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4.6 Select and Run A Decoder equipped Loco
Each decoder has an address. To select a decoder equipped locomotive and run
it on a throttle, you must know its address. Digitrax decoders are set up at the
factory with the “default” 03. This means that when you take a Digitrax
decoder out of the package and install it in your loco, you can select address 03
on your throttle and run the decoder. The first Configuration Variable (CV)
programmed by most users is the decoder’s address since it is not very useful
to have all of your locos run on address “03.”
If you do not know the address of the decoder equipped locomotive you want
to run, you can simply program the decoder’s address and select it to run using
the new, known address. With the DCS100 it is possible to read back the
decoder’s address.
See Section 17.5.
1. Place a decoder equipped locomotive on your layout.
2. Check the
TRACK POWER
indicator is steady on your DT402’s display
and the Command Station
TRACK STATUS
LED is lit.
3. Activate the DT402’s
L
Throttle knob
by turning it a 1/4 turn in either
direction or by pressing the
L
Throttle
knob once if there is a current loco
address and double click if
SEL
appears in the
L
address. If there is a loco
address, the
L
Loco Smoke
will start flashing. If no loco has been previ-
ously selected on this throttle it will flash
“SEL”
.
4. Press the
LOCO
key. The left side of the display will begin flashing. You
will see a display similar to this:
5. 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.)
6. Press the
LOCO
key again to select address
03
on the throttle. You can
also press the
L
Throttle
knob once to select the loco address and return to
Fn
mode for normal operation.
