Instructions for MTH PS1 Locomotives

CHECK THE MTH WEBSITE -SEARCH FOR FOR ANY PS-1 ENGINE AND SEE IF THEY POSTED THE INSTRUCTION MANUALS(THE OPENED BOOK NEXT TO THE GEARS)WHERE THE FEATURES ARE SHOWN.

You have E-mail.

Thanks Matt

 

This will be printed out and posted at my layout.

 

Jim

I'm curious how you activate them with DCS.  I had to do it with my Z4000 by some sequence of button pushes and listening for "clinks" and "clanks".  I never got the hang of it.

If you have a variable channel hooked up there is a ps1 mode.  There is a menu under there to change all kinds of settings.  Works really well.

Thanks!  I'll have to check that out.

Eric,

 

Come on over and I can show you how to do that!  You know all ya gotta do is ask me!

I have a MBTA PS-1 diesel that calls out north station and when I eventually convert it to PS-2 I'll loose it. I'm happy right now the way it is and if the board die's in the mean time it will make the choice for me.

Thanks, Cheryl.  The visit is long overdue.

Off topic but I have been wondering if there is a way to save those sounds.

On the topic of PS-1 sounds, i'd like to know too--- I have the "Wanderer" 4-4-0 (Wild Wild West movie tie in) and it's PS-1. It  still runs great, but I'm dreading the day the electronics quit, as the sound file is unique to this engine. There are several sound bites that use Will Smith's voice.

Digital Dynamics used to have a board to convert it too TMCC that would use the PS1 sounds but it is long out of production and very hard to find.

    To activate PS-1 station sounds, hold the bell button down until a bell (DING) sounds. Then release the button. The locomotive will run normally. Reduce voltage to stop at a station. Keep reducing it until the voltage is off (zero). Turn it on again to 9 or 10 volts. Wait a bit for station sounds to start. A recording of a PA system will announce the arrival of the train. Use the Direction control to cycle through Reverse and Neutral. The locomotive won't move. Different sounds will play. Use the Direction control once more to put the locomotive in Forward. A conductor will call, "All ABOARD!" The whistle/horn will blow twice, the bell will ring, and the locomotive will move forward. If not, increase track voltage until it moves. When the bell stops ringing, the station sounds sequence has ended.

 

This sequence could also be changed to stop and start in Reverse for diesels or electrics running backward when they are pulling a train.

 

A pretty good system, in my opinion

Thanks ReadingFan

 

I knew it had something to do with the bell button.  I will give it a shot tonight.

 

Jim

I have a pair of the MTH PS-1 Galloping Goose engines I'd love to upgrade, but I will not until MTH assures me they have the sound set available.

The various stops are incredible in sound diversity, clarity and the memories they bring back.

I only have PS-1's.... or earlier.   As noted above, the instructions via a manual are available on MTH web site.  Since MTH web site does not always cooperate, and unless you know what you want, that search mission may be time consuming.  If anyone needs a manual with the general process, please send me a message and I can e-mail you a PDF.

 

Reading Fan did list above all the key steps to activate.

 

The manual also describes how to activate other sounds, and the couplers.

 

( Wow, for once I feel like I actually know something! 

I would appreciate it if you would send me the PDF.  My email is in my profile

I sent by e-mail.  It's 4 PDFs that comprise an older (like latter 90's) Proto One engine manual.  Hope the whopper of attachments gets through.

 

 

I find that the instructions are readily available on the MTH website under

 

Service/product files and documentation, then specify the product number.

 

http://www.mthtrains.com/content/dcs-document-search

John, Can you send me the PDF, I am interested in the versions earlier then 1995.  Especially looking for the ones in 94/95 when the battery switch was still used, and engines will less features.  E-mail in my profiles.  Thank you, G

For those that want to keep their PS-1 sounds, the boards do remain available and MTH can even make the chip, so I think they will be running longer then we will.

 

You could down load the MTH PS-2 upgrade file for you desired engine into one of your active engines and listen to the PFA to see if it uses the same city announcements.  You may get lucky.  G

Sent you a email, could you please forward me the PDF 

Are you saying that if you use the variable channel, the PS1 mode will automatically come up on the DCS remote?  How do you get to that menu?

It is one of the soft keys in the window.  I believe it says: "PS" or "PS1".

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Dennis

 

Dumb me.  I have those same Pere Marquette engines and have never listened to the station sounds.  I just run them.  I'll give them a listend now that I know how. 

It isn;t quite that simple...  You must create a TIU track on the variable channel and then you control the voltage by scrolling the thumb wheel.

 

 

From the DCS manual...

 

Universal Locomotive & Accessory Operation

Universal Locomotive

Control

Conventional Mode

1. Wire and name tracks according to the

instructions in the Advanced Connection

Section earlier in this chapter and in the

Track Setup section of the Menu chapter.

2. Place a conventional mode locomotive

on the track connected to a Variable channel

of the TIU or to a Fixed channel

being controlled by a Z-4000 remote

receiver.

3. Press the “TR” (track) button, scroll to

the track you want to control, and press

the thumbwheel to select it.

4. Operate your engine according to its

conventional mode operating instructions,

using the DCS remote’s thumbwheel

instead of the transformer to adjust the

locomotive’s speed.

DCS Tip:

To program Proto-Sound 1 engines, select the MPG softkey (S5). Scroll

through the list of programming options and press the thumbwheel to select the

option you want. The DCS system will send the power variations needed to activate

the option, and the engine will respond with the appropriate clinks and clanks.

To set a starting minimum voltage and maximum voltage for tracks connected to the

Variable channels, select the softkey under MTV and scroll to select the starting and

maximum voltages.

Now they did it.

MTH 2013 Vol 1 catalog lists the Galloping Goose #7 with PS3....

This is gonna cost me money.

 

Those PS-1 Geese always ran too fast anyways... Sure that's the reason.... really....

Now I will need a #5 Goose in PS-3 as well.