MWR Revolution Operating manual

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Like our old Train Engineer system, the new Revolution system still
has one transmitter/receiver combination for each track. They are
labeled TRACK 1 for the outside track and TRACK 2 for the inside.
There are six (6) buttons to use the MWR’s Revolution
ON / OFF
STOP / ENTER
Left and Right Arrows
Up and Down Arrows

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ON / OFF is used to turn the transmitter on and off. When ON and all
is normal, the display screen appears as above.
Fields of note on this screen are:
On the top line, is “TRACK 1” which is the unit number the controller
is for (this is also identified by the sticker by the ON / OFF button and
a sticker on the side of the unit next to the ON / OFF button.
On the bottom line, is “LinkOK” which means the transmitter and
receiver are talking to each other. Also, “3.92V” which is the battery
voltage of the transmitter. The unit will shut down when the battery
voltage drops to 3.4V. The trains will continue to run and the batteries
can be replaced while the trains are running.
Also note that the display will automatically dim after about 40 sec of
no button activity to conserve on the battery. This does not effect the
functionally of the buttons and the controller.
However, the transmitters are set to automatically shut off after 40
minutes of no button activity. When this happens, the output of the
receiver/base unit is not affected and the trains will continue as they
were before the transmitter shut off. To regain control of the base unit
and your trains, you must first turn the transmitter back ON. Then the
buttons will function as normal.
The STOP/ENTER button is a direct stop, there is a slight delay set in
the unit to help prevent derailments, but in an emergency, push
STOP.
Left and Right arrows are your direction controls. There is no direct
correlation between the left and right arrows and backward and
forward. You will have to experiment with your locomotives when you
put them on the track.
Up and Down arrows are your speed controls: faster – up, and
slower – down. You can push and hold the button to have your
locomotive speed up or down.
That should get you running with the Revolution.

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There a few more notes:
1. On the receiver there is a red and green LED. These LED’s are
like lights on your train and indicate the receiver base unit is
providing power out. When the DIR arrow on the transmitter
display points to the right and the receiver is providing power,
the green LED is illuminated. If DIR points to the left, the red
LED is illuminated.
2. There are two conditions that can cause the base unit to shut
down and send error messages to the transmitter. The errors will
be displayed in the area where “LinkOK” is displayed.
a. OvLoad – This can occur from a short duration short
circuit on the track, like a derailment or a short when
crossing some switch frogs.
b. OvHeat – Occurs when the base unit exceeds 175 degrees
F. This should not occur with the fan units we have added
to our setup.
c. To recover from these errors, clear the short and make
sure everything is back on the track and/or let the base
unit cool for 5 minutes. When the error condition has been
corrected, press the zero (0 / all stop) button on the
transmitter to clear the error.
For more details, see the Revolution manual in the black Power Box or
talk to Martschinke or Tennyson.