User manual

Intellibox Basic
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6. The Keyboard
In a digital system turnouts and signals can be controlled by
decoders. Just like with locomotives, these are assigned individual
addresses to identify them.
6.1 Description
The Intellibox can operate Solenoid and switching decoders in
different formats, the Motorola data format and the DCC data
format. Decoders of both formats can be operated next to each
other.
Solenoid decoders from Märklin, Viessmann and Modeltreno for the
Motorola data format, each control four turnouts.
The address, which is set by the DIP-switch of these decoders, is
not identical to the addresses of the turnouts attached to the
decoder. All of the Intellibox settings use these turnout addresses
and not the solenoid decoder address.
A table that shows the allocation of the DIP-switches setting and the
solenoid addresses, as well as the allocation to the Märklin
keyboards is contained in the appendix.
As is the case for the locomotive decoders, the default data formats
for solenoid and switching decoders can also be adjusted by “Basic
Settings” (See chapter 4.8 for the options).
6.2 Selecting the Keyboard mode
The Keyboard mode can be reached by pressing the M key a
number of times or by pressing the M key immediately
followed by the 1 key.
The layout of the display is updated accordingly.
6.3 Keyboard control
In “Keyboard” mode, the numeric keypad is used to control
electromagnetic (solenoid) devices (turnouts, signals, relays). At
power up, you can control the first 8 devices without any additional
configuration.
Switching is accomplished with the red (1. and 3.
key row) or green (2. and 4. key row) keys. The
display will show “R” or “G” when you press,
respectively, a red or a green key. Additionally,
the address of the controlled device is
subsequently displayed.
Normally, the display will show the current status of the Keyboard:
The middle part the display gives information about the current
keyboard status: For the pairs of keys from which the upper (red)
key was pressed last (in the figure 2 and 8), the rectangular symbol
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Figure 6.31
The keypads and the
numbering of key pairs