Can Bachmann's Command Plus be used to set CVs? If so how? There's no guidance on the internet or YouTube.
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.
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/ (https://www.digitrax.com/products/computer-control/pr4/)
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.
Yes. That PR4 will do it. You have to use a computer with Windows or MAC.
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) (https://broadway-limited.com/cdn/shop/products/BLIAddressChanger4withnumbers.png?v=1599750371&width=1000)
CV Setter (Model 1148) (https://broadway-limited.com/cdn/shop/files/CV_Setter_Mockup.png?v=1721051955&width=800)
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.