Crest Electronics CRE57000 TRAIN ENGINEER REVOLUTION MANUAL - Manual (Page 2)

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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of the Crest Revolution Train Engineer wireless
control system. This product has been manufactured to the highest standards using
only quality components and, with proper care, will provide you with reliable
service. The Revolution TE operates on the 2.4Ghz frequency band for ultimate
stability and interference free operation.
The Revolution TE lets you walk around your model railroad layout and remotely
control your locomotive speed, direction, lights, sounds, and smoke from up to 400
feet away. The Revolution TE was developed to provide the model train enthusiast
with complete integrated control of their dream layout, without the need for
complicated layout wiring or complex control panels.
The Revolution TE receiver is designed to operate between 12 to 24 volts applied
either to the track or from on board batteries. The Receiver is designed for “plug
and play” installation in any Aristo-Craft Locomotive with a DCC/RCC board. The
receiver can also be installed in any large scale locomotive with the use of a supplied
Adaptor Plug. General instructions for custom installations are included in this
manual.
OPERATION OVERVIEW
Before you start working with the Revolution TE there are a few concepts that you
need to understand.
The transmitter and the receivers in your locomotives are designed to communicate
and exchange information about the way you want your trains to operate. In order to
establish a link between them you need to set up some basic parameters that define
the locomotive for the Transmitter such as the locomotive’s name and road number.
Once these parameters are set, the link between the transmitter and receiver is
finalized by a process called “Linking”. Once linked, the transmitter and receiver are
set to communicate and run your train. As you get comfortable with the Revolution
TE, you can start fine tuning the optional settings for each locomotive. These options
include setting the top speed that you want a locomotive to achieve, the rate at
which you want it to accelerate, how long you want it to delay when the direction is
changed, headlight operation and many more.
The second concept has to do with the Cab Assignment. Once you link a locomotive
receiver to a transmitter you must set the Cab Number that the locomotive will run
under. Cab Numbers range from CAB-0 through CAB49. This allows you to easily
move between as many as 50 Single Unit locomotives and Multiple Unit Consists
while operating your model railroad. CAB-0, CAB-1 and CAB-2 might be used to
operate three different locomotives while CAB-3 can be used to operate those same
three locomotives in a consist. Changing between Single Unit (SU) operation and
Multiple Unit (MU) operation is as simple as selecting a Cab Number.
Once you have an opportunity to experience the process used to operate trains with
the Revolution TE you will find that Aristo-Craft has found an elegant, easy to
understand solution, to what can be a complex problem.