Activating Crewtalk And Towercom Announcements; Locking Your Locomotive Into A Single Direction - GE VISION Line ES44AC Owner's Manual

Conventional transformer operations
Activating the CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements
I
n the conventional environment, CrewTalk dialog and TowerCom announcements are
triggered by short horn blasts and vary with the state of the locomotive.
• If the locomotive has been stopped for less than 15 seconds, a short horn blast
triggers a "please standby" dialog (a 9V battery is required for this sequence).
• If the locomotive has been stopped for longer than 15 seconds, a short horn blast
triggers a "cleared outbound" dialog.
• If the locomotive is moving, a short horn blast triggers an "all clear ahead" dialog.
• If the locomotive is moving, turning on the bell and a short horn blast triggers a
"slow to caution speed" dialog.
Conventional transformer operations

Locking your locomotive into a single direction

W
hen the PROG/RUN switch is in the RUN position, your locomotive sequences
through a repeating pattern of operations: forward, neutral, reverse, neutral, and
so on.
To "lock" your locomotive into a single direction (for example, to operate in forward
only), you can deactivate the Command reverse unit's sequencing function.
1. Use your transformer's DIRECTION button or interruptions in track power to get your
locomotive moving in the desired direction or into neutral.
2. Slow the locomotive down without stopping (reduce the throttle without turning off
track power).
3. Slide the PROG/RUN switch to the PROG position. At this point, the locomotive is
"locked" into your chosen direction. See Figure 2 on page 10 for the location of this
switch.
To restore the forward-neutral-reverse sequence, just slide the PROG/RUN switch
back to the RUN position.
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