I'm a relative newbie with DCC, having a Digitrax Super Chief system and an under construction HO layout. I have made a few consists before, but the locos were steamers or GPs and it was easy to put them together going in the same direction.
The other day I got two E7A units (P2K w/DCC/Sound) and I want to consist them "back to back". I recall that there is an easy way to get them going in opposite directions for a typical A/A consist, but I can't seem to do it.
Your help would be appreciated (as usual!!!) !
Thanks,
Mobilman44
ENJOY !
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
Radio and Infrared throttles must be plugged in to LocoNet to add loco addresses to consists. To set up a consist using your DT400 throttle: 1. Select the loco address of the TOP loco on the R Throttle Knob. 2. Select the address of the loco you want to consist to the TOP loco on the L Throttle Knob. 3. Move the two locomotives into position. The locomotives can be headed in either direction. They can be adjacent to each other in the train or one unit can be the mid train helper or a pusher on the end of the train. 4. Before consisting the locos, make sure that both are traveling in the SAME PHYSICAL DIRECTION ON THE TRACK. (The direction indicators may or may not match, the important thing is that the locomotives are set up to move in the same direction and are not pulling against each other.) 5. Press the MU Key
the MU mode indicator on the LCD display is lit. The loco address in the L side of the display will blink to show that it is the address that will be consisted to the address on the R Throttle.The DT400 display will prompt you to press the Y + Key to add the loco address or the N - Key to remove the loco address from the consist controlled by the TOP loco address selected on the R Throttle.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
Thank you !!!!
Your write-up pointed out a step I missed, and I printed your response out to include in my DCC notebook.
Like most electronic stuff, it just isn't all that hard to operate, but you have to do every step exactly as indicated. Not much forgiveness at all.....
As an old DC guy, I figured I always had a last ditch back up, in that I could reverse the feed wires inside the loco. Thankfully, that's unnecessary.
Thanks again!
It's really simple. It probably takes longer to read it than to do it. If you want to add another, just repeat the procedure.
One word of caution. If you want, or need, to speed match them, do it before you assemble the consist.