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TrainMaster Command operations
The Command Control environment
TrainMaster Command Control is the
advanced model railroad control system
from Lionel. TrainMaster Command Control
gives you the power to operate multiple
Command-equipped locomotives on the
same track, at the same time.
To operate in Command mode, you
need a Command Base and a CAB-1
Remote Controller. Find them both at
your authorized Lionel retailer.
Place your locomotive on Lionel or
Lionel-compatible O gauge track.
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3Address your locomotive using CAB-1.
• Press ENG and 1 on the numeric keypad of your CAB-1. This command is sent
by CAB-1 to the Command Base, which then translates your command into
digital code. That code is sent around your railroad’s outside rails in the form of
a digital “halo.” All Command-equipped Lionel engines listen to this digital
communication, but they do not respond until they hear their individual ID
number—in this case, “1.”
• The digital language of TrainMaster Command—and not track
power—controls the actions of Command-equipped Lionel
engines.
• All Command locomotives come factory-programmed with an ID#
of “1.” To change the ID# of your locomotive, see page 7.
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4Move ‘em out!
• Throttle up or press any command button on the CAB-1. Your powered
locomotive will respond to your every command. Read on.
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2Couple the non-powered F3A to any powered locomotive.
• Create a lash-up to prototypically operate the non-powered F3A.
See page 9.
• The non-powered F3A was designed to face away from the powered
locomotive (towards the rear of the train).
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1• Make sure track power is OFF before placing on the track.
• Make sure your Lionel Command Base is plugged-in and its
communications wire is connected to the COMMON post on your Lionel
transformer or the U terminal on any of your installed PowerMasters.
• Once positioned on the track, increase track voltage to FULL (no more
than 20 volts). On PowerMasters, slide the CMD/CONV switch to CMD.
