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What does WFD-44 Wi-Fi/DCC Trackside
Command Station/Booster do?
The WFD-44 Wi-Fi/DCC Booster is a 5 Amp/3 Amp DCC Booster that
receives a DCC signal from a DCC Command Station and delivers DCC
Track Power to a Power District consisting of a section of track isolated
by a gap in both rails. Here is a summary of its features:
•5 Amp continuous capability
•Fixed DCC Output Voltage determined by power adapter voltage
•3 Amp or 5 Amp Overcurrent Protection
•Input from Track DCC or DCC Control Bus
•Auto-reversing for return loops, wye etc.
•Wi-Fi Monitoring of Status and approximate current load
LED Indicators
Red LED: Lights as soon as power is applied to the module.
Blue LED: Lights when the module receives a valid DCC input and is
supplying DCC to its track outputs. Flashes quickly when an over-current
or short condition is detected.
Amber LED: Lights instead of the blue when the Track Output is
reversed.
Green LED: Flashes when Wi-Fi traffic occurs. Lights continuously when
module is connected to a home network router.
Getting Started
If this is your first purchase of a WFD-44, you have various options to
connect it to your layout:
•Connect the control bus of your existing DCC Command Station to
the WFD-44 as in Figure 2, or
(4) Once your device has connected to the WFD-44 Wi-Fi, open a
browser such as Google Chrome and type the IP Address of the
module:
192.168.7.1
(5) The main menu is displayed as below.
Click on any of the menu items to make changes to the configuration of
the WFD-44 module. The details of the Settings and other pages are
described in the WFD-44 Manual.
As an example, the DCC Status page is shown below:
