Integral Circuits LOCOn TROLLER LT 150 A User Manual

LOCOnTROLLER

Model LT 150 A

User Manual

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 5

What’s in the box? 5

1a. THE LT150A HANDSET 6

2. Handset - Before rst use 7

Inserting the rechargeable batteries into the handset. 7
Charging the handset batteries 7
Charger LED indicator codes: 8
Turning the handset on. 8
Turning the handset o󰀨. 8

3. System startup procedure 9

Startup: 9

4. System and Error Messages 10

User Induced E-STOP: 10

5. Control of your locomotive 11

Setting speed: 11
Changing direction: 11
Applying brakes: (With brake controller) 12
Stopping/slow down:(Without brake controller) 12
Locking brakes: (With brake controller) 13
Unlocking brakes: (With brake controller) 13
Checking locomotive battery voltages 13
Turning on the lights 14
Sounding the horn 14
Turning the bell on and o󰀨 14
Ditch lights 15

6. Setup Menu 15

Entering the Setup Menu: 15
Changing menu settings. 16
Description of functions: 17
Description of functions(continued): 18
Event System: 19

7. The LT150A (hardware setup) 20

Connections of the LT150A 20
Installing the radio Tranceiver 21
Installing the system connector 22
Installing the Light and Aux Connector 23
Locomotive Brake connector 24
Train brake connector 25
MU connector 26
Brake Controller types 27
Installing the speed sensor 28

9. Wiring Diagram 30

Integral Circuits Critter Control Model LT150A Manual

Document Version 1.0 ©2016 Integral Circuits,

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Locomotive MAC Address and S/N

Handset MAC Address and S/N

The LT150A utilizes a matched pair of radios . the following two labels are the ad­dresses and serial numbers of the locomotive unit and handset

If there is no label here , the same label/
information can be also found on the radio
tranceiver and the mounting side of the
Locomotive unit.

If there is no label here, the same informa­tion can be found on the back of the
handset.

Contains FCC ID: MCQ-PROS2B
The enclosed device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following conditions:

(i.) this device may not cause harmful interference and
(ii.) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.

WARNING

Radio Transmitting Device

This handset contains a low power “spread spectrum”

radio transmitter. While the e󰀨ective radiation of this

device is less than 200mW and though care has been
taken to design this handset such that the location of
the antenna minimizes human exposure to its 2.4GHz
energy, care should be taken to hold the handset per de­sign to limit futher exposure and to improve operational
performance.

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1. Introduction

What’s in the box?

LT150A Locomotive control unit

LT150A Remote control Handset

LT150A Radio Tranceiver (picture might

dier, depending if the wire antenna or External
antenna version was ordered)

12V Charger for LT150A Handset With
MU Port Socket

Make sure your box contains everything listed below. If any pieces are missing, contact
the seller.

If this system got delivered pre-built into a locomotive, make sure that these items are
listed by your seller and nothing is missing.

Set of AA Rechargeable Batteries

Additional Items:

1. Bag of Phoenix connectors ( 1x 8pin, 2x
6pin, 1x 5pin, 3x 4pin, 1x 2 pin)

2. MU Rear Port Cable, for handset charging

3. This manual

4.(optional) Ballast resistors for LED lighting

5.(optional) Radio Tranceiver Extension Cord

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1a. THE LT150A HANDSET

1. Main Display

2. Power Button

3. Flashlight button

4. Light buttons

5. Horn button

6. Bell button

7. Forward button

8. Reverse button

9. Charging indicator

10. Locomotive Battery
Indicator

11. Remote Battery Indicator

12. Rear light Indicator

13. Front light indicator

14. Speed/PSI indicator

15. Speed format indicator

16. reverse indicator

17. forward indicator

18. brake button

19. control Knob

20. Charging port

21. Function button

22. Volume up

23. Volume down

24. Ditch Light Indicator

25. Signal Strength indicator

26. Data Load Meters
(Down and upstream)

27. Aux Panel

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2. Handset - Before rst use

Inserting the rechargeable batteries into the handset.

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Charging the handset batteries

The handset can also be operated
with 2 regular AA Alkaline batteries.
However, the internal charger will only
work with rechargeable batteries.

WARNING: Do not attempt to use
the charger with alkaline batteries
installed!

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To charge the handset batteries, plug the
charger into the receptactle on the bottom
of the handset.

The LED on the front face of the handset
marked “charging” will indicate the charg­ing mode and status. How the codes for
charging are read is described on page 8.

Charging
Cable

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Press and hold the power button for a seconds.
You will see the splash-screen before the hand­set shows the main dashboard. The handset is
now ready to use

Turning the handset on.

Charger LED indicator codes:

Code:

Pre charge state - 1 short ash per second

Rapid Charge - led is equally on/o󰀨 per sec

Post charge - led ashes short twice

No battery detected - 5 short pulses

Post charge constant voltage mode - 3

short ashes

During charging, if the battery is deeply discharged, the charger will indi­cate it is in a “pre-charge” state in which the battery voltage is brought up to
approximately .8V per cell before commencing rapid charge.
If the batterys are at .8V per cell or above, the charger will enter rapid
charge mode in which the batteries are charged at 500mA for a maximum
time of 5 hours

Please note: The charger will not start rapid charging the bat­teries if they are still more than 50% charged.

Turning the handset o󰀨.

To turn the handset o󰀨 you have to press and hold the power button for another 2 - 3

seconds until it shows “info shutdown”

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NO LOCO!

couldn’t nd loco

Turn on loco power!

When the locomotive is not turned on within 10
to 15 seconds the Handset will Time-out and

show that it can’t nd the locomotive.

Turn the locomotive on, and then press the
brake button once it is running. The message
will disappear and the system is ready.

No Link To locomotive.

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3. System startup procedure

1. Turn on the handset by pressing the power button for 2
seconds

2. Turn the Key switch on your locomotive to ON. Position.

3. The LT150 A will go through a startup sequence.

4. When all system checks are done and turn out OK, it will start

ashing the system LED indicator while the Master Relay led will

become lit solid

4.a The Locomotive Link symbol (on left of screen) will show up

5. press the brake button on the handset until the system LED
lights up solid . System, Master Relay and Radio link should be
solid

Startup Error Messages:

These error messages appear if any of the system checks at startup return a
negative result.
The controller will check for battery voltage and motor drive/motor health, before
it unlocks the system for use

Low locomotive battery error:
Symptom: Solution:

Battery voltage shows 0 Check the wire and fuse for the battery monitors
Battery voltage is ~ 22V 24V sys Locomotive batteries need recharged.
Battery voltage is ~ 33V 36V sys Locomotive batteries need recharged.

Motor test failed error:
Symptom: Solution:

Motor short detected! Check the wiring of the motors for shorts.
Check the motors directly for shorts.

Startup:

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all initially o󰀨

press

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LOCO BATTERY LOW

Low Battery Voltage: 0.02V

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MOTOR TEST FAILED

Motor short detected!

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Dashboard lls with Telemetry.

Locomotive Link symbol appears(left)

3 Leds Solid

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OVERHEAT!

Motor controller overheat!

turn o󰀨 system for cooldown!

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E-STOP

User E-STOP triggered

push brake to reset

4. System and Error Messages

User E-STOP:

This message shows when the power button is pressed while the
system is in operation.
It indicates that the locomotive entered the emergency stop state.

This can be cancelled with a push of the brake button.

Dropped handset E-STOP:

This message shows whenever the handset is dropped and been in

freefall for longer than the period specied in the setup menu. (“fall

time” page 17.)

Handset battery low warning:

This message shows whenever the batteries of the handset fall below
a charge voltage of 1.9v . This message is only shown for a short mo-

ment before the handset turns itself o󰀨. (safety shutdown)

Immediate recharging of the Handset batteries is adviced.

Overcurrent Warning:

The system triggers this message whenever the internal current limit of
approximately 175A is overstepped. This is a safety feature to prevent
damages to the motor or motor drive due to mechanical blockage or
overburdening of the locomotive.
Please note that the locomotive wont stop when this occurs, but the

internal safety will turn o󰀨 the drive on a per PWM cycle basis, and

limiting the current.

To dismiss this message you need to rotate the knob of the hand­set a notch.

Overheat E-STOP:

The system triggers an Cycle STOP whenever the internal temperature
sensors measure a tamperature above the safe zone for the internal
components.

This message can not be dismissed until the locomotive and hand­set have been power cycled

System cool down before further use is adviced!

User Induced E-STOP:

If you press the power button at any given time
the locomotive will go into an User requested
E-Stop. To cancel this you need to push the
brake - button once.

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E-STOP

User E-STOP triggered

push brake to reset

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E-STOP

TX dropped!

push brake to reset

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TX Battery Low!

shutting down handset..

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Overcurrent!

Current above 175A

reduce speed to continue

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LINK LOSS!

Link to locomotive lost

Check Locomotive power

LINK LOSS!:

The Remote is not receiving any telemetry or heart-beat signal from
the locomotive. This can be the result of a bad reception, out of signal
range or loss of power in the locomotive.

This message can be dismissed with the push of the brake-button.
However, it will come back until the link to the locomotive has
been re-established.

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5. Control of your locomotive

Setting speed:

Make sure the brakes or brake lock are not active.

1. Turn the knob clockwise to increase speed.

2. turn the knob counter clockwise to decrease speed.

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Changing direction:

1. press ‘forward’ to change the direction to forward
travel

2. press ‘reverse’ to change the direction to backward
travel.

Depending on the setting of reverse limit in the
Setup menu (page 18). you can change the direction
into the opposite way of travel while the locomotive
is throttled up. It will slow down and then reverse
into the opposite direction

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