Digikeijs DR5088RC DIGIDETECT User manual
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1.1 Index
1.0 General informaon 2
1.1 Index 3
1.2 Warranty provisions 4
1.3 Legal nocaon 4
2.0 Product overview 5
2.1 General informaon 6
2.2 Technical specicaons 6
2.3 Hardware overview 7
2.4 LNCV values 8
3.0 Conguraon Soware 9
3.1 Introducon and minimum system requirements 10
3.2 Soware download 11
3.3 Soware Installaon 12
3.4 Connecng DR5088RC 14
3.5 Soware overview 15
3.6 Restoring Factory Sengs 16
3.7 Soware and Firmware update 17
3.8 Firmware versions 18
4.0 Conguraon opons 19
4.1 Detector 1– 8 + 1 - 16 features 20
4.2 Global Detector features 21
4.3 Properes Loconet 22
4.4.1 Module Properes Part 1 23
4.4.2 Module Properes Part 2 24
4.5 USB 2.0 Features 25
4.6 Railcom feedback monitor 26
4.7 Scripng 27
5.0 Addressing 28
5.1 Address principle 29
5.2 Programme addresses through the buon method 30
5.3 Randomly program addresses via USB 31
6.0 Connecon examples 32
6.1 DR5088RC in conjuncon with the DR5000 33
6.2 Expanding the DR5088RC with DR4088LN
feedback modules 34
6.3 DR5088RC in combinaon with the
Booster DR5033 35
7.0 Connecon to control soware 32
7.1 iTrain® 33
7.2 Train controller® 34
7.3 Rocrail® 35
7.4 EStWGJ® 36
7.5.1 Windigipet® 2015
7.5.2 Windigipet® 2018
Base Manual
This manual currently contains most of the basic informaon and is being
gradually extended. Suggesons, improvements, addions, comments or
suggesons are always highly appreciated.
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1.2 Warranty provisions
All our products are covered by a 24-month manufacturer’s warranty. Please read this manual carefully. The warranty will be void in the event of damage to
the product caused by incorrect adherence to this manual.
CAUTION! Any warranty claims are void if the DR5088RC and/or the power supply housing are opened.
Please read the following points carefully before you start working with the DR5088RC.
Any warranty is void if the housing of the DR5088RC or of the power supply are opened.
When working on your track, the control unit must be switched o at all mes.
Never connect an external voltage or other digital system to the Track exit of the DR5088RC control unit.
This will damage the internal electronics in such a way that any warranty claims will be void. Even if this happens accidentally.
Always use ocial and approved cabling to prevent short circuits and damage.
Use the DR5088RC in a dry and dust-free environment
CAUTION!!!! NEVER connect the DR5088RC via USB while this is connected to the TRACK INPUT or vice versa!
The USB connecon may only be used to congure the DR5088RC without that being connected to your model
railway! When connecng both the USB and TRACK INPUT simultaneously, you will damage both the DR5088RC
and your Central Unit
1.3 Legal noces
All rights, changes, typing and prinng errors and delivery opons are reserved.
Specicaons and illustraons are non-commial and non-binding. All changes to the hardware, rmware and soware are reserved.
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2.1 General product informaon
The DR5088RC is a Railcom® detector including driving direcon detecon equipped with LocoNet®.
The DR5088RC is equipped with 16 detecon connecons and an addional global detector. All Railcom® informaon proceeds through the LocoNet® connec-
ons. The module sengs are easy to program through the conguraon soware available online. In addion, the sengs are also adjustable via LNCV once
the DR5088RC is installed.
2.2 Technical specicaons
Protocol :DCC
Detecon adresses :A Maximum of 2048
Detector power 1 - 16 :3 Amps
Global detector power :4,5 Amps
Occupied report Sensivity :10 - 15mA
Power supply connecon : Via the TRACK INPUT
Connecons :LocoNet T® (a maximum of 120 modules with 17 inputs )
TRACK INPUT (at least 15 volts rail voltage, a maximum of 20 volts rail voltage )
USB (LocoNet® and XpressNet-USB 3.6)
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1Railcom® Detector 1 - 8
2Railcom® Global Detector
3Railcom® Detector 9 - 16
4Module address programming buon
5Module LED indicator
Standard blinker: Heart rate module
Short blinker/long on: Module address recepon
6USB 2.0 connecon
7USB acviteit
Green: RX
Red: TX
8Track voltage input
9LocoNet® connecon
10 LocoNet® connecon
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2.3 Hardware overview
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2.3 LNCV values
LNCV Descripon Range Default LNCV Descripon Range Default
0Module address 1-9999 11Firmware version - -
3LocoNet report or direcon 0-204Conguraon (see below)
5Power-on delay (ms) 0-8000 1000 6Occupancy Detecon count 5-31 15
7Polarity detecon count 1-728Polarity detecon delay (ms) 15-
2000
250
9Mulplexer switch me (ms) 5-100 33 10 QoS Suppress 0-100 10
11 QoS Delta 0-100 512 Speed Delta 0-100 3
100 Quick setup for feedback addresses with au-
tonumbering
1-2048 1101-
117
Feedback address per input (101-117 = 1-16, Glob) 1-2048 1
200 Quick setup for block addresses with au-
tonumbering
1-2048 1201-
217
Block address per input (201-217 = 1-16, Glob) 1-2048 1
300 Quick setup for exit delay (sets all detectors) 150-
1200
750 301-
317
Exit delay per input (301-317 = 1-16, Glob) 150-
2000
750
400 Quick setup for Direcon Invert (sets all de-
tectors)
0-10401-
417
Invert direcon per input (401-417 = 1-16, Glob) 0-10
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3.1 Introducon
The conguraon of the DR5088RC requires a USB connecon with the PC.
To achieve this, you need the accompanying USB cable with a mini connector, a so-called USB A to USB mini cable.
Minimum system requirements
• Intel Penum or AMD Athlon 64-processor
• Microso Windows 7 with Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10
• 1 GB RAM for 32 bits; 2GB RAM for 64 bits
• 100 MB free space on the hard disc
• A monitor with a resoluon of 1.024 x 768 (1280 x 800 recommended)
3.2 Soware download
Do not connect the DR5088RC before installing the soware. The soware can be
downloaded from the DIGIKEIJS website.
www.digikeijs.com/dr5088rc
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Important!
Only connect the DR5088RC aer the successful installaon of the
Soware and Drivers.
3.3 Soware installaon
Aer you successfully downloaded the soware, it is important to unpack the downloaded le rst and store it on your hard drive. Next, start the installaon
by double clicking “setup” or “setup.exe”.
Ensure that you always have administrator on your PC.
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Aer a few seconds, the following screen appears. Click “Next”
If you would like to change the locaon where the soware is installed, you can do so in the following screen. If this is not necessary, it is best to leave the
sengs as they are and click “Next”
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A brief overview of the sengs. Click “install” if you agree.
Now the conguraon soware will be installed in which Windows will ask you a few more mes if you are familiar with the Digikeijs soware. If all of this is
gone through, the last screen appears. Press “Finish” and the drivers and conguraon program are installed.
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3.4 Connecng DR5088RC
On the desk top an icon has appeared that allows you to start the conguraon soware. Do not do that yet.
First connect to the DR508888RC using the supplied USB cable. Windows will “detect” the new hardware and install the drivers.
Wait unl this process is complete and you receive a message from Windows saying that the hardware has been installed correctly.
Now connect the DR5088RC to your PC using the USB cable.
Windows will then assign and reserve 2 COM ports.
(the numbering of the COM ports depends on your personal PC conguraon)
The le image uses COM49 and COM50.
COM49 is the communicaon port for the DR.Command protocol.
COM50 is the communicaon port for the LocoNet protocol.
Aer the rst start-up your Firewall will ask if the Conguraon
Soware can get access to your network. Always answer YES.
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1Detector 1 - 8 Features
2Detector Global Features
3Detector 9 - 16 Features
4USB Features / Firmware upgrade
5Closing soware
6DR5088RC Serial number
7Module Features
8LocoNet® Features
3.5 Conguraon Soware overview
The various opons are easy to access by clicking the corresponding connecon.
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3.7 Soware en Firmware update
The development of the DR5088RC soware will, of course, connue. Through rmware updates, you can provide the feedback module with the last soware
versions. New rmware is built-in into the conguraon tool. First you must install the latest version of the conguraon soware before the rmware update
is available.
Roadmap
1) First remove your current installaon of the conguraon soware.
2) Download the latest version from our website.
3) Install the conguraon soware
4) Connect the DR5088RC using the USB cable
5) Open the conguraon soware
6) Go directly to the USB2.0 menu
7) Through the ‘’UPDATE DR5088” buon you can acvate the rmware update
IMPORTANT! When updang the DR5088RC, as many sengs as possible are saved.
The module may however be reset to factory sengs! Therefore, check all sengs aer
an update.
CAUTION! Updang the DR5088RC will always result in sengs being reset to factory
default sengs.
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3.8 Firmware versions
Version Date Descripon
1.0.0 01-10-2017 First beta version for beta testers
1.2.1 20-12-2017 First ocial commercial release.
1.3.0 10.04.2018 Connecon examples extended .
1.3.0 19.06.2018 Windigipet 2018 added.
1.3.x 26.07.2018 New Railcom feedback monitor added.
1.3.4 29.07.2018 Note Scripng.
1.4.0 31.07.2018 Descripon Module properes added, (Qos, speed).
1.4.0 31.07.2018 Loconet properes added.
1.4.0 02.08.2018 Sengs TC added.
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4.1 Properes Loconet
1) Slow module ming. Can be acvated for problems with Loconet components from other manufacturers.
2) Baudrate tuning. Used to adjust the exact baud rate in Loconet.*
3) Komperator tuning. Here the edge steepness and the edge height can be adjusted.*
4) RailCom Report. Here you can select the LocoNet commands with which the RailCom message is to be sent.
MULTI_SENSE_Standard The original OPC_MULTI_SENSE command is used (Digitrax and Bluecher compable).
The address ranges "locomove address or block address" are restricted if the derailment direcon is to be sent.
MULTI_SENSE_Long The new OPC_MULTI_SENSE_L command is used: No restricon of the address ranges.
MULTI_SENSE_Both Both commands (Long and Standard) are transmied to the central unit.
5) RailCom Sense direcon. Here you select how the derailment direcon is reported to the control centre in the case of "MULTI_SENSE_Standard.
Aus No direcon is transmied.
in Blockadress The track-laying direcon is transmied in the block address (restricon of the block addresses to a maximum of 2048).
in Lokadress The track-laying direcon is transmied in the locomove address (restricon of locomove addresses to a maximum of
4095).
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*Note! Only experienced users should make changes here.
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