These instructions are from the AniLight User Guide available for download on the home page under the AniLight description.
1) Connect two stripped DCC wires (operational track not programming track) into the AniLight “DCC” terminals in either order and tighten screws. Note that the wire must be inserted above the metal bar in the terminal opening – the screw pulls the wire up rather than clamp down.
2) Power up the DCC system (LED should repeatedly flash 3 times) to indicate the decoder has not been assigned a DCC address.
3) Press the button on the decoder to assign an address (LED should now stay on).
4) Send a DCC accessory command (on or off) with the address desired for this decoder. Examples for different DCC systems are in User Guide Appendix E - Command Entry from DCC Systems. To be compatible with all DCC controllers, it should be an address divisible by 4 and then add 1 (e.g. any of 1, 5, 9, … 2029) – for example 121 (used throughout the User Guide). When the command is received the LED will go out indicating the new address has been successfully assigned.
For AniLight decoders:
5) Turn off DCC power and connect a LED with a, typically, 330 ohm ¼ watt current limiting resistor to terminal 0 as shown above. Larger ohms will make a dimmer LED.
Factory defaults have the basic on/off (called “steady on”) terminal mode configured on all terminals. To turn it on, power up DCC and send a DCC accessory "on" command (appendix E in the User Guide gives examples). Terminal 0 is the same address as the decoder address. The other 15 terminals are the decoder address through decoder address +15. The LED should light up until the off command is sent.
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