Tried to run this loco at the club last weekend without luck. Couldn't get any response from it at all in DCC, but did work (with sound) in DC, Took a high voltage to get it to start up and respond. Last time I used it was some time ago and I had consisted it with Soundtraxx units to return it to staging when finished doing some switching.
Thought maybe it was still stuck in the consist, but wasn't even able to get it to program on the main, i.e. CV19=0 to kill it if it was. Figured I'd try at home and reset it to default and start again. There was no wand with the loco, so went with the method I found on the Net, i.e. CV49=128, CV50=255, CV56=113. According to the instructions, if the loco is not responding, use the program track, so I did. Using my NCE system, I got some odd responses on the cab's screen. As each CV was entered I was told to wait (about 15 secs), after which it said, Cannot read CV. That had me stumped at first, then when I hit the Prog/Esc, up came the CV#, asking for the value to be entered. I then discovered (by trial) that the same message could be obtained by hitting Enter, so from there that's what I did with all 3 CV's and then cycle the power off/on.
If I could have done this on powered track, there should have been an audible response to show it had reset to default address 3.
I then set the track back to full power and entered 3, As soon as that happened the sound started up and I had throttle control. But. It was flat out at spd step 1, throttle steps meant nothing. Tried changing the spd steps from 28-128. No difference. So, thought, OK, lets try to reset the long address (152) which it had been running on fine previously. So, on the POM, did the programming for long address and pressed enter. Amazing. I got a verbal message confirming the number, yes, it spoke to me (Instructions said it might do). Whacko! we're back again. Advanced the throttle. Nothing. Pressed different F keys in case that was needed to start it up. Nothing. Did the reset again, right through to the audible message. Nothing.
I've just printed off the shell removal instructions to see what space there is inside for an Econami decoder. I see from research TCS offers one, but that means another brand to have to learn the idiosyncrasies of. If I can't fit an Econami, it might finish up being flogged off as DC with sound. At least that is working.
Thought maybe it was still stuck in the consist, but wasn't even able to get it to program on the main, i.e. CV19=0 to kill it if it was. Figured I'd try at home and reset it to default and start again. There was no wand with the loco, so went with the method I found on the Net, i.e. CV49=128, CV50=255, CV56=113. According to the instructions, if the loco is not responding, use the program track, so I did. Using my NCE system, I got some odd responses on the cab's screen. As each CV was entered I was told to wait (about 15 secs), after which it said, Cannot read CV. That had me stumped at first, then when I hit the Prog/Esc, up came the CV#, asking for the value to be entered. I then discovered (by trial) that the same message could be obtained by hitting Enter, so from there that's what I did with all 3 CV's and then cycle the power off/on.
If I could have done this on powered track, there should have been an audible response to show it had reset to default address 3.
I then set the track back to full power and entered 3, As soon as that happened the sound started up and I had throttle control. But. It was flat out at spd step 1, throttle steps meant nothing. Tried changing the spd steps from 28-128. No difference. So, thought, OK, lets try to reset the long address (152) which it had been running on fine previously. So, on the POM, did the programming for long address and pressed enter. Amazing. I got a verbal message confirming the number, yes, it spoke to me (Instructions said it might do). Whacko! we're back again. Advanced the throttle. Nothing. Pressed different F keys in case that was needed to start it up. Nothing. Did the reset again, right through to the audible message. Nothing.
I've just printed off the shell removal instructions to see what space there is inside for an Econami decoder. I see from research TCS offers one, but that means another brand to have to learn the idiosyncrasies of. If I can't fit an Econami, it might finish up being flogged off as DC with sound. At least that is working.