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Atlas 330 manual

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    Atlas Model Railroad Co, Inc. • 603 Sweetland Ave. • Hillside • NJ • 07205 INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR TECHNICAL ASSIST ANCE: www .atlasrr .com dcc@atlasrr .com LIMITED ONE-YEAR W ARRANTY Atlas Model Railroad Company , Inc. warrants that this Commander will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date o[...]

  • Page 2

    T ABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Started...................................................................... 3 Decoder Preparation ...3 Setting Up Y our Layout T o Run DCC ...3 Using the Atlas Master DCC Commander .................................. 5 Locomotive Addressing ....5 Running Y our Locomotive...................................................[...]

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    • Insulated Rail Joiners: HO - Item #55; N scale - Item #2538 • Mini flathead screwdriver GET TING S T ARTED Decoder Pr eparation Before you can use your Commander , you must have a decoder installed in any locomotive you wish to run in DCC mode. Please note that Atlas Dual- Mode Decoders factory-installed in HO scale Atlas locomotives come set[...]

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    NO W Y OU'RE READ Y T O RUN Y OUR TRAINS WITH DCC! USING THE A TL AS MAS TER DCC COMMANDER Buttons And Their Function Dial - Used to control the speed of the selected engine. and - Used to select the direction of the selected engine. Pressing both buttons together to access the Menu system. Stop - This emergency Stop button is used to turn the[...]

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    If you change the direction while the engine is still moving (speed dial not fully ccw), the locomotive will decrease speed (brake) with the preset decel- eration value until it comes to a full stop and then accelerate in the opposite direction with the preset acceleration speed. For more information on acceler- ation and deceleration speed (and pr[...]

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    desired locomotive. Since the stack only remembers eight locomotives, when you access the 9th engine the first engine in the stack will drop out. For exam- ple, in a stack of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, if you access another locomotive (ie., loco- motive 9), the stack will forget locomotive 1 and remember 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. When acquiring a locomotive that is c[...]

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    Display What T o Do Press Enter to go to the Turnout (switch) menu. Press the +/- key to scroll through the switch addresses until you arrive at the address of the turnout you want to switch. (Possible range is 0 through 99) When you get to the desired turnout number: F0 - Sets selected turnout to the siding or reverse route F1 - Sets selected turn[...]

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    out. The following characteristics (parameters) of a decoder can be viewed* or edited through the Programming menu. The parameters are stored in "Registers," each having its own number: P ARAMETER REGISTER NUMBER CONFIGURA TION V ARIABLE Address R1 1 Start up voltage R2 2 Start up delay (acceleration) R3 3 Brake delay (deceleration) R4 4 [...]

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    Error Messages: Display Er r or Description A short circuit has been detected on the programming track. Check relevant connections and/or decoder installation in the locomotive. No value was found during the readout of a Register , or no response was received after a value was entered. However , this does not necessarily mean the decoder did not ac[...]

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    Generator . Both master and slaves have the ability to control speed and func- tions of all addressed locomotive and accessory decoders. The connection between the (Master) Commander and a (Slave) Commander is established through a communication cable, referred to as the XpressNET . This XpressNET cable is a standard modular RJ45 wire cable with 6-[...]