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Win-Digipet V 9.0 Premium Edition Update
Operating cars on model railroad facilities - Workshop # 20.2
WIN–DIGIPET
Premium Edition
BASICS
„Operating Cars on a scale model railroad“
for
Beginners & Advanced
by
Siegmund Dankwardt
and
Volker Neurath
Version 1.05 – 12.2003 – 07.2005
further informations to scale model cars
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Table of content
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Basics............................................................................................................................4
1.1
Steering..................................................................................................................4
1.2
Stop........................................................................................................................4
1.3
Vehicles Power Supply..........................................................................................4
1.3.1
Important for illumination.................................................................................4
1.4
What else is possible..............................................................................................5
1.5
Digital control........................................................................................................5
Planning and construction of streets.............................................................................6
2.1
Planning-basics......................................................................................................6
2.2
Fahrzeugspezifisches Verhalten.............................................................................6
2.3
Stops.......................................................................................................................7
2.4
Feedback-Sensors...................................................................................................7
2.5
Construction of streets............................................................................................7
2.5.1
Construction with wire (Faller CarSystem)......................................................7
2.5.2
Construction with magnet-tracks.......................................................................8
2.5.3
Aufbau mit steckbaren Fertigstraßen................................................................8
Activating advanced functions......................................................................................9
3.1
Activating advanced functions – general comments..............................................9
3.2
Activating advanced functions – with coils...........................................................9
3.3
Activating advanced functions- digital control....................................................10
Power supply of the facility........................................................................................11
Digital Control............................................................................................................12
5.1
Controlling Stops.................................................................................................12
5.2
Controlling junctions............................................................................................12
5.3
Traffic lights, not signals......................................................................................12
5.4
Special functions..................................................................................................13
Feedback-sensors........................................................................................................14
6.1
Magnetic sensors..................................................................................................14
6.2
Optical sensors.....................................................................................................14
6.3
Signal analysis......................................................................................................14
6.4
Connection with feedback-module......................................................................14
6.5
Transponder..........................................................................................................14
Controlling by WinDigipet.........................................................................................15
7.1
Configuration and new symbols for WDP...........................................................15
7.2
Symbols and theri meaning..................................................................................17
7.2.1
compact symbol for crossings.........................................................................18
7.2.2
hall gates..........................................................................................................18
7.2.3
Filling station...................................................................................................18
7.2.4
Symbols for vehicle's speicial functions.........................................................18
7.3
Control scheme at a traffic light...........................................................................19
7.4
Conrol scheme in hidden parking-ground............................................................20
Controlling vehicles with own address.......................................................................21
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8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
9
9.1
9.2
9.3
10
Functions of the InfraCar System........................................................................21
InfraCar - Decoder in the vehicle.........................................................................22
InfraCar mobile transmitter..................................................................................23
InfraCar PC-transmitter........................................................................................23
Lighting the facility..............................................................................................23
Operating digital vehicles by WinDigipet..................................................................25
Configuration of the transmitter-interface...........................................................25
Configuration of vehicle types in WinDigipet.....................................................26
Configuration of vehicles in WinDigipet.............................................................28
Further information and sources of supply.................................................................31
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Basics
1.1
Steering
Todays car-systems use cars with own accumulator
and motor. By setting the car into operation, the
steering of the car follows a track of steel-wire
(Faller Car System, RiBu-Drive) or a magnet-track
(Mader Magnet Truck) below the lane.
In the simple version, the cars ar operated by
on-board reed-switches and magnet coils below the
lane.
Picture 1 construction-scheme of a street
At junctions, the wire or magnet must be moved
either by a magnet coil or a drive..
1.2
Stop
Faller Car System uses coils. These coils are
supplied with DC, to make a vehicle stop.
Mader Magnet Truck ist just the other way: an onboard reed-switch turns the car on in the same
moment it ist set on the street.
Picture 2 street with stop
At the stop-places the magnet below the pavement
ist replaced by a coil. This corresponds with Faller's parking-ground-coil. By switching on
the coil, the vehicle continues with moving.
1.3
Vehicles Power Supply
The vehicles run between 30min up to 15hours, depending on the capacity of their
accumulators. The accumulators are charged either with the battery charger which is included
in the scope of supply of the car or with any other battery charger. Charging with the
delivered charger will last at least 8 – 14 h.
Processor-chargers will allow fast chargin in 30 minutes. These chargers are recommended
for automatic charging streets
1.3.1 Important for illumination
Tiny bulbs are available, but because they are very sensitive against vibrationts, we use LEDs
within the cars.
Light emitting diodes are available in numerous variations. The variation used depends on the
vehicle. It is recommended to use low-power versions.
As white and blue LED need more than 2.8V they are not directly usable in Faller CarSystem
vehicles. It is necessary to use a voltage transformer from 2.5 to 5V.
Both versions, bulb and led, always need a suitable dropping resistor!
resistor=
accumulatorvoltage−bulbvoltage
bulbcurrent
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Flashing lights electronics are available with different power, different flashing rates and in
different sizes. Because most of them won't work with power less than 3 V, they are not
suitable for standard-vehicles. A voltage transformer or an additional accumulator is
neccessary.
Simple flash-electronics are suitable for a hazard-warning system or blue light.
Multiple lights flashing electronics are suitable for different flashing pulses for multiple
lights, eg. 3 blue lights
Multi functional flashing electronic have all impulses on one chip:
hazard-warning system, blue lights, radiator-blue lights
1.4
What else is possible
In theory, nothing is impossible. With good skills in precision mechanics nearly everything is
possible. The specialfunction „two speeds“ is available at Mader Magnet Truck as an extra
equipment.
The simple special functions for upgrade are:
lights, blue lights and hazard-warning system
By using an InfraCar Decoder, 6 functions and 31 speed-steps are realizable.
1.5
Digital control
All Faller and Mader vehicles, and most selfassambled vehicles can be equipped with a decoder.
For transfer are used:
infrared light just like your tv-set's remote control
radio-waves.
This equipment ist available by several producers. For
WinDigipet-Users
we
can
recommend
the
picture 3 WDPs
picture 4 WDPs
InfraCarSystem.
control-panel
This systems decoder is supported by WinDigipet 8.5 new control-panel
since Ver. 9.0
or later. In the locomotive database the decoder is linked with a vehicle.
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2.1
Planning and construction of streets
Planning-basics
Streets may not, as usual on model railway facilities, end at a wall. It is necessary that the
vehicles can run around and around because they cannot run backwards.
Magnet coils and switch-drives are mounted below the facilities plate and may not obstruct
the hidden station. Because of the fact that stop coils warm up significantly in continuous
work you will have to care for cooling by enough airspace. So-called parkingground-coils
(Faller) or the Mader-Technique let the cars stop without current. This decreases warming-up.
Usually street-width ist 8cm, but if you want running cars with mirrors, add 1cm.
2.2
Fahrzeugspezifisches Verhalten
In curves the vehicles swing out at their front and
their end. You will have to test it out just like
you do with long train waggons. If, up to this
point, you didn't make your decision about your
fleet, so please leave enough space.
Busses or trucks with long nose swing out
widely at their front, so radiusses of 12cm are
necessary.
Semi-trailer units and tractor-trailer units will
swing in significantly at their end. Radius of
10cm is possible but the inner space of their
Picture 5Scheme of radiusses
curve has to be dimensioned generously.
Cars are safe from 4cm radius. All measures only can be a raw guideline because each
vehicle behaves different.
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2.3
Stops
As a minimum you should plan with
one stop per vehicle. At railway
crossings or traffic lights at main
street you should plan with two stops
as a minimum.
For mixed usage of cars trucks and
busses you should plan with 3 stops
as a minmum because it looks
somewhat funny when a car holds a
space of three lengths to its man in
front. Vehicles with „stopping
distance“ need a longer stopping area,
otherwise they will just roll over the
stop (and therefore never stop). Also
Picture 6How stops work
stops in inclined streets sometimes
will cause problems because the vehicle can overroll the stop.
2.4
Feedback-Sensors
Just like scale model railway: plan plenty of them
Using a simple technique, an optical feedback from a stop is enough, a standing vehicle will
be shown constantly.
A better technique uses two sensors to signal a route-section as engaged. Only if the vehicle
has left the route the signal will be resettet and the route-section shown as free. As sensors
you can use reed-switches with some electronics or a bi-stable relay.
For variable speed or digital control, at a minimum 1 breaking-contact, 1 stop-contact and
1 start-contact should be used - just like on a model railway. With more sensors a better
control of the vehicles is possible. Also, the safety-distance between the vehicles can be
slower with more sensors. Anyway, to fall short under a safety-distance of 50cm will be very
difficult.
The sensors can generally react on all vehicles or on special groups of vehicles. So it is
possible to distinguish between busses, trucks and small vehicles by sensors. A magnet on the
left or right side, barcode-reader, transponders etc.
For a digital control like Win-Digipet, all vehicles should be signalled in the same way. The
software will distiguish the vehicles by their number. Only in some special cases,
number-readers with transponders will be really helpful.
2.5
Construction of streets
2.5.1 Construction with wire (Faller CarSystem)
When Faller Car System (FCS) is used, a steelwire for tracking has to be layed below the
lane's surface. This is best done with a specific groove shaper. The wire must lay flushing
with the surface and should only be thin-covered with surfacer or a foil.
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2.5.2 Construction with magnet-tracks
For Mader Magnet Ruck (MMT) a groove of 6mm width and a depth of 3mm should be
shaped with a surface shaper. Into this groove the flexible magnetic stripes are layed in, their
length is 20cm.
As an alternative you can glue the stripes dircetly on the facilitie's plate and then fill up with
wood or filler & surfacer. Working this way makes the ditches on the left and right side
appear wihthout additional work.
2.5.3 Construction with plugable streets
Ready-built plugable streets make construction easier. Mader-Magnet-Truck Streets have a
width of 9cm. These streets are, in some limits, also usable for Faller CarSystem, with the
exeption of switches and crossings.
Picture 7 construction of streets -preparations
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Picture 8 construction of streets with plugable
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3.1
Activating advanced functions
Activating advanced functions – general comments
Light can be connected to the motor. Every time a vehicle starts running the lights will turn
on, when stops, they'll turn off. A switch, however, would be more effective. More
impressive would be a sensor-switch which turns the lights on, when it is getting darker.
Anyhow: take care of the fact, that even on stops the consumption of currrent will not
decrease to zero!
Bluelights can be turned on for every run. For this means a blinking-electronic will be
coupled with the motor.
For the use of the two speeds of a Mader Magnet Truck, magnets with different power are
mounted below the lanes.
One magnetic stripe == high speeds
Two magnetic stripes one over another == low speeds
With self-assembled models this, of course, can be defined vice versa:
one stripe == low speed, two stripes == high speed
3.2
Activating advanced functions – with coils
Usual Car Systems are controlled by coils. Two coils can be mounted one over another
With a second reed-sensor in the vehicle a second funtion in addition to the stop-function can
be controlled
Coil 1 Coil 2
Function
off
off
drive
on
off
stop
without
function
advanced
off
on
stop,
adv.
undefined
function,
on
on
stop with adv. function
Table 1 special functions with coils
As an alternative, it is possible to stop a vehicle at one place in general by a permanentmagnet
When a coil, mounted below the magnet, is turned on it will, depending on the orientation of
its poles:
- boost the magnetic field
the advanced function is activated
- decrease the magnetic field power the vehicle wil move on.
Advanced functions to be controlled can be:
hazard-warning system, blue lights, cabin light or tipper.
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3.3
Activating advanced functions- digital control
Functions can be activated on any place on the facility at any time. When infrared-systems
are used, free sight between transmitter and vehicle is required.
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Power supply of the facility
Power consumption of the coils varies between 0.1A and up to 4A DC depending on the coil's
type. Because most of the time it will be necessary to switch numerous coils at the same time
you have to use either powerful powerpacks or an adequate number of small powerpacks.
Two possibilites:
use of powerful powerpacks and supplying the facility from a central place by the use of
thick cables. This means high risk caused by high current, usage of adequate fuses is
highly recommended.
Usage of budget-priced plug-in powerpacks each of them supplying up to 4 coils – or one
streetcrossing. A defective powerpack can be signalled by a feedback-sensor on the PCScreen.
The drives of the junctions need less current, only 0.2A up to 2A are needed. Servo-decoders
have a voltage transformer, so they can be connected to the coil‘s supply.
Traffic-light-controls normally need a voltage of 12V. Depending on the manufacturer, the
controls need DC or AC. The controls also convert the voltage for the lights.
DO NOT EVER CONNECT THE LIGHTS DIRECTLY TO THE TRANSFORMER!
If the traffic-light-control also controls the stop-coils, consider the consumption of the coils!
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Digital Control
A scale model car facility can be used nearly the same way as a scale model railway facility.
Special components can relieve the PC / software from work. Timecontrolled functions, if
they are not changed, can pretend the PC from counting seconds, if they are realized as
electronic modules.
n a complete control the computer doesn‘t only transmit signals but also receives information
from the facility by feedback-modules.
5.1
Controlling Stops
Some decoders like those offered by Littfinski Datentechnik are using a time-stretch from 1 –
2 sec. These decoders are ideal to use with drive-coils used by Mader Magnet Truck or
parkingground coils used by Faller Car System. In WDP the decoder's controltime-setting ist
left at 0 – although the coils are actuated for 1 or 2 sec. During this time the vehicle has left
the stop-area and is now running without control ahead the next stop.
Even for vehicles controlled by InfraCar those stops make sense as you get an exactly defined
stop this way. Special functions remain but the motor ist turned off by a reed sensor. So a
vehicle cannot roll to far into a street-crossing when it stops at a traffic light.
Attention: vehicles with pure Mader or Faller technique don't need current at stops whereas
InfraCar- or other digital controlled vehicles need approx. 20mA for their receiver even when
they stop with deactivated special functions. This means, that depending on the accumulators'
capacity, a vehicle is out of order after 3 – 9 hours even when it is not running and with all
special functions deactivated.
5.2
Controlling switches
At switches the roadway is changed. For this means coil- or motordrives are used and motor
drives are best-tested for this. They need switching-decoders to be controlled. A better
alternative are servo-drives, which are used with special digital decoder
5.3
Traffic lights, not signals
By a switching-decoder traffic lights can be controlled the same way as four-figured signals.
This will be possible with Windigipet Ver. 9 or later.
Because of the traffic lights 2V maximum, don't forget the dropping resistors!
Traffic-light-control-units with a control-input are much more comfortable. In this case, the
control-unit cares for the change of the figures, but the end-position, red or green light, is
hold by a switching decoder.
This means that a whole street crossing with 12 traffic lights and 8 pedestrian-lights can be
controlled by just one decoder address. Stop coils are controlled by the traffic-light
control-unit.
(beware: Mader – current on green Faller – current on red and yellow)
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5.4
Special functions
Vehicles with special functions like hazard-warning system, running lights or blue lights can
show these functions at special stops.
For this means the coil can be switched in two steps:
step 1 ( 6-10 V ) stop without function
step 2 (12-18 V) stop with special function
For this functions two decoder-addresses are necessary. The first should be used for stop, the
second for the special function.
Using Mader Magnet Truck it is possible to work with the coil's polarity.
Function
ADR 1 ADR 2
coil-connectors
Stop
0
0
+
+
off
run
1
0
+
-
+16V
stop with function
0
1
-
+
-16V
stop
1
1
-
-
off
Table 2 switching of functions with coils
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6.1
Feedback-sensors
Magnetic sensors
With the Faller CarSystem the steering-magnet can be used to activate reed-switches.
For Mader Magnet Truck, vehicle magnets and special reed-sensors for the lane are available.
6.2
Optical sensors
As sensors either light barriers with transmittter on one side and receiver on the other side or
reflex light barriers which have transmitter and receiver on the same side can be used.
Barcode-readers would be an extension of this system. They analyse barcode-labels which are
mounted on the bottomside of the vehicle.
As an example for this technique, the system from Holterman Electronics can be mentioned.
More information about this system on www.holtermann-modellbahntechnik.de.
Note that there is actually no barcode-system which is supported by WinDigipet.
6.3
Signal analysis
In most cases the signal must be extended by 2sec. (pointmeasuring). Instead of this it is
possible to use a bi-stable relay which is switched on and of by two reed-switches. (distance
measuring)
The 2sec. extension can be realized budget-priced by a diode, a resistor and a capacitor.
6.4
Connection with feedback-module
Reed-switches and relay outputs can be connected to the feedback-decoders without
problems. Light barriers can be directly connected to feedback-sensors with optical input.
6.5
Transponder
Hereby, any vehicle is equipped with a small electronic device, called transponder. This
electronic number plate transmits a number-code to a feeback unit, using an antenna that has
to be placed directly into the street right below the road-surface. Suppliers for these
number-tracking systems are HELMO; Holtermann or Littfinski.
The HELMO System requires a COM Port, the Littfinski-System uses the feedback-bus.
Whereas the HELMO-System is already supported by WinDigipet, the LDT-System will be
supported by WinDigipet Ver 9 or later
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7.1
Controlling by WinDigipet
Configuration and new symbols for WDP
By exchanging the symbols B12 ... 24 WinDigipet 7.6 is
switched into streetmode.
As a first step rename the existing symb...-file e.g symB12org.bmp. Then extract the file with the 4 new symbolsets, SymB-Auto.zip, in the WinDigipet directory, then
choose „Durchgezogene Symbole“ in program settings.
WDP 8.x ist switched to CarSystem in program setting, then
rename the symbols B12...24 and copy the new symbols symAuto... to their place. In WDP 9 the configuration name
will be „streetsymbols only“.
Charactersets are the same for all versions, so you should
Picture 9 WDP System-configuratihave no problems when upgrading a pure car-facility. With
on
the programs' basic settings it can be switched to streetmode. Character-set changes from railway-symbols to streetsymbols, and streets, traffic lights
and vehicles appear on the screen. Also some symbols for railways are available
Picture 10 WDP basic configuration
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With Windigipet 9 or later it will be possible to show both charsets on the same screen.
Picture 11 WDP 9 basic configuration. the option for showing strreets and railroad tracks with all
functions on the same screen is new – and makes mode-switching obsolete
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7.2
Symbols and theri meaning
Switches
These Symbols can be switched to either red or green
and are needed for thoroughfares. They actuate a
switch-decoder with continuous output.
Push-button switches
This symbol ist configured to red. Vehicles will stop
here principially. When the push-button is actuated it
Picture 12 push-button & switch on trackswitches to green. A solenoid accessories decoder screen
activates the coil but only for the time the pushbutton is actuated. An LDT-Decoder will
activate the coil for 2 sec.
New track-symbols have been added for
indicating the course. Note that a fully
functional display of railway operation is not
realizable with these symbols.
The track-symbols are only for making
orientation easier. They don't have any feedback functionality and cannot show the train's
positions. This will change with WDP 9.
First of all the symbols should be located on
the screen by the help of the trac editor. Due
to the fact that the new symbols will not
Picture 13 track-screen with streets & railroadappear on the screen you can use this table:
tracks – in WDP8 streets or railroad tracks are without function
Picture 14table of streetsymbols
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1 junctions
2 traffic lights stops and continuous functions
3 traffic lights stops and continuous function
4 three-way junctions
5 traffic lights vehicles' special functions
6 traffic lights gateways filling station crossing
7 rails
8 switches
9 rails and push-button arrows
10 route
11 route
12 tunnel
13 tunnel push-button
14 crossing level crossing rails traffic lights railway gate
15 railway gates
16 tunnel
17 tunnel
18.tunnel
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7.2.1 compact symbol for crossings
At street-crossings numerous junctions are needed..
To not overload the screen with symbols, with the following symbol 2 or 4 junctions can be
actuated the same time.
no address
straight
turn left
turn right
7.2.2 hall gates
7.2.3 Filling station
no address
gate closed
gate open coil stop
gate open coil run
no address
vehicle stop charger off
vehicle stop charger on
vehicle run charger off
7.2.4 Symbols for vehicle's speicial functions
Needed vor vehicles with coil-controlled special functions.
InfraCar-vehicles are not controlled by these symbols.
They are controlled by function keys F1 – F6 in the „Lok“ Panel..
Tipper
Bus
run
stop
stop and tipping
run
stop
stop with cabin light or
anti-collision-lights
Blinking light vehicles
Break-down service
run
stop
stop with blinking lights
(e.g. yellow/blue blinking lights)
run
stop
stop with anti-collision-lights
Special function push-buttons
or interaction with solenoid acessories decoder
combination:: no address, not activated, activated
with these symbols a crane or kermis models can be controlled
The LDT decoders for magnetic driven devices are available with a two-second time-stretch.
This way a crane can turn for 2 seconds or lower its load for 2 seconds.
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7.3
Control scheme at a traffic light
Arafic light 50 shows read. Now a vehicle can
run up right before the light. The light does not
control the stop coil, so blue light vehicles can
pass the crossing even when the traffic light
shows red.
feedback transmitter 98 has been activated and
is now locking the following vehicle.
Stop 49 is locked but no vehicle has arrived yet
Now vehicle No. 8 has arrived and activates
sensor 97. This locks the next stop.
Now 48 is switched to stop and is still waiting
for a vehicle that will activate sensor 84.
But before this happens, the traffic light has
changed to green, the waiting vehicle has left
and set sensor 98 free.
Stop 49 is getting free, vehicle 8 is running
forward. It has set sensor 97 free, sensor 98
signals full. Another vehicle can run forward and stop 48 can be de-locked
Now vehicle 10 adds to the situation. Because vehicle 8 is run through becuase of
the green traffic light, it is far enough and
vehicle 10 can close up without a stop.
SIf the traffic light doesn't change, No. 10 can
run through without any stop
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7.4
Conrol scheme in hidden parking-ground
All stops are switched „stop“ by default.
Vehicle No. 9 is actuating the sensor,
which is signalled by feedback-unit 14.
Now is checked whether the vehicle may
move on or not. Because there is no other
vehicle on it's route, it can be cleared. The
LDT-decoder activates the coil for 2 sec
(Mader-Magnet-Truck) and the vehicle leaves the stop.
Vehicle 9 has moved on and vehicle 4 has
arrived. The route ahaed of both ist free, so
they can again move on
Now it's getting full.
Vehicle No. 9 has arrived and is now waiting for call out.
Vehicle No. 4 can again move on
Vehicle No. 2 can move on.
Vehicle No. 3 can move on.
Because the route is still occupied by vehicle No. 4, vehicle No 5 cannot move on.
Because vehicles No. 2,3 and 5 are disturbing the approach of the parkingground,
they have to be parked as soon as possible.
This section can take 6 vehicle.
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8.1
Controlling vehicles with own address
Functions of the InfraCar System
Speed can be controlled in steps from 0 – 31. The motor is roughly adapted by diodes to its
working voltage.
By pulse width modulation the InfraCar decoder makes it possible to run the motor with
different power. This means, that, at the same setting downhill the motor will run faster than
uphill. There is no load-control. When reducing speed, the braking lights will flash up for a
short time, when the vehicle is equipped with them.
Lights can be connected to the decoder. Because the bulbs or LEDs only may be supplied
with 1.5 – 3.6V please notice, that a resistor is always required.
F3
is a first simple extension – the light. Lights can be mounted at the front, back and on
both sides. Backlights can be set to give a weak light, so they can flash up bright, when the
vehicle brakes. Light is controlled by F3 button or by the light-symbol. When using bulbs for
frontlight, the light can be turned on as parking light by F3 an then switched brighter to be
used as running light F4.
F4
is meant as switch for interior light or working light and can be used also for different
functions.
F1 blinker left
F2 blinker right
By <> they can be turned on as anti collision lights.
F5
and F6 function depends on decoder.
Note: in vehicle database the functions can be switched as pushbuttons up to 8 sec. This means that the function is turned off
automatically when the preset time ist over
Fire Brigade:
F5 the two seprate running blue lights on the roof
F6 the double-flashers for the radiator grille.
Picture 15 fire brigad with
bluelights and headlights
Switching out:
This decoder uses F5 and F6 as switches for light. In addition to this,
the functions are dependent on the intended purpose and the motor
used.
White and blue LEDs will work only with 3.3V or more
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Picture 16 truck with headlights
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8.2
InfraCar - Decoder in the vehicle
At the moment two types of the decoder-processor are available: normal DIP-case and SMDcase. In addition, 3 types of power supply are possible:
4,8 V supplied dircetly from 4 accumulator-cells (suitable charger required)
3,6 V supplied directly from 3 accumulator-cells (suitable charger required)
2,4 V from 2 accumulator cells with voltage converter.
(for Car-Systems and their chargers)
With 4.8 V i.e. 4 cells, the vehicle will arrive safe even when one of the cells ist empty.
With 3.6 V a good compromise between reliability in operation and space required is found.
With 2.4V the loss of one cell is too much, for safely supplying the processor.
For use with 1.5V motors, a corresponding number of diodes is used to adapt..
Please note, that production-line vehicles (2.4V) which are later on equipped with a decoder
will run 15 % slower than they do out-of-the-box.
Further more it is dependen on the used motor and the intended usage.
White and blue led will function only with 3.6V and more.
The pictures below show a faller-firebrigade which has been upgraded to 3.6V and equipped
with an InfraCar decoder. The resitors for the lights can bee seen. On the bottom-side of the
vehicle the IR-Receiver can bee seen
Picture 17 electronic inside the truck
Picture 18 bottomside of the truck
The adress is configured by soldering-brindges when the vehicle is equipped. It cannot
be changed during operation. It is possible to use switches instead of soldering-bridges
but this can cause problems with space.
Although it is possible to install the interface completely inside the vehicle, the IR-Receiver
should have free sight because the plastic weakens the signal and as a result shortens the
range. Sometimes the reflections from the street are enough. We run some vehicles which
have the IR-receiver mounted on their bottom-side. with these vehicles we had ranges up to
more than 3m.
Please note, that all lights always have to be connected by using resistors. Please make sure,
that low-power types of the LEDs are used. When all lights are turned on, a low-capacity
accumulator can be empty after only 15 min.
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8.3
InfraCar mobile transmitter
The mobile transmitter is made for wireless control of vehicles.
It is powered by batteries or accumulators.
Das Verladen auf die Bahn „rollende Landstraße“ kann damit
per Hand ausgeführt werden.
With the transmitter one out of 16 vehicles, address 1 to 16 or
17 to 32, can be controlled. As long as a vehicle is „in sight“ of
the transmitter it can be controlled. If it gets out of range (the
IR-beam cannot rech the vehicles' receiver) the last function
remains active.
Picture 19 InfraCar mobile
transmitter
This makes sure that vehicles can run through tunnels too.
Notice: even when an InfraCar vehicle is not moving, it still
consumpts power!
Of course it is possible to use more than one mobile transmitter. So, every user is only
controlling „his“ vehicle.
8.4
InfraCar PC-transmitter
The PC Interface connects a PC to the transmitter-diodes on the facility. The interface is
connected to the pc by a COM-port and this then is called „pc-transmitter“. For power-supply
of the pc-transmitter a power-supply with 12 – 14V AC is recommended.
The mouse can operate up to 127 cars. This operation can also be done by a steering program.
Starting with version 8,5 Windipet has the confuguration dialog "InfraCar". To enable the
signal to reach the car the facility has to be equipped with infrared transmitting diodes IRLED.
Several LEDs are connected with the interface. A bipolar supply to the LEDs is necessary.
Please, pay attention that you use the correct polarization. 5 IR-LEDs are operated in series
connection at one outlet. The PC-interface has three outlets and therefore as a standard it can
be operated with 15 LEDs.
8.5
Lighting the facility
In many cases the signals can reach large areas of the facility, when the IR-diodes are
mountet at the ceiling.To prevent the facility from trouble by interruption or interferences
you should spread enogh IR-transmitter-diodes all over the facility.
It ist important that the transmitters are mounted in a way that avoides shadowing of the
signal. The signal must be able to reach a vehicle. Tunnels corners or trees can significant
disturb the nrange of the transmitter. Also, foreign lights, such as other remote controls or IRPorts from Laptops or cell phones can disturb allthough we could only realize disturbance by
low-priced power-saving bulbs.
In the photo below we show the distribution of IR-diodes (blue) and sensors (black) at the
example Thomas Hisgen's exhibition-facility used in Rheinberg. On this facility, 80 x 60cm,
2 InfraCar vehicles where used at the same time.
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Picture 20 Thomas Hisgen's exhibition-facility with the marked positions of the IR-diodes and reed-sensors
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9
9.1
Operating digital vehicles by WinDigipet
Configuration of the transmitter-interface
By activating the checkbox when activating and choosing one of the ports COM1 – COM8
WinDigipet realizes that a PC-transmitter exists.
Because of the fact that there are no feedback-signals coming from this interface into the pc
we up to now had no problems with the use of USB2COM adaptors.
Picture 21 InfraCarconfiguration WDP 8
Picture 22 Infracar configuration WDP 9
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9.2
Configuration of vehicle types in WinDigipet
In „Program -> System“ you can configure „locomotive-types“ and „waggon-types“. This
classifies vehicles for tracks.
The other options and parameters can be configured as you want them to be.
Picture 23 vehicletype-dialog in WDP 8
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Picture 24 vehicletypeDialog in WDP 9
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9.3
Configuration of vehicles in WinDigipet
Any vehicle in WinDigipet has a basic-configuration:
Abbildung 25basic configurations in locomotive database
min. rated speed:
configure as you want and test
max. rated speed forward:
to configure the maximum speed you wat the vahicle to have.
acceleration:
here 18 is recommended, as the Chip will slow down by itself.
If the value is to low, the stop lamps will flash during vehicle
slow-down
starting speed:
depends on motor type. Please configure and test out.
functions:
special functions F1 to F6 are available
digital address:
depends on the decoder's soldering-bridges
decoder-setup:
in WinDigipet 8.5 and later named „InfraCar(31)“
referring to the 31 speed-stages
With locomotive-type, waggon-type and trainlength a track can be closed or cleared for
specified vehicles.
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A very interesting setup follows „sound-linking“: maintenance
Parameters setup here can be very helpful during operation. so for instance you get a warning
that accumulator-capacity is at it's end when you have set up a maintenance-interval of 2.5h:
accumulator-capacity: 50 operation hours
e.g fire-brigade 120mA/h / 50 = 2.4h
Picture 26 New maintenance dialog in WDP9
Depending on usage and number of special functions the energy consumption varies. Old
accumulators will shortenrunning-time, so calculate with spare-energy.
The warning-symbol, an oilcan or a red frame around the vehicle-control, is restettde with
„operating-hours reset“
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By „ Eigene Bilder“ a suitable photo can be inserted.
Picture 27 WDP 8 configuration vehicle-functions-decoder
In WDP 9 and later, dialogs for vehicle-configuration have changed.
Picture 28 WDP 9 configuration vehicle-functions-decoder
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10 Further information and sources of supply
Here you can find furhter information and sources of supply to running scale model vehicles:
URL
eMail
contact
www.shop.modellautobahnen.de
[email protected]
Siegmund Dankwardt
www.modellautobahnen.de
[email protected]
Siegmund Dankwardt
www.hisgen.modellautobahnen.de
[email protected]
Thomas Hisgen
www.infracar.de
[email protected]
Karsten Hildebrand
www.malinowski-team.de
[email protected]
Helmut Malinowski
www.RC-Minimodell.de
[email protected]
Manfred Scholz
www.mader-magnet-truck.de
[email protected]
Mader Modellbau
www.modelleisenbahn-claus.de
[email protected]
Claus Ilchmann
Table 3 sources of supply
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