Prodigy Advance Recall Stack More Info

Posted November 19, 2004. | Don Fiehmann's Prodigy Advance Recall Stack Memory Procedure

1. Editing Recall Stack

To limit the amount of stored locos in the cab stack.
Say you wish to just use 2 locos in your handheld and want to toggle back and forth just between those 2 addresses. Hold down the delete button on the handheld, until all addresses disappear, *Note- the last address will not vanish, as the cab needs something in the display. Once this last address is showing, enter the loco addresses you wish to use.
Select "loco" button
Input address of Loco
Press "enter"
Select "loco" button
Input address of second loco
Press "enter" button
you now have two addresses in your stack that you want to toggle between
*now-unplug cable from bottom of handheld
"SVdA", [save data], flashes briefly
plug cable back in to handheld
this locks those two addresses in, until/if you add any more loco addresses in the handheld

2. Flashing/Blinking address in display.

This usually occurs when more than one handheld has the same address selected in the stacks. Have one operator either delete this address from his/her stack if they are not using the loco address currently or whoever is currently using the loco address just has to re-select that address using the select loco mode.
Select "loco" button
Input that locos address
Press "enter" button
Flashing should stop, [ if other operator did not delete loco address from stack, now his/her handheld will have that address flashing]
It's easier at the start of a new operating session to have all operators clear out any old addresses in their stacks, using the delete button, then input addresses of locos they will be using.
Follow steps from # 1 above.

3. Programming Older MRC Decoders

Older MRC decoders, [AD305, AD310, AD315], and possibly some other manufacturers older 2 digit address, 14/28 step decoders, might not accept an address program on the program track for regular address programming:

Prog
- - - - Track
Adr
This is due to the older decoders not being able to recognize all the digital packets being sent out faster by today's DCC Systems. To program a 2 digit address in these decoders, follow the steps in the Prodigy Advance instruction manual to go directly into C.V. programming, on the program track.

CV# Prog
Track
- - -
In CV# 1- [Register # 1] which holds the short 2 digit addresses
Input the short address desired for that decoder
Press "enter" button
This now gave that decoder it's short address
Press "recall" button to escape the programming mode if you are done programming.

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