined up, its time to save that location.
We press the Go/set button once and p3 appears in the window.
We press the Go/set button once more and Prog appears in the window.
Position # 3 (pr3) has just been saved.
At this point we're going to leave the Prog menu by pushing an arrow button and scroll to the Track menu. Tr3 is displayed.
SUMMING UP:
The open end of the bridge is sitting at position #3 (pr3) on the pit. The service track at that location is track #3, tr3.
We verify that tr3 is displayed in the window on the control box.
We press the Go/set button once, tr3 flashes.
We press the down arrow until tr1 is displayed.
We press the Go/set button once more and watch the open end of the bridge rotate to tr1.
Next, we'll drive the bridge back to tr3.
We verify that tr1 is displayed in the window of the control box.
Then we press the Go/set button once and tr1 is flashing.
We press the UP arrow button until tr3 is displayed.
We press the Go/set button once more and watch the open end of the bridge rotate back to tr3.
When the bridge stops moving tr3 is displayed. We look at the rails on the bridge to see if they line up with the rails on the service track. If they do, we'll return to the Prog menu and continue rotating in the bridge clockwise to subsequent service tracks. To do this we return to
"Programming A Track Stop".
If they don't line up return to the instructions: IF THE RAILS DON'T LINE UP, WE'LL DO THREE THINGS".
This concludes our example of operating the Cornerstone DCC turntable.
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