CONNECTING THE POWER WIRES ETC
YOU WILL ALSO HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED WITH TWO 3 METRE LENGTHS OF RED WIRE THESE ARE THE POWER CONNECTIONS AND CONNECT TO THE TWO TERMINALS THAT ARE TO THE RIGHT ON THE CROSSING CONTROLLER BOARD THE OTHER ENDS OF THESE WIRES ARE FOR YOU TO CONNECT TO THE AUX TERMINALS ON YOUR TRAIN CONTROLLER IF YOU DONāT WHAT TO CONNECT THE WIRES TO THERE, THEN ANY POWER SUPPLY RATED 12 VOLTS TO 30 VOLTS 100Ma AC OR DC WILL DO YOU CAN CONNECT THE WIRES ANY WAY ROUND IT DOES NOT MATTER.( IF UNSURE PLEASE CONTACT US)
TESTING THE LEVEL CROSSING
AS THE LEVEL CROSSING IS FULLY AUTOMATIC ALL THAT REMAINS IS TO CHECK ALL IS WELL PROVIDING THE REEDS WERE WIRED AS ABOVE AND THE SIGNAL POST ,APPLY POWER TO THE LEVEL CROSSING NOTHING SHOULD HAPPEN .TAKE THE MAGNET AND PASS IT OVER THE START REED THE AMBER LED SHOULD NOW LIGHT UP AND AFTER A SHORT TIME THE RED LEDS SHOULD FLASH ALTERATLY AND THE AMBER LED TURN OFF THE FLASHING LEDS WILL STAY FLASHING UNTIL THE CANCEL REED IS TRIGGERED WITH THE MAGNET.SO PASS THE MAGNET OVER THE OVER REED AND THE RED LEDS SHOULD STOP FLASHING READYTO BE TRIGGERED AGAIN AND RESTART THE WHOLE PROCESS.
SUGGESTED POSITIONING OF THE TRIGGER MAGNET (SEE BELOW)
DO NOT MOUNT THE MAGNET UNTIL YOU HAVE TESTED AS ABOVE
IT ALL DEPENDS WHERE YOU MOUNT THE MAGNET UNDER THE LOCO TO TRIGGER THE LEVEL CROSSING THIS WILL DEPEND ON THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE TRAIN WITH ITS CARRIAGES OR WAGONS.IF YOU HAVE A SHORT LOCO WAGON ARRANGEMENT MOUNT THE MAGNET UNDER TO LOCO. IF HOWEVER YOU HAVE A LONG LOCO WAGON /CARRIAGE ARRANGEMENT THEN MOUNT THE MAGNET UNDER THE CARRIAGE/WAGON IN THE MIDDLE THIS WILL ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR TRIGGERING OR CANCELING THE LEVEL CROSSING.
LOOK OUT FOR THE NEXT TYPE OF LEVEL CROSSING WITH THE SIREN AS THE OWNER OF THE BASIC LEVEL CROSSING YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BUY THE SIREN PART AS AN ADD-ON IF YOU WISH RATHER THAN BUYING ANOTHER LEVEL CROSSING CONTROL.
ALSO TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR WE OUR PROPOSING TO MAKE A VERSION WITH LIFTING BOOM THIS REGRETTABLY WILL NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE TYPE YOU HAVE.
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