SC1 CR SIGNAL

[chrisben]

Hi
      How to get  2 aspect (Green and RED)  CR SIGNAL to work.  I CONNECTED DCC supply J2 green to A red to B   AND common to K.
Then used DECODER PRO to set CV 1 to  no 2.  (OUTPUT ADDRESS MODE SELECTED)
What CV numbers  indicates    ADDRESS   to  OUTPUT  A & B .I want to connect it to Rocrail.

Thanks
Chris

[Paul Harman]

Hi Chris

The DCC supply must be connected to the Orange DCC connector - connecting to the A and B terminals is likely to destroy the SC1.

You should connect your signal to the A and B terminals on J1, red to A and green to B. The common should go to the a or k terminal depending on whether it is common cathode(k) or common anode (a) signal.

You set the address for outputs A and B in CV1n CV9 and CV29 according to the NMRA standards. For address 2 on the A and B terminals you will need to set CV29 to 192, CV9 to 0 and CV1 to 2 or 6 depending on which DCC system you have. Decoder Pro will sort all of this out for you once you have loaded up the SC1 configuration definition, you just have to choose the desired address in the decoder programming pane.


It is probably easiest to follow the instructions in the manual to set the address using the address programming jumper - put the jumper on the right hand pins of J5 where it says 'PGM', power up your DCC system in operations mode and try to operate the signal. Power off your DCC system, remove the jumper and the signal should operate normally on the desired address when you power up again.

For configuring Rocrail you will need to refer to the manual if you are not familiar with how to configure signals in Rocrail.

[frodo57]

Jul 25, 2014 4:13:43 GMT -5 Paul Harman said:

Hi Chris

The DCC supply must be connected to the Orange DCC connector - connecting to the A and B terminals is likely to destroy the SC1.

You should connect your signal to the A and B terminals on J1, red to A and green to B. The common should go to the a or k terminal depending on whether it is common cathode(k) or common anode (a) signal.

You set the address for outputs A and B in CV1n CV9 and CV29 according to the NMRA standards. For address 2 on the A and B terminals you will need to set CV29 to 192, CV9 to 0 and CV1 to 2 or 6 depending on which DCC system you have. Decoder Pro will sort all of this out for you once you have loaded up the SC1 configuration definition, you just have to choose the desired address in the decoder programming pane.


It is probably easiest to follow the instructions in the manual to set the address using the address programming jumper - put the jumper on the right hand pins of J5 where it says 'PGM', power up your DCC system in operations mode and try to operate the signal. Power off your DCC system, remove the jumper and the signal should operate normally on the desired address when you power up again.

For configuring Rocrail you will need to refer to the manual if you are not familiar with how to configure signals in Rocrail.

[frodo57]

Orange Terminal ? My SC1's don't have an Orange terminal , the terminal marked DCC is Green .

[Paul Harman]

Issue 2 SC1s have the orange terminal block for the DCC connection, while Issue 1 has the green terminal block, and Issue 3 has a pluggable green terminal block. Most SC1s currently in use are Issue 2.

[frodo57]

Thank you Paul , my 3 SC1's are type 3's then as they have the plug and the block , i'm not sure if it's ok to ask a further question here so i'm hoping I won't be breaking the rules when I ask if I need to give each SC1 a seperate address ? and whether the auto programming can achieve that for 3 SC1's ? , I have eleven 2 aspect colour light signals to be controlled by traincontroller Silver and a Lenz system , I find the Lenz confusing to program with so would you recommend JMRI and a Sprog 2 ?.

[Paul Harman]

You will need to give each SC1 a different address. You can program the address of each one seperately by using the blue jumper method to set the address.

JMRI and Sprog make programming a lot easier (even using JMRI with the Lenz will make life easier). It depends how much programming you need to do - just setting the address my be all that is required.