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*AlwayswritedownorrememberthisConsistaddressIfyouforgetthis address,
simplyreprogramthe decodertoit’scurrent address.Ifthisdoesnotwork,you
willhaveto reprogramthedecoderonaProgramTrack,toIt’sFactoryDefaults,
or[ifthedecoderlet’syou],useCV Programmingtoinputavalueof“0”intoCV
#19.
AlthoughtheProdigyAdvance,ProdigyAdvanceSquared,AdvanceWireless,and
ProdigyExpressHandhelds,[Cabs],havethesamefamilylook tothem,thereareslight
differencesthatmayconfuseyou,orotheroperators.
Thisisespeciallytruewhensettingupandclearingconsistswitheachtypeofhandheld.
IfyouusebothtypesofhandheldswithyourDCCsystem,pleasemakenoteoftheir
differences.
ProdigyExpressHandheldTosetupanadvancedconsistusingthishandheldyouuse
the“Program”buttontoscrollthroughthevariousmenusuntilyougettothe“Consist”
menu.Thenfollowthepromptsonyoudisplay.
*NoteTheF11buttonon yourExpresshandhelddoesdoubleduty;Pressand release
quicklytoactivateordeactivatefunction11,orholditdowntouseasa“Delete”
button,[someearlyversionhandhelds].Laterversionproductionhandhelds,mayhavea
differentbuttonsetup.
*NoteDuetothefactthattheProdigyExpressisabasicstartersystem,certain
featureshavebeenleftout.AlthoughthesoftwareisinthebaseunitfortheExpress,
youneedanAdvanceHandheldtoaccessallofit’sfeatures,thisistruewhensetting
upan“AdvancedConsist”withtheExpress.T heExpressHandhelddoesnotletyou
reversethedirectionofthetrailinglocomotivesinan“AdvancedConsist”,butthere
aresomewaysofgettingaroundthis.
EasiestwayJustprogramallthelocomotivesyouwantinacertain consisttothesame
address,[don’tevenbotherwithgoingintotheconsistmode].Inthetrailingloco’sthat
youwanttoruninreverse,programCV#29tothefollowingvalues:“3”ifyouareusing
a2digitaddress,or“35”ifyouareusinga4digitaddress.Thenruntheloco’s.Theonly
drawbackwiththismethodisthatifyouactivateafunctionlikethehornorbell,allthe
loco’swillplaytheirhornorbell.Ifthedecoder[s]intheloco’shavean“off”featurefor
thehorn,bellorotherfunctions,thensimplyusethisfeaturetodeactivatethose
functionsinthetrailingunits.
Method#2 Pickyour“AdvancedConsist”address.Thisisa2digitaddress,[1127].
Programthetrailinglocomotivesthatyouwanttoruninreversewiththisconsistaddress
insteadoftheirnormaladdress,[CV#1shortaddressCV,notCV#19fortheadvanced
consistaddress],andcontinueintoCVprogramming…ProgramCV#29toavalueof
“3”foreachofthesereverserunningloco’s.Sonowyouhavetheseloco’sprogrammed
totheadvancedconsistaddressandalsotoruninreverse,[whenthehandheldsdisplay
indicatesforward,theloco’swillrunbackwardsandviceversa].Oncethisisdone,place
alltheloco’syouwantintheconsisttogetheronthetrack,makesurethereverserunning
loco’sarelast,pointingintheoppositedirectionoftheforwardrunninglocomotives.Use