How to set TR number of TPC 300 without a CAB remote

Wouldn't the set train address or Set TMCC Address command have to be broadcast type commands? Interested in how this turns out.

Brendan  

Maybe they ignore the ID field

Brendan

Generally I've had more luck using ENG instead of TR with TPC 300's and 400's but my understanding is that they can be programmed as either.

I have my TPC 300 programmed to ENG 13, but I believe it came from the factory set to ENG 1, just like locomotives do when they come from the factory.  (Somebody might correct me if I'm wrong on this).

Is yours new or NOS, or did you buy it used?  If its new or NOS I suggest that you assume it's already set to ENG 1, and try that over the serial connection instead of using TR.  It's worth a shot if you don't have a CAB 1 handy.

Mike

I bought it on ebay as NOS.  I will give the ENG 1 thing a shot. Thanks

Update...

I took Mellow's advice and assumed the TPC unit was ENG 1 and tried to run a few commands.... I got nada.  Before my frustration forced me to reach out to you the experts, I threw all sorts of garbage at it on PRG mode.  So I went back to PRG mode and set it to, or what I thought was, ENG 1.  I got a long blink from the unit signaling that it was set.  Went back to RUN mode and ran the set momentum low which should signal the unit to switch to command mode.  The track light started slowly blinking. (First time I have gotten this far).  I then ran the Boost command to send power to the track and the track light started blinking fast showing there was power to the track...and there was. 

Thanks for the input from everyone!!

On to conventional mode.

byte set[] = {0xFE, 0x00, 0xAB}; // Set Engine Address to 1 in PRG mode
gtSerial.write(set, sizeof(set));

byte low[] = {0xFE, 0x00, 0xA8}; // (Low Momentum / Command Mode) RUN mode
gtSerial.write(low, sizeof(low));

byte boost[] = {0xFE, 0x00, 0x84}; // Boost (Powers up Track) RUN mode
gtSerial.write(boost, sizeof(boost));

Excellent!

Your request took me back in time.  At one point I was considering undertaking the same kind of thing.  Time flies, and I set it aside.  That was about 15 years ago.

I was using a laptop though.  The Arduino would make it a nice tiny package.

Keep us up to date on how it turns out.

Mike