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 Quantum
Engineer
Advanced Analog Controller
DCC TrainShop $50.95
List $59.95
Later Quantum locomotives
are equipped with our new QSI QARC™ (Quantum Analog Remote Control)
Technology, which uses special remote control signals to operate
different Quantum features without the need for complicated and
expensive digital systems like DCC. Add the simple QARC controller,
called Quantum Engineer, to your existing Analog power pack as shown
above. With Quantum Engineer, you can operate features that are
otherwise available only in DCC plus features that are not yet available
in DCC.
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Turn
On or Off Lights including Headlight, Reverse Light,
optional Cab Lights and Number Board Lights. In addition, you can
turn on or off optional Hazard Lights (Mars or Ditch-lights) plus
switch them to be on steady or strobing.
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Shut
Down and Start Up Locomotives. Complete Shut Down
takes the engine off-line where it will not respond to either the
throttle or other commands. Two types of Shut Down and Start Up
scenarios are available; a short version where the Start Up and Shut
Down effects take very little time or extended scenarios which
includes locomotive preparation and/or maintenance effects.
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Operate
Prototype-like Air Brakes. The Apply Brakes button
results in the engine sounds reducing to idle while you hear the
hiss of the air-line pressure progressively decreasing causing the
engine to slow. You control the amount of air pressure and amount of
braking effect. The Release Brakes button causes the engine sounds
to return to normal as the locomotive’s speed gradually increases
back to its original setting.
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Turn
on Dynamic Brakes. Press the Dynamic Brakes button
and hear the diesel motor reduce to notch 1 while the sounds of the
powerful Dynamic Brakes and Cooling Fans turn on. Press the Dynamic
Brakes button again to turn Dynamic Brakes off while the engine
sounds return to their original power level.
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Change
System Volume while Train is Operating. The engine
volume can, of course, be set with manual volume control or through
programming. The Quantum Engineer allows you to change volume up or
down at the touch of button whenever the locomotive is
operating.Mute Engine Sounds while Train is Operating. Presses the
Mute button to gradually reduce the volume to a lower level or
increase it gradually back to normal. This feature is valuable to
lower the sound to allow answering the phone or to have a
conversation but also as a way to easily lower the sound of engines
in the background area of the layout or increase the sound volume as
the engine moves to the front of the layout.
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Disconnect
the Motors. The Disconnect button turns the motor
drive off allowing you to operate the throttle without the engine
moving. You can rev the diesel engine or vent steam through the
throttle on steam locomotives. You can even apply Dynamic Brakes to
allow the engine to operate under labored conditions – a common
practice on prototype diesels to test the motor/generator output.
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Put
the Engine in Standby. The Standby state allows the
engine to remain at rest in a low idle condition, which is ideal for
unmanned powered locomotives waiting on sidings. In Standby,
locomotives will not respond to throttle or most other command
buttons. This allows you to operate other locomotives on the same
power grid without the standby engines responding. Standby engines
come back to life by pressing the Start Up button.
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Quickly
Change between modes of Throttle Control. There are
separate buttons for STC (Standard Throttle Control) and RTC
(Regulated Throttle Control). When you want to operate your engine
in a prototype manner, use the RTC button and when you want a
responsive engine, press the STC control.
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Add
Load and Heavy Load. Use the Load button in Neutral
to turn on or off the Load value you have selected in Load
programming. This button also acts as a “Heavy Load” command
when the engine is moving. This causes the engine’s speed to
change very slowly when moving around the layout, up and down
grades, etc. and allows you to use the throttle to produce
exaggerated Sound of Power™ effects when working hard or low
labored sounds when coasting to a stop or going down grade.
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Hear
Status Reports. In Neutral, pressing the Status
button verbally reports the throttle type (RTC, STC), the amount of
Load, whether the Load is on or off, and the Disconnect, Standby or
Shut Down condition. While moving, the Status button reports the
speed of the locomotive in smph (scale miles per hour).
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Access
Quick and Easy Programming. Enter programming by
holding Mute/Prog button down while you turn power on. The power
light will blink. Move through the different Program Options
(POP’s) by using the Next button to advance or the Prev to go back
to previous POP’s. Use the up or down Arrow buttons to make
changes at any POP.
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Operate
many Other Features. Buttons are available to
operate Doppler, to blow an automatic horn or whistle sequence of
two longs, one short and another long for Grade Crossing warnings,
to sound Brake or Flange squealing, to sound coupler opening or
Coupler Crash sounds.
Wiring
is Simple
Two red wires go the variable DC output from the power pack and two
black wires go to the track. All features on the power pack remain the
same including throttle and reverse switch control. It takes less than
five minutes to add Quantum Engineer to your existing power pack.
Operation
is Simple
Quantum Engineer allows customers full access to all the Quantum
features without having to migrate to Command Control. Every feature is
now available at the press of a button.
Quantum Engineer Controllers
are designed to easily and quickly operate locomotives that have QARC
(Quantum Analog Remote Control) technology.
The Quantum Engineer buttons
are organized by function to make operation simpler. The buttons on the
right are the Primary Control Keys for engine operation and include
horn, bell and brakes.
The set of fifteen gray keys
to the left of the Primary Control Keys, are the Locomotive Feature
Keys, and provide operation of different engine settings such as lights
and fans, as well as controlling different effects like Doppler and
Squealing Flange sounds.
The cluster of five keys in
a star pattern in the upper left corner are used for two different types
of control. During operation, the vertical Arrow keys control sound
volume, and the left/right arrow keys select the Throttle Mode. During
programming, the arrow keys select the different program options and
allow you to change the settings. This group of five keys is called the
Star Pad Keys.
The keys in the lower left
are used to control the locomotive states of Start Up, Shut Down,
Disconnect and Standby as well as locomotive Status reporting. This
group is called the Locomotive State Keys.
Specifications
Voltage Range: 4 – 25 VDC
Maximum Current: 2.5 Amps
Insertion Loss: 0 – 200 mV depending on current demand
Signal to Noise Ratio: 1:1
Power/Program Indicator: Red LED. Continuously lit in Run Mode. Blinking
in Program Mode.
Power Consumption: 0.2 – 1.5 watts depending on throttle voltage
Reliability: Over 150,000 command transmissions.
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