Assigning Your Locomotive A New Id; Reprogramming The Command Reverse Unit To Restore Features - Lionel Coal Train Set Owner's Manual

TrainMaster Command operations

Assigning your locomotive a new ID#

Assign a new ID# to your
Example
Command-equipped
locomotive
Set the Command reverse unit switch to
PGM
Command Base plugged in
Place the locomotive on track
PowerMasters set to CMD or traditional
power supplies ON FULL (no more
than 20 volts)
Turn track power on (PowerMasters):
Press BOOST
Program the locomotive with a new ID#:
Press ENG
Press a number you choose
(the ID#)
Press SET
Set the Command reverse unit switch to
RUN
Your locomotive remembers its ID#
forever; change it any time with
these steps

Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features

D ue to the inevitable derailments and
static, it is possible that your Command
reverse unit could someday lose its setup
program. The symptom of this condition
would be unresponsiveness in Command
mode. This can be easily remedied by
"reprogramming" your Command reverse
unit using the following steps.
STEP 1: Move the switch on your locomotive
from RUN to PGM.
STEP 2: Plug in your Command Base.
STEP 3: Place the locomotive on track, then
turn on power to your track.
A s your fleet of Command-equipped Lionel
locomotives grows, you'll want to give
your locomotive a more individualized
number. Choose from any between 1 and 99.
To make things easy, use a portion of your
locomotive's cab number.
Set the locomotive's Command reverse unit
switch to PGM (see Figure 1 on page 5). Plug
in the Command Base and place the
locomotive on track, then power up. Using
CAB-1, press ENG, the locomotive ID# that you
select, and then press the SET button located
under CAB-1's removable panel. Hear the horn
blow (or see the headlight flash if RailSounds
is off); that's the Command reverse unit
confirming the new ID#. Set the Command
reverse unit switch to RUN. Your locomotive is
ready for operations with its all-new ID#.
We recommend that you choose an easy to
remember ID# for your engine. Some possibilities
are part of the engine road number, your age, or
any two digit number that is not used by another
engine. Write the number on a small piece of
tape and put this on the bottom of the fuel tank to
aid in remembering.
STEP 4: Press ENG then input the
locomotive's ID#. Press SET.
STEP 5: Press ENG, the ID#, AUX1, then
press 8 for this particular locomotive.
STEP 6: Turn off power to your track and
wait ten seconds.
STEP 7: Remove the locomotive from your
track, and move the switch from PGM to RUN.
STEP 8: Place the locomotive back on track,
then turn power on to the track.
STEP 9: Press ENG and the ID#, then
operate as normal.
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