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Programming a New DCC Address for Your Locomotive
The decoder in every Atlas Gold Series locomotive comes from the factory set to use the short
address “3.” However, in order to control (independently) several locomotives on the same track at
the same time, it is necessary that each locomotive have a unique DCC address. A convenient
choice for the DCC address is the road number printed on the side of the locomotive’s cab.
Frequently, the number on the side of the cab is a 3- or 4-digit number, which is treated in DCC as a
Long (or 4-Digit) Address
.
If your DCC system allows you to program 4-digit addresses on the main line (many DCC systems
do), Atlas recommends that you take advantage of this capability by programming the address of your
Gold Series locomotive on the main line using
Operations Mode (Ops Mode) programming
.
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Air Horn Selection
For the Alco S-2 switcher, the default horn is a Nathan Single Chime (i.e., CV48 = 69). If you wish to
use a different air horn, you may choose from the 16 air horns that are listed in the following table. To
select a horn, write into CV48 the value listed to the right of the name of that horn in the table.
Air Horn Name
CV48 Value
Dual Leslie A200/A125
64
Leslie A125
65
Nathan M5
66
Nathan P3
67
Nathan P5A
68
Nathan Single Chime
69
Leslie A200
70
Leslie S3L
71
Leslie S5T
72
Nathan M3
73
Hancock Air Whistle
74
Wabco E2
75
Leslie Supertyfon
76
Nathan M3H
77
Dual Single Chime
78
Nathan K3
79
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Resetting your Lok-Sound Select Equipped Loco to Factory Default Values
Resetting the firmware in the LokSound Select sound-decoder to its factory-built configuration can
resolve many problems that sometimes occur with firmware-controlled electronics. In fact, we have
found that at least 20 to 25 percent of the problems with Gold Series locomotives that we receive for
repair at Atlas can be resolved simply by resetting the sound-decoder. Hence, the very first step you
take to resolve a problem should be to reset the LokSound Select sound-decoder in your locomotive
using the following procedure:
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Place the locomotive on your program track and write the value 8 into CV8.
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Cycle power to the decoder first off and then on again by:
o
Tipping the locomotive to one side so that all the wheels on the opposite side are off
the rail,
o
Holding the locomotive in this tipped position for 5 to 10 seconds,
o
Slowly lowering the locomotive back down until all wheels are once again on the
program track rails.
The second dashed item listed above (power cycling) is
extremely
important; do
not
omit it