Command Plus CV Setting Capabilities

[Alastair]

Can Bachmann's Command Plus be used to set CVs? If so how? There's no guidance on the internet or YouTube.

[Yard Master]

Hi Alastair,

The E-Z Command Plus cannot be used to set CVs in most instances.

Models with a TCS decoder with Audio Assist technology are designed to change decoder settings using just the address/function buttons 0-9 on DCC systems such as the E-Z Command Plus. Direct modification of CVs otherwise requires another manufacturer's DCC system or a software utility.

[Terry Toenges]

I use E-Z Command to run my layout.
I bought a Digitrax PR4 to program the addresses and CV's on a separate piece of track.
https://www.digitrax.com/products/computer-control/pr4/

[RedMt Dave]

So if I understand you correctly, I can set up a separate short section of track to program the CV values of equipment using a decoder like Digitrax.

[Terry Toenges]

Yes. That PR4 will do it. You have to use a computer with Windows or MAC.

[Ralph S]

How quaint!
This is how I provide support to my EZ command controllers (Model 44901), changing my locomotives addresses and/or CV settings.  I do not have the Command Plus (Model 44933).
I use a separate track (EZ track) connected to one of my sidelines separated by isolators with a switch to connect (energize) that sideline when I'm not programming.  When I program I use the Broadway CV setter and/or the address setter.  Having these to modules I do not need to have a computer to make changes to my locomotives. (Click below to see these models)

Address Changer (Model 1020)

CV Setter (Model 1148)

Sometime in the future, I'm going to put the programming track inside my locomotive maintenance shed where I can use the Bachmann EZ riders (42901) to program and/or change my locomotives addresses or CV settings.  And of course, have wiring to that track connecting the two Broadway modules.