Quick Start Guide: Driving And Braking - FLEISCHMANN 18.4 Betriebsanleitung

4.3 Quick start guide: Driving and braking

And now let's go: Step by step, we will bring our Taurus up to speed.
Step 1: Release the combined air and e-brake (A) by pushing the lever
forward to "0".
As the original, the virtual control stand has a combined brake, so that
air and e-brake are always operated at the same time. As long as the
brake is not on "0" the locomotive will not start.
Step 2: Push the ADB lever (B) forward.
Taurus locomotives have a so-called ADB control system. ADB means
automatic driving and braking. The orange pointer in the speedometer
(E) indicates the speed for which the locomotive has been set.
Step 3: Push the train power setting lever (C) forward.
The train will start moving. The train power display (D) shows the
acceleration force currently operating in the locomotive. The higher the
value, the faster the train will accelerate. The locomotive accelerates
automatically to the set speed and brakes automatically when it is excee-
ded, e.g. when driving down hills.
TIP: The sequence of steps 2 and 3 can be reversed.
D
F
B
C
Stap 4a: Braking by coasting
To let the Taurus coast, simply pull the ADB lever (B) or the train power
setting lever (C) back.
Step 4b: : Active braking with the combined brake (A)
If you activate the combined brake the train power setting lever is
deactivated. To accelerate again, the brake must be released and the
train power setting lever moved again from "0" into a forward position.
This is called "zero start interlock" for the original.
Step 5: Changing directions (F)
Directions can only be changed in standstill
Operation with Z21 control stand app
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