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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 find how to control the accessory
functions.
Clearing Advanced Consists
1. Press
PROG
until “Cons cLr” flashes 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
(Prodigy Advance
2
Cab only)
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 off the base unit power will not clear it.
Programming Universal (Old-Style) Consists
(Prodigy Advance
2
Cab only)
1. Press
CONSIST
until “oLd SET” flashes in the display. Then press
ENTER
.
2. “LEAd Loc” will flash, 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
.
3. “Add Loco” will flash, prompting you to add another loco into the consist group. Enter
a loco address. Press
DIRECTION
if you want the loco’s direction reversed (forward
is default setting) and press
ENTER
.
4. “Add Loco” will flash again, prompting you to add another loco into the consist. You
can control up to 4 locos total (including the lead loco) in a Universal Consist. To end
programming, press
ENTER
.
Running Universal (Old-Style) Consists
(Prodigy Advance
2
Cab only)
NOTE:
Running a Universal Consist is different from running a single loco. After setting
up your consist group, use the lead loco’s address to run the consist.
1. Press
CONSIST
then
LOCO
. Make sure “Cons” appears on the LCD display.