Hi Jace; The Bachmann unit can only handle a DCC short address in the range 1-9.
Normally, decoders come defaulted to a short address of 3, so there is no problem. SHS saved (most of) us the trouble of re-programming to the unit number by setting to the long address = the locomotive cab number, but that won't work with Bachmann basic DCC setup. The easiest is to find someone with another DCC system and ask them to re-program your address to something in the 1-9 range. Using the last digit of the cab number usually works. If they aren't in S, bring a section of track and a pair of wires with alligator clips on either end to make a temporary S "programing track". There are ways to reset the whole decoder to factory defaults (including the short address of 3), but you would rather not do that since SHS may have set other values, like starting voltage, to take best advantage of their locomotive. Using the shorting plug and testing on DC will prove the basic locomotive works, but you will eventually need to reset the address to take advantage of the DCC features. Pieter E. Roos --- On Thu, 11/4/10, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am feeling unusually dumb, even more than usual, about > the electronic end of the hobby. > > I read the Bachmann manual on the basic system I bought, > and I read the manual with my SHS > 2-8-0, and I am obviously missing something, as I cannot > get the locomotive to move. > The SHS manual says that the DCC address is set at the > factory to the road/cab number of the unit, > but this particular one has four digits, while the Bachmann > console offers only nine single-digit > buttons (plus the analog--presumably straight > DC--setting). Moreover, since this is second-hand, > I have no way of knowing what the previous address setting > is. > > There is a click in the tender when I push some buttons (I > think the stop one) but no other indication > of anything going on. I am about to pull the decoder > and install the shorting plug to make sure it > operates properly on DC. > > Can anyone help me sort this out by e-mail? > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
