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This will work with any collection of decoders ever made, as
long as all the decoders in the consist understand the same
speed step setting.
The downside is that the setup is a bit complex, having to set
the addresses and running directions in each of the locomotives.
Also, it is not easy to add or subtract a locomotive from the con-
sist, so you can’t easily run one of the locos outside the consist.
Advanced Consisting – decoder based
Modern decoders support the use of CV 19 as a way for the
decoder to know that it should run on a consist address and
which direction it should run. Most of these decoders also
support the use of CVs 21 & 22 to tell each locomotive which
7: DecoderPro screen shot – setting up CVs 19, 21 & 22
within the Consist panel – loco # from the PCMRC layout.
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