Whelen Engineering Company 6-button WeCan User manual

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®
ENGINEERING COMPANY INC.
Configuration Guide:
6-button WeCan® Control Head
with Slide Switch
Safety First
• If mounting this product requires drilling holes, the installer MUST be sure that no vehicle components or other vital
parts could be damaged by the drilling process. Check both sides of the mounting surface before drilling begins. Also
de-burr any holes and remove any metal shards or remnants. Install grommets into all wire passage holes.
• Do not install this product or route any wires in the deployment area of your air bag. Equipment mounted or located in
the air bag deployment area will damage or reduce the effectiveness of the air bag, or become a projectile that could
cause serious personal injury or death. Refer to your vehicle owners manual for the air bag deployment area. The User/
Installer assumes full responsibility to determine proper mounting location, based on providing ultimate safety to all
passengers inside the vehicle.
• For this product to operate at optimum efficiency, a good electrical connection to chassis ground must be made. The
recommended procedure requires the product ground wire to be connected directly to the NEGATIVE (-) battery post.
• If this product uses a remote device to activate or control this product, make sure this control is located in an area that
allows both the vehicle and the control to be operated safely in any driving condition. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ACTIVATE
OR CONTROL THIS DEVICE IN A HAZARDOUS DRIVING SITUATION.
• It is the responsibility of the installation technician to make sure that the installation and operation of this product will
not interfere with or compromise the operation or efficiency of any vehicle equipment! Before returning the vehicle to
active service, visually confirm the proper operation of this product, as well as all vehicle components/equipment.
• Do not attempt to activate or control this device in a hazardous driving situation.
• This product contains either strobe light(s), halogen light(s), high-intensity LEDs or a combination of these lights. Do
not stare directly into these lights. Momentary blindness and/or eye damage could result.
For warranty information regarding this product, visit www.whelen.com/warranty
©2009 Whelen Engineering Company Inc.
Form No.14285A (092810)
4 X 1/4 PFH
PLASTI-LOC
SCREW
(QTY 4)
6 X 1/2"
PPHSMS
(QTY 2)
MOUNTING
PLATE
PLUG IN
HERE
WHT
GRN
GRY
RED
BLK
Connect to +12V DC
Connect to Ground
Backlight: Connect to an ignition controlled 12-volt circuit.
Connect to any WeCan® Lightbar
Secure the mounting plate to the control head using the supplied
4 X 1/4 PFH Plasti-Loc screws.
NOTE: This control head can
either be used as a hand held
unit or be mounted into a
vehicle.
NOTE: Dip switches are located on the back of the unit.
1.
Secure the controller to the mounting surface using the supplied
6 X 1/2" PPHSMS.
Extend the wires and connect as described below.
Installation:
2.
3.
WARNING! All customer supplied wires that connect to the positive terminal of the battery must be sized to supply at
least 125% of the maximum operating current and at the battery to carry the load. DO NOT USE CIRCUIT
BREAKERS WITH THIS PRODUCT!
FUSED
22 GA
22 GA
22 GA
22 GA
22 GA
Fuse @
3 amps
Fuse @
1 amp
Automotive: Sirens/Switches
51 Winthrop Road
Chester, Connecticut 06412-0684
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Internet: www.whelen.com
Sales e-mail: [e-mail]
Canadian Sales e-mail: [e-mail]
Customer Service e-mail: [e-mail]

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Notes:
1)
2)
TD/AUX = Takedown / Auxiliary Take-Downs or Worklights
Some configurations will allow specific buttons to activate alternate functions with each press of that button. In the artwork shown,
these buttons are represented with white letters on a black background. In these cases, the functions to be activated are shown in
sequential order and are separated with a horizontal line.
Dip Switch Configuration #1 Dip Switch Configuration #2 Dip Switch Configuration #3
California Title
13 compliant
On Off
1
ON
234 1 2,3,4
On Off
1
ON
234 2 1,3,4
On Off
1
ON
234 2,3 1,4
On Off
1
ON
234 4 1,2,3
On Off
1
ON
234 1,2,4 3
On Off
1
ON
234 1,2 3,4
On Off
1
ON
234 1,2,3 4
On Off
1
ON
234 1,4 2,3
Pos.1 -
T/A Left Pos.1 - T/A Left Pos.1 - T/A Left
Pos.2 -
T/A Split Pos.2 - T/A Split Pos.2 - T/A Split
Pos.3 -
T/A Right Pos.3 - T/A Right Pos.3 - T/A Right
L Alley
R Alley
Light
Bar
Cruise
Front
Cutoff
Patrn
Over-
ride
TD/AUX Mode 1 Front
Cutoff
Mode 2
Low
Power
Patrn
Over-
ride
TD/AUX
Mode 1
Low
Power
Front
Cutoff
Mode 2 Mode 3
TD/AUX
Cruise TD/AUX
TA
Right
L Alley
R Alley
TA
Left
TA
Split
L Alley
R Alley
TA
Left
TA
Split
Patrn
Over-
ride TD/AUX
TA
Right
Patrn
Over-
ride
TD/AUX
On Off
1
ON
234 3 1,2,4
On Off
1
ON
234 1,3 2,4
Dip Switch Configuration #4
Dip Switch Configuration #7
Dip Switch Configuration #10
Pos.1 -
All Bar 1
Pos.1 -
Front
Pos.1 -
Front
Pos.1 -
Front
Pos.1 -
Front
Pos.1 -
Front
Pos.1 -
All Bar 1 Pos.1 - All Bar 1
Pos.2 -
All Bar 2
Pos.2 -
Rear
Pos.2 -
Rear
Pos.2 -
Rear
Pos.2 -
Rear
Pos.2 -
Rear
Pos.2 -
All Bar 2 Pos.2 - All Bar 2
Pos.3 -
All Bar 3
Pos.3 -
All
Pos.3 -
All
Pos.3 -
All
Pos.3 -
All
Pos.3 -
All
Pos.3 -
All Bar 3 Pos.3 - All Bar 3
Dip Switch Configuration #5
Dip Switch Configuration #8
Dip Switch Configuration #11
Dip Switch Configuration #6
Dip Switch Configuration #9
TA Left
TA Split
TD/AUX
L Alley
R Alley
Low
Power
Front
Cutoff
Rear
Cutoff
TA
Right
TA
Left
Low
Power
Front
Cutoff
TA
Split
TA
Right
TD/AUX L Alley
R Alley
TA
Left
TA
Split
Front
Flash TD/AUX
TA
Right
TA Left
TA Split
L Alley
R Alley
Patrn
Over-
ride
Cruise TD/AUX
TA
Right
On Off
1
ON
234 2, 4 1, 3
Front TA
Left
Rear TA
Right
Front TA
Right
Left
Alley
Right
Alley
Rear TA
Left
Flash
Alley
TD
Left
Alley
Right
Alley
Cruise