MRC Prodigy Advance 2 User Manual

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3. “Add Loco” will display, prompting you to add a loco into the consist group. Enter the
address of a loco you want to add. Press DIRECTION if you want the loco’s direction
reversed (forward is the default setting). Then press ENTER.
4. “Add Loco” will display again, prompting you to add another loco into the consist
group. You can add as many locos into the consist as you would like. To end
programming, press ENTER.
Running Advanced Consists
Running Advanced Consist is just like running a single loco.
NOTE: After setting up your consist group, use the consist number to run the consist.
1. Press the LOCO key. Make sure “Loco” appears on the LCD. If not, press the LOCO
key again. Enter the consist number and press ENTER.
2. Turn the throttle and all the locos in the consist will start moving together. To control
an individual loco’s accessory functions use either the consist number or the loco’s
original address. Read your decoder’s manual to nd how to control the accessory
functions.
Clearing Advanced Consists
1. Press CONSIST until “Cons cLr” ashes in the display. Then press ENTER.
2. “Cons#” will display, prompting you to input the consist number. Enter number of the
consist you want to clear and press ENTER.
Once you clear the consist, each loco will respond immediately to its original speed
command.
NOTE: If you forget the consist number, each loco’s address in the consist must be
reprogrammed to its address on the Program Track, or program CV19 to zero.
Universal (Old-Style) Consisting
This feature allows you to use older decoders that do not have CV19 to support Advanced
Consisting. In this type of consisting, the base unit stores all the information of the
consisting locos and makes them run as a single loco. When you adjust the speed of the
lead loco, the base unit distributes the speed setting to all the original loco addresses in
the consist by sending the speed command to each individual loco. Although the consist
acts as one loco, there is a slight time lag between the locos you may not be able to
detect.
Locos consisted in this fashion will revert to their original addresses and direction settings
when removed from the layout. If they are removed from the layout and placed back
onto the layout during the same session, they will remain consisted. They will not be
“consisted” if removed to another layout.
The Prodigy Advance
2
DCC system allows only ONE Universal Consist at a time
regardless of how many Cabs are in use. One Universal Consist per system, not per
Cab. Once programmed, the base unit will remember the consist group until you clear it.
Turning o󰀨 the base unit power will not clear it.
Programming Universal (Old-Style) Consists
1. Press CONSIST until “oLd SET” ashes in the display. Then press ENTER.
2. “LEAd Loc” will ash, prompting you to enter the address of the lead loco. Enter the
lead loco’s address. Press DIRECTION if you want the loco’s direction reversed
(forward is default setting) and press ENTER.

MRC Prodigy Advance 2 Specifications

General

Brand	MRC
Model	Prodigy Advance 2
Category	Control Systems
Language	English