I HAVE AN EZ COMMAND DECODER INSTALLED ON MY BACHMANN TURNTABLE BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO REPROGRAM IT. I ONLY WANT TO REPROBRAM THE ADDRESS. I KNOW IT IS IN CV01 BUT HOW DO YOU GET ACCESS TO IT. IT DOESN'T WANT TO RESPOND TO NORMAL DIGITRAC TECKNIQUES LIKE OPS PROGRAMING. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.I HAVE A DIGITRAC DCS 50 CONTROLLER.
JOEV

Hunt,
since you seem knowledgeable about bachman decoders, do you happen to know how I can check if my engine has lighting control? when I press 0 on my digitrax nothing happens.
Joev

Hunt,
Thanks. Works like a charm. How did you ever discover this?
Joev

CAN I PROGRAM BACHMAN DECODERS WITH MY DIGITRAX PROGRAMER? WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO REPROGRAM THE ENGINE NUMBER ON A BACKMAN DCC ENGINE I GOT A WIERD RESPONSE WHEN I TRIED TO READ OUT THE EXISTING NUMBER. THANKS FOR ANY HELP.
JOEV

JERRY,
THANKS AGAIN. YOU'VE MADE ME A HAPPYMAN. I PLACED MY ORDER TODAY AND SOMEDAY I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A REPORT BACK IF WE BOTH LIVE LONG ENOUGH. HOW DO I DO THAT SO THAT I CAN BE ASSURED TO REACH YOU? DO THE FORUM RULES PERMIT EXCHANGES OF EMAIL ADDRESSES?

JOEV

JERRY,
THANKS AGAIN. I WISH YOU WROTE THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS FOR BACHMANN. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU TOLD ME BUT MY ENGINEERING BACKGROUND KEEPS ASKING ME TO TRY TO FIND OUT 'WHY' IT WORKS LIKE YOU SAY. RELATIVE TO GOING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS FROM THE BRIDGE TO A SIDING IT SEEMS LIKE THE BRIDGE CONNECTS TO 2 OPPOSITE SIDINGS AT EACH STOP SO THAT YOU CAN SEND THE ENGINE OFF IN EITHER DIRECTION. IS THIS RIGHT OR IS THERE SOME OTHER EXPLANATION?

RELATIVE TO THE TT MOTOR CONTROL, YOU HAVE A GOOD OPTION THAT I MAY TRY BUT DOES IT REQUIRE DISCONNECTING OR ISOLATING IT. SO THAT I CAN USE A SEPARATE POWER SOURCE?

JOEV

JERRY,
THANKS, VERY HELPFUL. IT APPEARS FROM YOUR COMMENTS THAT IF YOU LOAD THE TT HEAD ON, YOU CAN ONLY EXIT ONTO ANY OF THE INDEXED SIDINGS HEAD ON. IS THIS CORRECT? IF SO, THEN YOU CAN NEVER 'BACK OFF' ONTO ANY SIDING. CORRECT? ANY SUGGESTIONS OTHER THAN ORIGINALLY BACKING INTO THE TT ORIGINALLY?

PLEASE EXPLAIN FURTHER YOUR COMMENT ABOUT TT CHANGING ROTATION DIRECTION 'AUTOMATICALLY'. DID YOU MEAN IF YOUR REVERSE THE DCC COMMAND AS WITH AN ENGINE DIRECTION, IT WILL CHANGE THE TT ROTATION DIRECTION OR DOES THE TT AUTOMATICALLY REVERSE AT SOME POINT IN ITS ROTATION?

JOEV

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BACHMANN MOTORIZED TURNTABLE 46299. I PLAN TO OPERATE IT WITH DCC CONTROL. HOW DOES THE POWER GET TO EACH INDEX TRACK AND TURNTABLE? DOES ONLY ONE TRACK AT A TIME GET ENERGIZED? IF SO, HOW DO YOU REVERSE THE DIRECTION OF THE ENGINE ONTO A SIDING OR ROUNDHOUSE?

I PLAN TO USE STRAIGHT 9" SECTIONS OF E-Z TRACK TO ATTACH TO THE INDEX SECTIONS. I ASSUME THEY WILL BE ENERGIZED WHEN THE TURNTABLE REACHES EACH POSITION AND NO ADDITIONAL WIRING IS REQUIRED. IS THIS CORRECT?

WHAT DOES THE MOTOR SOUND LIKE? MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WAS WITH A ATLAS TURNTABLE AND THIS WAS QUITE NOISY. IS THIS ANY QUIETER OR SMOTHER SOUNDING?

JOEV