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locomotives will not “listen” to their own address, but instead will
respond to speed and direction commands only sent to the multi-
unit consist address. But don’t fear: The locomotive decoder will not
forget its own address, it remains stored for later use.
Speed and direction of a MU will be controlled using the multi-unit
consist address. If a locomotive that is assembled into a MU has
switchable functions (light, smoke generator), you can continue to
control these functions via the locomotive's normal address.
When you disassemble the MU, the multi-unit consist address in
the locomotive decoder is erased, and the locomotive immediately
responds to its own address again.
FF All locomotives that you want to use in assembling or
disassembling a MU must be on the layout! That’s the only
way the special MU commands that are sent over the track
can also reach the locomotive decoder! This is especially
important when you want to remove a locomotive from the
multi-unit consist: If the disassemble command doesn’t reach
the locomotive decoder (due to bad contact or because you
removed the locomotive from the track), then the MU address
in the locomotive decoder will not be erased, and the
locomotive can’t be run on its own normal address.
11.2 Prerequisites for a multi-unit consist:
You can set up multi-unit consists with any NMRA conformant
locomotive decoders from the Digital plus by Lenz
®
program. The
locomotive decoder must be configured for operation with 28
speed steps.
11.3 Assembling a multi-unit consist (MU)
Drive all the locomotives that you want to assemble into the MU to
the location on your layout where you want to start controlling the
MU.
It does not matter which direction the locomotives were operated
before assembling them into the MU as you will be asked the
direction for each locomotive you add to the MU. This allows you to
construct MUs with locomotives head to tail or elephant style.
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