Quick PCS System — User Manual & Installation Guides

System & Modules

• Modular system on a CAN bus backbone controlling up to two bow thrusters, two stern thrusters and two windlasses.
• Minimum system: one server module, one display module, one interface module and one control module. Connect only genuine Quick PCS products; driving the PCS directly without a PCS NCG module voids the warranty of every PCS product on the network.

Installing the CAN Bus Backbone

• Backbone max 100 m, drop cables max 5 m each, bending radius greater than 40 mm. Exactly two terminations, one at each end.
• Drops connect through MMM junctions; where several drops start from one point, FMM junctions shorten the backbone. Use only the listed Quick cables.
• Feed the backbone through the power cable's MM junction, placed with an equal number of modules on each side, via an accessible switch (not supplied) and a fast-blow fuse sized by adding up the maximum current absorption of every module and rounding up to the next commercial size.
• Note each module's serial number and position while installing: you need them for the first configuration (each installation manual has a table for this).
• Panel modules (TJ/WJ controls, DTW display): Ø 70 mm milling cutter for the body, Ø 2.5 mm pilot holes for the 4 screws; flush versions: 4 corner holes Ø 8 mm and cut along the template. Depth behind the panel: TJ/WJ min. 100 mm (flush min. 115 mm), DTW min. 80 mm (flush min. 95 mm).
• Box modules (SRV, GTW, MCI, NCG, SVJB): 4 flat-head screws under 4 mm (not supplied), Ø 2.5 mm pilot in fibreglass, M4 on metal; smooth level surface, room above for the connectors. Put the SRV where its USB drive is reachable and the NCG near the OEM control unit.
• Keep modules at least 25 cm from the compass, 50 cm from radio receivers, 1 m from transmitters (except SSB) and 2 m from SSB transmitters and the radar beam.

Module Technical Data

All powered modules: supply from 9 to 32 Vdc, operating temperature from -20°C to +70 °C, CAN bus. Below 0 °C the DTW display reacts more slowly. Use the maximum absorption column to size the backbone fuse.

First Configuration

1. At first switch-on the DTW shows the MOTOR UNITS menu: BOW THRUSTER NO., STERN THRUSTER NO., WINDLASS NO. (if it does not, reset all associations from the SERVICE MENU → FACTORY SETTINGS).
2. For each actuator choose ONE or TWO, then pick the serial number of the interface module that drives it.
3. Select EXIT, then switch the PCS off and on at the power switch. The system works only when every detected interface module is assigned.
4. Set DATE AND TIME in the MAIN MENU (hold SELECT 1.5 seconds); a wrong date/time shows an error.
5. If an actuator turns the wrong way: SERVICE MENU (UP + DOWN together for 3 seconds) → PARAMETERS → INTERFACES → actuator → REV ROTATION = YES.

• SERVICE MENU parameters (changes need Quick's consent): ACC RAMP and DEC RAMP 0.3 s / 2.0, STOP INV TIME 0.3 s / 1.7 (GTW-B only), REV ROTATION; per-gateway PARITY; server N. ENABLED CONTROLS (ONE/TWO) and SINGLE LEV PRIORITY.
• With a PCS NCG-T B01 (Mercury) or C02 (Volvo Penta) gateway, set SERVER → N. ENABLED CONTROLS to TWO (the gateway supplements say to hold both arrow keys 1.5 seconds to enter the SERVICE MENU).
• NCG-T B01: isolated OEM CAN interface, not terminated internally, N2K pinout. NCG-T C02: isolated OEM bus supply (12 Vdc, 220 mA max), internal 120Ω termination, Volvo Penta adapter cable to the Thruster Control Module P/N 24510291; requires Volvo Penta Assisted Docking (DPI and IPS 10, 15, 20 and 30) or Joystick Docking for single DPI, EVC2.0 25W49 or later, THCM software 24972444 via Autoconfig.

Using the PCS

• A connected control flashes its green enable LED once per second. Hold the enable button for at least one second (1 s beep) to enable it; enabling another control of the same type disables the idle one.
• Move the levers: the arrow lights, the buzzer beeps once per second and the DTW shows the power used. Thrusters: the boat carries way after you let go.
• Two controls can be active together only if one runs thrusters and the other windlasses, or (thrusters only) one is a PCS control and the other an OEM control on the NCG-T with N. ENABLED CONTROLS = TWO.
• HOLD (thrusters): set the levers, hold HOLD for 3 seconds, release both; the HOLD LED flashes orange and the beep doubles. Cancel with HOLD or a lever; it stops automatically after two minutes. Never leave the helm with HOLD on.
• Auto-disable after the DISABLING TIME set per control (1' - 10' or always enabled).
• DTW screens: summary (bars per actuator and "PCS READY"), one detail page per interface (power %, voltage, current, temperature where available), and the error list (press SELECT to scroll).
• Module STATUS LED (SRV, GTW, MCI, NCG, MCI CHC): green = powered and operating, orange = non-locking error, red = locking error. Error codes from the drives are listed with code and short text on the DTW; a "Backdoor" reset is SELECT (display) or ENABLE (control) held for 10 seconds.

Troubleshooting & Maintenance

Maintenance: check cables and connections once a year; clean displays and levers with a soft cloth dampened with water, no chemicals. Firmware is updated from the server's USB flash drive (MAIN MENU → SEARCH UPDATES).