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LETING THE QUICK START

Operating one locomotive is fun — for awhile. But operating two locomotives is a lot

more fun for a much longer time. Advancing beyond this simple DCC testing requires

decoder installation into more locomotives and perhaps a few straight pieces added

to your circle of track. After you have two locomotives with decoders we can

continue with both locomotives simultaneously operating under DCC control. At least

one locomotive will need to be programmed with a different address.

PROGRAMMING A LOCOMOTIVE

ADDRESS

#1 The first item of business in this section is to remove any locomotives from the

layout that will not be programmed.

#2 Place the locomotive to be programmed with an installed decoder on the track.

#3 Press the PROG/ESC button four times (bottom left corner) to get to the

programming track menu.

Your cab should read:

SELMODE xx:xxPMSELMODE xx:xxPM

SELMODE xx:xxPM

USE PROGRAM TRKUSE PROGRAM TRK

USE PROGRAM TRK

xx:xx represents the fast clock which may display any time at this point.

#4 Press ENTER to use the programming track and you will see:

PROG TRK xx:xxPMPROG TRK xx:xxPM

PROG TRK xx:xxPM

1=STD 2=CV 3=REG1=STD 2=CV 3=REG

1=STD 2=CV 3=REG

#5 Press “1” to use Standard programming. You will see:

MAIN OFF xx:xxPM

MANUFACTURER:___

After a moment the blank space after MANUFACTURER: will be filled in with the

NMRA code for the maker of the decoder. All manufacturers have different codes.

If you get a CAN NOT READ CV message the decoder is not responding. Check the

locomotive, decoder and programming track wiring. An older decoder that uses

“paged” mode (discussed later) can take up to 15 seconds to read the values.

#6 Press ENTER to read the decoder version installed in your locomotive.

#7 Press ENTER again to see:

ACTIVE ADR:SHORT

SETUP ADR 1=YES

Power Supply	Included
Display	LCD
Controller Type	Handheld
Number of Throttles	1
Type	DCC
Number of Functions	28
Programming Modes	Service Mode, Operations Mode
Scale	HO, N, O
Compatibility	NMRA DCC Compliant

NCE Power Cab User Manual

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