Trainmaster Command Operations; The Command Control Environment - Lionel FireCarwith Training/Support car Owner's Manual

TrainMaster Command operations

The Command control environment

L
ionel TrainMaster Command is the
advanced model railroad control
system from Lionel. Your Firecar set is
equipped with the Lionel Command
reverse unit and features digital
Railsounds control.
TrainMaster Command gives you the
Place your Firecar set locomotive on Lionel or
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Lionel compatible O gauge track.
• Make sure track power is OFF before placing your Firecar set on the
track.
• Make sure your Lionel Command Base is ON and its communi-
cations wire is connected to the COMMON post on your Lionel
transformer or the U post on any of your installed PowerMasters.
• Once positioned on the track, increase track voltage to FULL (on
PowerMaster, slide the CMD/CONV switch to CMD).
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Address your Firecar set locomotive using CAB-1.
• Press ENG and 1 on the numeric keypad of your CAB-1 remote.
This command is sent by CAB-1 to the Command Base, which
then translates your command into digital code. That code is sent
around your railroad's outside rails in the form of a digital "halo."
All Command-equipped Lionels listen to this digital communica-
tion, but they do not respond until they hear their individual ID
number—in this case, "1."
• The digital language of TrainMaster Command—and not track
power—controls the actions of Command-equipped Lionels.
Track power is simply like gasoline in the tank of your car—it
gives you the power to go places, but it doesn't tell you where to
go or how fast to get there.
• All Command-equipped Lionels come factory-programmed with
an ID# of "1." To change the ID# of your Firecar set, see page 12.
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Move 'em out!
• Throttle up or press any command button on CAB-1. Your Firecar
set locomotive will respond to your every command. Read on.
The flashing light on the firecar comes from the factory turned off.
Note!
See page 10 for instructions on how to turn it on.
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power to operate multiple Command-
equipped locomotives on the same track,
at the same time.
T C
O OPERATE IN OMMAND
C B
A OMMAND ASE AND A
. Find them both at your autho-
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rized Lionel retailer.
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YOU NEED
CAB-1