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A Word About CV #29
CV29 is the most important CV of the decoder. Improperly programming the CV29 may
cause decoder malfunction. We do not recommend you program CV29 yourself because
the unit will take care of it for you in most cases. When you program your decoder’s
address with Prodigy Advance
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, it will automatically program CV29. However, for some
QSI® sound decoders that talk, you need to program CV29 with value of 2 for a short
address (1-127) and program CV29 with value of 34 for a long address (128-9999). If you
want to reverse the loco’s polarity or set 14 speed steps, you have to reprogram CV29
after programming the loco’s address. Please use the following table to reprogram CV29.
The value of CV29 depends on the loco’s address.
For further information about CV29, visit the Resource section of our website.
CONSISTING
Sometimes more than one loco is needed to haul heavy loads. These grouped locos are
known as a multiple unit or a consist. The Prodigy Advance
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DCC system allows you to
build consists quickly and easily. There are two types of consisting methods, Advanced
Consisting and Universal or Old Style Consisting.
Advanced Consisting
You can only apply Advanced Consisting to a mobile decoder that has CV19 to support
this feature. When you program a loco into an Advanced Consist, you actually program
the consist number into the decoder’s CV19, which will override the decoder’s original
address. Therefore, the loco will no longer respond to commands addressed to its original
address, but rather only to commands addressed to the consist number. All decoders
in the consist will receive the command addressed to the consist number at the same
time and act as one until you clear the consist. The base unit does not hold the consist
information. With Advanced Consists, always remember to clear the consist when you are
nished or the locos will still run as part of the consist next time you use them.
Programming Advanced Consists
1. Press CONSIST until “Cons SET” ashes in the LCD display. Then press ENTER.
2. “Cons #” will display, prompting you to enter a consist number. Enter a consist
number (a short address 1-127) followed by ENTER.
NOTE: Write down the consist number. You will need it later to clear the Advanced
Consist.
CV #29 Table
Analog Speed steps Direction
When address is
1-127
When address is
128-9999
disable 28 normal CV29=2 (default) CV29=34 (default)
disable 28 reverse CV29=3 CV29=35
disable 14 normal CV29=0 CV29=32
disable 14 reverse CV29=1 CV29=33
enable 28 normal CV29=6 CV29=38
enable 28 reverse CV29=7 CV29=39
enable 14 normal CV29=4 CV29=36
enable 14 reverse CV29=5 CV29=37
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