DCS remote commander and Atlas engine

Your Atlas engine is not compatible with a DCS remote commander.  You need a TMCC or Legacy command set to run this engine in a command environment. What your describing is the engine starting up in conventional mode as it has not detected a TMCC command signal.

Eddie,

The DCS Remote Commander is designed to work only with MTH DCS (PS2 and PS3) engines.

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hey...........isn't there such a thing as he needs to ad  "TIU" or an "AIU"  with DCS in order to get this engine to work.   I am not sure here, but just a few weeks ago, a fella had a engine that ran on THCC and somebody advised him to get something called a "TIU" or "AIU".

A TMCC or Legacy engine can be run with the full DCS system, however a Lionel TMCC or Legacy command base is still required.

Thank you for your replies. I will start looking for a TMCC command set. 

Do any of you have any resources on how I can install the TMCC command system to the MTH track. Can I still use the MTH z-500 transformer and the lock on connector?

You just connect the single wire from the TMCC or Legacy base to the outside rails.  You can connect it anywhere you can get a connection to the outside rail.