Bachmann E-Z Command Plus User Manual

TRACK CONNECTION
Before beginning, if standard DC power packs supply your railroad, turn them o and disconnect the feeder wires to your track. If your
layout is segmented into “power districts”, turn all electrical blocks on, as long as doing so will not result in a short circuit. Particular
care should be taken with reverse-loop track congurations. To avoid complicated reverse loop wiring, see Bachmann’s E-Z Command®
Automatic Reverse Loop Module (Item No. 44912).
If you are using Bachmann’s E-Z Track®
system, plug the red E-Z Track® Track
Power Wire into the socket on the back
of the E-Z Command® Plus Control
Center labeled TO TRACK and rmly
plug the other end into any standard E-Z
Track® terminal rerailer.
When using a track system other than E-Z
Track®, you will need to cut the square plug
o of the E-Z Track® Power Wire. Use a
wire stripper to expose bare wire at the cut
point, and plug the other end into the E-Z
Command® Plus Control Center. Next,
attach the bare ends of the power wire to
the points where you previously supplied
power from your DC controller to your
layout.
Aer the track connections are complete, plug the Wall Pack Power Supply into a standard
110-volt wall outlet. Plug the wire from the Wall Pack Power Supply into the socket on the
E-Z Command® Plus Controller labeled 16VDC IN.
Once the E-Z Command® Plus Control Center is powered, the STOP button will be lit. One
of the DIRECTION buttons and the button for address 3 will also be lit. If your Control
Center does not power up as shown here, disconnect it from the Wall Pack Power Supply,
and let it sit for two minutes. is will allow the system to reset itself. Aer two minutes,
you can reconnect the Wall Pack Power Supply to the control center.
PROGRAMMING A LOCOMOTIVE TO A SPECIFIC ADDRESS
Your E-Z Command® Plus Control Center features nine programmable control buttons or
“addresses”. By default, most new DCC-equipped locomotives are factory-programmed to
respond to commands on address 3.
Your E-Z Command® Plus Control
Center will program the new address of
any locomotive on track to which it is
connected. erefore, when programming
the locomotive address, it must be the
only locomotive on the track, or on an electrically isolated track section. [You can make
a temporary programming track by using a separate terminal re-railer section with extra
straight tracks (depending on the length of the locomotive)]. If you are programming a
DCC equipped steam locomotive, please be sure to place both the locomotive and tender on the track with any supplied wiring between
the locomotive and tender connected.
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Bachmann E-Z Command Plus Specifications

General

Brand	Bachmann
Model	E-Z Command Plus
Category	Controller
Language	English