Contents
Summary
- Sit in driver's seat
- Service retention cancel - big red button on right A pillar
- Four safety systems on - behind door to rear of driver's seat
- Sit in seat again
- Master switch acive - rotary on right bank of switches above controller
- Open doors
- Main Circuit Breaker on - left most switch on bank above controller
- Check panto mode - right rotary on RHS of desk
- Raise panto - rotary with red to
- Re-arm MCB when indicator light (has writing) comes on that shows power being received from wire.
- Acknowledge
- Clear warning light - button below amber light left side
- Close doors
- Reverser to forward - forward of controller
- Driving mode manual - knob on right of controller
- Wait for bing bing
- Parking brake off - (not sure if this is necessary - brake hold button below brake gauges?)
- Release brakes
- Drive off
Cabinet behind driver
- Check battery switches are normal - towards bottom
- Check one auxilliary is on - left side of circuit breaker row
Driver's Seat
- Press the "Service Retention Cancel" big red button on RHS A pillar to activate this end.
- Master switch on (active) - rotary switch on panel above and to right of reverser - all indicator lights will show
- Open doors - round buttons on right side of desk above speaker
- The safety system light will be flashing and you have to acknowledge it (like turning on AWS) - so press the acknowledge big yellow button to right and below reverser
- The safety system light will stop flashing and you can turn it off by pressing the "clear light" button below the light.
- Check main circuit breaker is on (buttons to left of rotary master switch). If MCB is on, a red indicator will be on above the button.
- Check pantograph is in normal position (rotary switch with red centre button to right side of desk)
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The black rotary switch is the power mode switch:
- DC = 1500V in Marseilles area
- LGV mode = 25kV AC
- AC = 15kV for Germany
- If the indicators above the MCB are lit after the pantograph has been raised, press the re-arm circuit breaker button next to MCB button and the lights will go out. Train is now energised.
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Brake gauges are on the left of the desk:
- 5 bar to release brakes
- 3 bar full application
- Lower two gauges are cylinder pressure and main reservoir which should be at 7 bar.
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To test brakes:
- Press the yellow "brake hold button" to apply parking brake
- Press the big red emergency brake plunger to observe brake pipe pressure go to zero
- Press the brake neutral switch next to blue light and pull the emergency button up to observe brake pipe pressure rising.
- Press the brake neutral switch again and blue light should go off.
- Reverser to forward (RHS behind power handle)
- Set driving mode to "manual" (knob on right of power handle)
- There is a "selected speed mode" where you can set speed using the knob on LHS behind power lever.
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Set up security systems in cabinet behind driver:
- TVM normal - for cab signalling
- Crocodile to normal (like AWS)
- KVB to normal (like ACSES)
- VACMA to normal (like vigilance device)
Occurs at end of tunnel past the abandoned siding after leaving Marseille
- Power handle to coast
- Main circuit breaker off
- Lower pantograph - to be down by pantograph lowered sign
- Select new pantograph mode
- Raise pantograph - after rear of train passed raise pantograph sign
- At rev sign press main circuit re-arm button and continue driving
There are four safety systems on the TVM. Failure to follow certain procedures will result in a penalty brake.
- VACMA - checks if driver present and active - Dead man pedal
- Crocodile - checks if driver is reacting to signals
- KVB - stops train running a red signal
- COVIT - overspeed control when running at cab speed
VACMA alarms must be reacted to within 2.5 seconds. VACMA brake penalties are releasable before train stops by releasing brake.
Crocodile penalty brakes can't be released until the train has come to a stop.
KVB penalty brake can't be released until the train has come to a stop. The KVB display shows --- --- to indicate the system is active. The left panel generally shows what is coming, the right shows the current situation. 00 means 30 km/h approach. 000 means 10 km/h approach. FU means penalty brake. --- 00 means proceed on sight 30 km/h max.
The buttons below the speed advice are validate system data, shunting mode, overide (to pass red signal) and test.
All speed signals or non green signals need to be acknowledged. If you fail to comply with warning brake curve, first a warning is sounded, then a penalty brake will result if you exceed the brake application curve.
COVIT penatly brakes occur if you exceed the cab speed limit by more than a certain amount - eg. 330 in a 300 zone or 35 in a 30 zone. These penalties can be released without having to stop train.