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Your locos remember their addresses. The last loco used is still the active loco when you power-up. I have a Digitrax Zephyr. To change the loco I want to use, I press the loco button, type in the loco's number I want to use and push loco again. This is about a 5 second process. My loco addresses match the loco numbers so the address, is displayed on the loco you want to use, if you can't remember. I'm a dinosaur that still uses books to learn and I also recommend books to people starting out. Digitrax has the Big Book of DCC, Klambake (Kalmbach) has a good book on DCC also. <br /> <br />Most DCC locos come programed to address 03, I think (I've never bought a DCC equipped loco). At anyrate, the decoder is programed to 03. The lights and everything are pre set. You will need to initially program the loco to a new address, if desired. This initial programing takes less than a minute, if all goes right. <br /> <br />DCC is pretty simple. Almost as simple as DC. Now, if you take out the need for block wiring from the the equation, DCC is almost easier! I am talking from experiance with the Digitrax Zephyr. However, I think most are at least as easy and maybe some even easier.
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