User's Manual

5
Installing the Command Base
Command Base
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ou need a CAB-1L remote to operate the Command
Base-1L. (The CAB-2 won’t work with Base-1L. However,
you can mix CAB-1L and CAB-2’s on the same layout by using
a LEGACY Base.)
To install the Command Base-1L, plug the power supply
power cable into the Base input. Plug the power supply into
a standard wall outlet (110 volts, 50 or 60 cycles). The outlet
must be properly grounded. The Base-1L’s top-mounted green
light will illuminate. The Command Base-1L doesn’t have an
on/off switch, so you may leave it on at all times. lf you prefer
to turn it off after operating sessions, use a power strip with a
circuit breaker and on/off switch. Doing so lets you electrify all
transformers and the Command Base at once.
COMMAND BASE POWER SUPPLY. Do not use the
Command Base’s power supply to power any other
device. Its three-prong plug is unique.
Next, connect a wire between the Command Base binding
post and the common (U) terminal on all transformers
powering your track. Or, connect the wire to your track’s
outside rail at any convenient location. You've just installed
The LEGACY Control System on your railroad.
Be sure the outside (common) rail is electrically
continuous throughout your entire layout–this enables
unimpeded communication around the track plan. If your
layout has block control, make sure only the center (or "hot")
rail is insulated with insulating pins at block boundaries.
Insulating both outside rails at block boundaries will obstruct
the Command Base’s signaIs.
Be sure the Command Base-1L is ON
before you place your Command Control-
equipped locomotive on track. Then
bring up track power. When the Base-1L is
ON, your Command-equipped Lionel locomotives
instantly know they’re on a LEGACY railroad. If the
Base-1L is OFF, the locomotive will operate like an
ordinary engine when power is applied.
Note!
Hint!
Connect a wire between the
Command Base's binding post
and the common ( U) terminal
on all transformers powering
your track. You can also connect
the wire between the Base-1L and
the outside rail of your track.
(Connect the wire to both outside
rails if you use hi·rail track.)
Plug the power supply’s cable
into the Base-1L’s power input,
then plug the power supply into
a properly grounded wall outlet
(110 volts, 50/60 cycles).