Assigning Your Vehicle A New Id; Reprogramming The Command Reverse Unit To Restore Features - Lionel TMCC Ballast Tamper Owner's Manual

Command Control Operations

Assigning your vehicle a new ID#

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s your fleet of Command-equipped Lionel vehicles grows, you'll want to give your vehicle a
more individualized number. Your vehicle can be programmed as either an engine (ENG) or
accessory (ACC). Choose any number between 1 and 98.
Set the vehicle' s Command reverse unit switch to PGM (see Figure 1 on page 8). Plug in the
Command Base and place the vehicle on track, then power up. Using your CAB-2/CAB-1, press
ENG or ACC, the vehicle ID# that you select and then press the SET button on the remote. Set the
Command reverse unit switch to RUN. Your vehicle is ready for operations with its all-new ID#.
We recommend that you choose an easy to remember ID# for your engine. You may choose a part
of the engine road number 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 engine to aid in remembering.

Reprogramming the Command reverse unit to restore features

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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 unresponsive-
ness in Command mode. This can be easily remedied by "reprogramming" your Command reverse
unit using the following steps.
Your vehicle can be programmed as either an engine (ENG) or accessory (ACC).
STEP 1: Move the Command Reverse Unit switch on your vehicle to the PGM position.
STEP 2: Plug in your Command Base.
STEP 3: Place the vehicle on track, then turn on power to your track.
STEP 4: Press ENG or ACC then input the vehicle's ID#. Press SET.
STEP 5: Turn off power to your track and wait ten seconds.
STEP 6: Remove the vehicle from your track, and move the Command Reverse Unit switch to
the RUN position.
STEP 7: Place the vehicle back on track, then turn power on to the track.
STEP 8: Press ENG or ACC and the ID#, then operate as normal.
Note!
If you are using a Lionel Legacy Cab-2 remote to control your vehicle, make sure
that the vehicle is programmed as a TMCC engine. If it is programmed as a Legacy
engine, it will not respond to commands. Refer to the Legacy Remote user manual
for more information.
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