can not read back addresses, so this is the method you will use when you can’t
remember a decoder’s address. With some command stations, like the DCS100,
you can read back the decoder’s address. See your Digitrax Decoder Users
Manual for a complete discussion of decoder addressing.
2.9 How To Select & Run A DCC Equipped Loco
1. Activate the DT400’s left throttle knob “L” by turning it a 1/4 turn in
either direction or by clicking the throttle knob once. The left side
address will begin flashing. If nothing is selected on this throttle it
will flash “SEL”.
2. Press the LOCO Key
. The left side
of the display will
begin flashing.
The illustration above shows the LCD display just after you press the
LOCO Key to select an address on the L Throttle when nothing has
been selected on that throttle before and where address “00” is
selected to run on the R Throttle.
3. Use the numeric keypad to enter 03 or use the R Throttle knob to
select Address “03” in the left side of the display. (The R Throttle
knob changes 1s and 10s, The L Throttle knob changes 100s and
1000s.)
The illustration above shows the LCD display as you browse through
decoder addresses. The display shows the decoder address and its
decoder status. See Section 17 for more information about decoder
status.
4. Press the LOCO Key
to select address 03 on the L throttle.
5. The left loco icon will appear in the display with a direction arrow and
“blinking smoke”
. The “blinking smoke” indicates which side
of the throttle displays function information on the LCD’s top line.
L O C O
L O C O
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