THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT IS THE BASIC SHUTTLE UNIT .

IT USES THE TRADITIONAL TIMED BASE SYSTEM THAT IS ADJUSTABLE FROM ABOUT 5 SECONDS UP TO 30 SECONDS THIS IS ADJUSTABLE.

AFTER THE TIME HAS ELAPSED THE RELAY CHANGES THE POLITY OF THE POWER RAILS AND THE LOCO WILL GO BACK THE OTHER WAY THIS IS REPEATED UNTIL YOU STOP IT

YOU WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH 2 DIODES YOU WILL BE SHOWN IN THE INSTRUCTIONS WHERE TO FIT THEM THESE ALLOW THE LOCO TO WAIT BEFORE RETURNING THE OTHER WAY

CONNECTING THE BASIC SHUTTLE

BASIC SHUTTLE SETTING UP INSTRUCTIONS

THANKS FOR PURCHASING THE BASIC SHUTTLE UNIT THIS IS ONE OF THE RANGE OF ACCESSORIES THAT WILL HELP TO BRING YOUR LAYOUT TO LIFE AND ADD SOME REALISM

YOU WILL HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED WITH THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR PACKAGE

1 X READY ASSEMBLED BASIC SHUTTLE BOARD WITH SCREW TERMINALS

1 X SHEET OF INSTRUCTIONS YOU ARE READING THEM NOW

1 X WARRENTY SHEET

2 X 3 METRE LENGTH OF SOLID RED WIRE

2 X 3 METRE LENGTH OF SOLID BLACK WIRE

2 X 3 METRE LENGTH OF GREEN WIRE

2 X DIODES FOR INSERTING INTO THE TRACK SEE FIG 2

STUDY THE PICTURE OF THE SHUTTLE BOARD BELOW TO LOCATE THE THREE TERMINAL BLOCKS READING FROM THE TOP OF TERMINAL BLOCK 1 THAI IS PIN NUMBER 1 THE NUMBER GO IN SEQUENCE MEANING THAT THE LAST SCREW IN TERMINAL BLOCK 3 IS PIN 6

THIS IS REFERED IN THE TEXT AS TERMINAL 1              PINS 1 & 2

THIS IS REFERED AS TERMINAL 2-------------                 PINS 3 & 4

THIS IS REFERED  TO AS TERMINAL 3-------                   PINS 5 & 6

THE ADJUSTER THAT CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN IN THE PICTURE ABOVE CAN BE ADJUSTED TO ALTER THE TIME TAKEN FOR THE LOCO TO SHUTTLE FROM ONE STATION TO THE OTHER IN RESPECT OF TIME .

HOWEVER PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE SPEED THAT YOU HAVE SET ON YOUR CONTROLLER WILL GOVERN HOW LONG IT TAKES TO TRAVEL FROM ONE END OF THE SHUTTEL TO THE OTHER BUT IN MOST CASES YOUR SPEED WOULD BE QUITE SLOW

THE SHUTTLE BOARD NEEDS POWER TO WORK THIS CAN BE FROM THE AUX TERMINALS ON YOUR TRAIN CONTROLLER BUT CAN BE CONNECTED TO ANY AC OR DC SUPPLY FROM 8 VOLTS TO 32 VOLTS WE HAVE SUPPLIED THE RED WIRES FOR YOU TO DO THIS.

THEREFORE CONNECT THE GREEN WIRES TO TERMINAL BLOCK 1 PINS 1&2 IT DOES NOT MATTER TO WHICH PIN 1 OR 2 THESE ARE CONNECTED THE OTHER END CAN BE CONNECTED TO YOUR POWER SUPPLY. AGAIN IT DOES NOT MATTER

TERMINAL BLOCK TWO . USE ONE BLACK WIRE AND SCREW TO PIN 3 USE ONE RED WIRE AND SCREW TO PIN 4.

CONNECT THE OTHER ENDS THIS TO YOUR SPEED CONTROLLER OUTPUT AS PER THE DIAGRAM BELOW FIGURE 2 ( IE THESE WIRES ARE TO BE CONNECTED WHERE YOU WOULD CONNECT THE CONTROLLER TO THE TRACK)

TERMINAL BLOCK THREE . USE ONE RED WIRE AND SCREW TO PIN 5 USE ONE BLACK WIRE AND SCREW TO PIN 6. CONNECT THE OTHER ENDS TO YOUR SHUTTLE TRACK IN APPROX. THE MIDDLE (DO NOT CONNECT AT EITHER END OR THE SHUTTLE WILL NOT WORK)AS PER FIGURE 2

YOU WILL SEE FROM THE DIAGRAM BELOW THAT AT EITHER END OF THE TRACK A DIODE HAS BEE ADDED.

WHERE THE DIODE IS ADDED YOU WILL HAVE TO CUT THE TRACK AND SOLDER THE DIODES ON (OR USE A PIECE OF INSULATED TRACK IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO CUT YOUR TRACK OR SOLDER THE DIODES ON AS YOU CAN JUST INSERT THE DIODES INTO THE INSULATED CONNECTIONS)

THE DIAGRAM ABOVE IS FIGURE 2 REFER TO THE TEXT ABOVE RE THE WIRING.

TROUBLE SHOOTING.

THE LOCO ONLY GOES ONE WAY   : YOU HAVE NO POWER TO THE SHUTTLE UNIT  WITH THE ADJUSTER SET MIDWAY YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RELAY CLICKING…..IF SO THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE IS THAT THE POWER FROM THE CONTROLLER IS REVERSED.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SWITCH THE REVERSE SWITCH ON THE POWER CONTROLLER AND THAT SHOULD SORT IT.

THE LOCO DOES NOT FULLY TRAVEL TO EACH END : ADJUST THE ADJUSTER FOR MORE TIME  THIS WILL ALLOW THE LOCO TO TRAVEL FURTHER IT MAY HELP TO SLOW THE LOCO DOWN A BIT BY REDUCING THE SPEED

THE LOCO TRAVELS ALL THE WAY TO THE END AND DOES NOT STOP   : HAVE YOU FITTED THE DIODES CORRECTLY AS PER FIGURE 2 YOU WILL NOTICE THEY HAVE A WHITE BAND AROUND THEM THIS NEEDS TO BE INSERTED AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 2.

IN GENERAL THE TIME SPAN WE HAVE ALLOWED IS FOR A REASONABLE DISTENCE IF YOU HAVE A LONG SHUTTLE AND THE LOCO NEVER REACHES EACH END BEFORE ITS TIME TO RETURN AND YOU HAVE TURNED THE SPEED DOWN THEN A CHANGE IN VALUE TO THE 15K RESISTOR COLOURED BROWN GREEN ORANGE WILL NEED TO BE INCREASED TO A 22 K RESISTOR OR A 33K RESISTOR  THIS WILL DOUBLE THE TIME TAKEN TO TRAVEL TO EACH END FOR FURTHER ADVICE PLEASE CONTACT US BY      E-MAIL OR PHONE

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