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TrainMaster Command operations
Assign a new ID# to your
Command-equipped
locomotive
Set the Command reverse unit switch to
PROG/LOCK
Command Base plugged in
Place the locomotive on track
PowerMasters set to CMD or traditional
power supplies ON FULL (no more than
19 volts)
Turn track power on (PowerMasters):
Press BOOST
Program the locomotive with a new ID#:
Press ENG
Press a number you choose
(the ID#)
Press SET
Set the Command reverse unit switch to
FWD/RUN
Your locomotive remembers its ID#
forever; change it any time with these
steps
Example
We recommend that you choose an easy to remember ID# for your engine. Some possibilities are
part of the engine road number, your age, or any two digit number that is not used by another
engine. Write the number on a small piece of tape and put this on the bottom of the fuel tank to aid
in remembering.
A
s your fleet of Command-equipped
Lionel locomotives grows, you’ll want
to give your locomotives a more
individualized number. Choose from any
number between 1 and 99. To make things
easy, use a portion of your locomotive’s cab
number.
Be sure to assign the same ID# to
both the powered and non-
powered units to ensure the
proper functioning of all features.
Set the locomotive’s Command reverse
unit switches to PROG/LOCK (see Figure 4
below). Plug in the Command Base and
place the locomotive on track, then power
up. Using CAB-1, press
ENG
, the locomotive
ID# that you select and then press the
SET
button located under CAB-1’s removable
panel. Hear the horn blow or see the
headlight flash; that’s the Command reverse
unit confirming the new ID#. Set the
Command reverse unit switch to FWD/RUN.
Repeat this procedure for the other unit,
your locomotives are ready for operations
with its all-new ID#.
Assigning your locomotives a new ID#
Figure 4. Switch locations
Command reverse unit switch
Powered A-unit
FWD/RUN
PROG/LOCK
Non-powered B-unit
RUN
FULL
PROG
SIG
Non-powered Command
reverse unit switch
Non-powered
RailSounds switch
Note!
