walthers 130ft modern turntable programming

I have just installed the newly released 130 ft turntable. It moves smoothly and looks good. I have two questions: 1) In programming, the instructions ask you to press the “set” button as you maneuver the bridge into each desired location. I press “set” and then the arrow requested and nothing happens. If I move the bridge to a stop I want to set, then press “set”, it places the position into memory but when I move to my stops in normal operation, they are off mark a bit. 2) If a loco enters the turntable facing forward on a service track, and I need to turn the table to meet a radial track, with the loco facing the same direction, the “position” light flashes when I set the position, indicating I am too close to a previously selected stop. My roundhouse is directly across from the service tracks with the “no tracks” portion of the pit at right angles as specified. Does this mean I cannot program the radial tracks and if so, why not? I Am I missing something??

John

This is a cut and paste of the instructions I have for my 90’er, and they should be identical for your larger TT:

PROGRAMMING YOUR

TURNTABLE

Initializing the Turntable

Begin by plugging in the power

pack. With the power pack turned

off, press the SET and ZERO buttons

down at the same time. Now,

turn on the power and hold both

buttons for four to five seconds.

When the POWER light stays on,

the unit is ready to use. Press the

ZERO button until the POWER

light flashes, then release. The

turntable will move to the zero

point.

Programming New Stopping

Positions

  1. Move the bridge from the zero

point to the first track you’d like to

program by pressing and releasing

either ARROW button.

Two stop positions are programmed

into the unit for testing

at the factory.Don’t remove these

until you have programmed two or

three of your own tracks!You can

also use these to test the operation

of your unit at this time – simply

press and release either the LEFT

or RIGHT ARROW keys. The

bridge will move in the direction

selected until it locates a factory

setting. The table will over-run the

stop positi

There are several things to consider when setting up your roundhouse and garden tracks:

  1. Each track or stall has to be square to the turntable. When the table is set to that position, you should be able to sight along the track and across the turntable and the track should appear as a straight line. Very important for the next two considerations.

  2. Each track has to be programmed for both ends of the turntable.

  3. To save programming, I set my 9 stall roundhouse (about a 1/4 circle) in place and programmed both ends of the turntable for each stall (18 program points). I then aligned an open (garden) track directly across from each stall, keeping point #1 in mind (no additional program points). I did the same thing with my two approach tracks (four more program points). Remember, you’re limited to 60 positions. I have 32 tracks, plus two approach tracks. Programming both ends of the table for that many tracks if they didn’t align would leave me a few positions short.

By following point #3 above, you eliminate the problem with trying to program a point too close to another (which is actually the track/stall almost directly across the table). Make them directly across to save yourself headaches with alignment and programming.

PS to Selector: you didn’t have to do a cut and paste, the whole instruction sheet is available on line at the Walthers site:

http://www.walthers.com/instructions/0933/09330000002829.pdf

Thanks, Tom. That is where I found what I placed here…I just didn’t know it would take up 50 vertical inches! I wanted to provide the relevant instruction part in case he had somehow missed it.

-Crandell