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Title: Bachman on other dcc systems
Post by: Pc6275 on March 12, 2024, 08:42:14 PM
I don't have ez command system but have prodigy express, my question is that I have quite a few spectrum and plus locomotives, several have dcc on board.  My question is, how do I program the locomotive to work on prodigy express? I bought these locomotives several yrs ago most on either ebay or Amazon or locally used. I just went thru the difficulty of resetting a lifelike dcc sound equipped locomotive on said system
Title: Re: Bachman on other dcc systems
Post by: Len on March 13, 2024, 02:29:07 AM
The user manual should explain how to program locos with your system. If you've lost it, you can download one from here:
https://data2.manualslib.com/pdf7/242/24152/2415107-mrc/prodigy_express2.pdf?0e78718ac3c3f431796cd31727e85790

Len
Title: Re: Bachman on other dcc systems
Post by: Fred Klein on March 14, 2024, 12:30:22 AM
I don't know if this holds true for the Prodigy Express system or not, but in order to program my Bachmann locomotives on my Digitrax Zephyr system, per Digitrax support, I have to add a 1K-ohm resistor across the rails on the programming track in order for the Digitrax system to recognize the Bachmann decoders. According to Digitrax support, some of the Bachmann decoders do not generate enough of a "load" for the Digitrax system to recognize them. Once I added the resistor, all of my programming problems disappeared. Digitrax also recommends removing the resistor when programming other (non-Bachmann) decoders. Again, the above may not hold true for your system. Hope this helps.
Title: Re: Bachman on other dcc systems
Post by: trainman203 on March 16, 2024, 10:05:11 AM
Never had any problems with NCE.