[Accrs] NCE Illuminator Lighting Decoder

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

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The NCE Illuminator can be used for general layout scenic lighting in buildings, lamp posts, for constant lighting in passenger cars and cabooses, or as a DCC decoder for one signal head. The Illuminator includes one on board white LED to simplify scenic lighting situations, just add DC (up to 14V) or DCC power at the 'LR' and 'RR' holes and you have an effective structure lighting solution.

The Illuminator will not work with Grain-of-Wheat or other small incandescent lamps. Capabilities and limitations of the Illuminator:

When operating on DC power:
- Select between 15 different lighting effects
- Brightness is easily adjustable
- The Illuminator will remember the chosen lighting function after power is removed

When operating as a DCC mobile decoder using loco addresses:
- The Illuminator can be programmed to any loco address (short or long)
- Consist addressing also works - All 3 LED outputs can have different (15 to choose from) lighting effects
- Uses loco function buttons to activate each output independently
- Each output can be mapped to function F0-F28
- Lighting effects are non-directional (on in both directions of travel).
- The brightness of each output is individually CV programmable
- Loco Ops mode programming is used to set CV values

When operating as a DCC accessory decoder using accessory addresses:
- The Illuminator can be programmed to any accessory address (1-2043)
- All 3 LED outputs can have different (15 to choose from) lighting effects
- All 3 outputs are controlled simultaneously with accessory on/off (open/thrown) commands
- The brightness of each output is individually CV programmable
- Accessory Ops Mode or Loco Ops mode programming is used to set CV values

When operating as a DCC signal decoder using signal addresses:
- The Illuminator can be programmed to any signal address (1-2043) - 18 different effects specifically for signal heads available
- Different lighting effects can be mapped to each NMRA aspect
- All 3 outputs are controlled simultaneously by signal aspect commands
- The brightness of each output is individually CV programmable
- Signal Ops Mode or Loco Ops mode programming is used to set CV values


Electrical and technical limitations of the Illuminator
The voltage supply for the LEDs is 12 volts DC and the total current available for lighting is about 100mA. The Illuminator has built-in 330 Ohm resistors which will not limit current enough for direct connection of individual LEDs so an additional resistor should be used when directly connecting LEDs to the Illuminator. Woodland Scenics Just PlugTM products already have this additional resistor installed. It is possible to use up to 4 red, yellow or green LEDs or up to 3 white or blue LEDs in series on an output with a suitable additional resistor.


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