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Input“0”
Press“Enter”
Yourdisplaynowshows“CV#ProgTrack”with“___” underneath.
Input“1”,[forCV#1,yourshortaddressCV].
Yourdisplaynowshows“CVProgTrack”with “___ Data”underneath.
Inputthevalueoftheaddressyouwanttouse,[199only.I’vefoundthatmostolder
decodersdonotaccepta2digitaddresshigherthan“99”].
Press“Enter”
Yourdisplaynowshows“CV#ProgTrack”with“___” underneath.
Againinput“29”,[forCV#29].
Press“Enter”
Yourdisplayshows“CVProgTrack”with “___ Data”underneath.
Input“0”again.
Press“Enter”
Thismayseemredundant,butthisistheonlywayI’vegottentheseolderdecodersto
respondtoAddressProgramming.
Pressthe“Recall”buttontoexittheProgramModeandtrytorunthelocoonthemain
track.
Throughalloftheabovesteps,eachtimeyouinputavalueintoaCV,thenpressthe
“Enter”button,yourhandheld’sdisplayshouldflash“Send”,andthe“LinkLight”on
yourbaseunitshouldalsoflash.Ifthisdoesnothappen,theremaybeaproblemwith
yourDCCsystemorwiringtoyourProgramTrack.
SpeedStepButt on,{SPDSTEP}Thisbutton onlysetsthethrottlecontrolofthe
handheldtomatchthedecodersprogrammedspeedstep.Itdoesnotprogramthespeed
stepintothedecoder.Whenthedecoder’saddressisacquired,pressthespeedstepbutton
untilthedisplayshowswhichspeedstepyouwant,thenpressthe“ENTER”button.
Unplugthecablefromthehandheld,“SvdA”appearsonyourscreen.Thislocksinthe
speedstepforthisparticulardecoder.Ifyoudonotlockinthespeedstep,thesystemwill
defaultto28speedstepsforthisdecoderwhenyouturnthesystemoff,thenonagain.
Mythyoucannotprogramadecoderforjust28speedsteps,orjust128speedsteps,both
28and128speedstepsusethesamebitinCV#29,[thatiswhyitiswrittenas28/128
speedsteps],itisthethrottle’sspeedstepbuttonthatletsyoudeterminewhatspeedstep
youwantthedecodertorunon…Youcan,however,programadecodertorunonjust14
speedstepsinCV#29.
WiththeProdigyAdvanceorExpressDCCsystems,yourlocomotivewillrun,nomatter
whichspeedstepthedecoderhasprogrammedintoit,andwhichspeedstepyour
handheldhaslockedinforthatdecoder.
CONSISTS
AConsistisrunningmorethanonelocomotiveattheheadofatrain,otherwiseknown
as“M.U.ing”,MultipleUnitLashup”,orjusta“Lashup”.Thesecanbeconsidered
“HeadEndHelpers”.Thereareothertypesof“Helper”locomotivesthancangomid