mydartswinger
Member
Good afternoon all,
I recently picked up an MTH SD70ace in the UP #4141 George Bush locomotive w/ Protosound 3.0. I also picked up a Digitrax Zephyr DCC system (I chose Digitrax since that is what my club uses, and I felt it would make my life easier while learning the ins and outs of DCC. Also, so I can get a controller for the club that I can use at home, such as the DT402R).
The locomotive runs great on address 03. All available sounds (within the 9 function limit of the out of the box Zephyr) work, as well as the ProtoCouplers and lights. I'm able to get the locomotive to take address 4141 setting CV29 to 38 (MTH sets the default 4 digit address to the cab # using this method). Once programmed, it runs the same as on address 03. All is well until I remove the locomotive from the track or turn off track power. Once track power is restored, the locomotive defaults back to address 03. Not a big issue on my home layout, but it could become a problem at the club where there is a possibility of other members running 03 (though unlikely, unless the member is running a new locomotive or is running into a similar issue, but could still get annoying).
I've tried manually programming 4141 into CV17 & CV18. It doesn't seem to want to even take the address that way. There is an addendum to the MTH locomotive manual stating to wait for at least 5 seconds before restoring power to the track or it will lose the address. I've waited that and longer, and it still loses the address.
I've seen minimal information on this issue. I did see somewhere that someone had the issue and had to have their locomotive RMA'd through MTH, but I cannot find it again (I was on my cell phone when I found it).
Anyone seen this issue before and have any idea as to what I can do, steps I can follow short of an RMA or getting another brand of locomotive?
I have seen an MTH SD70 in CSX trim programmed successfully using an MRC Prodigy (I had thought about going Prodigy, but the fact that my club uses Digitrax, the Prodigy is more expensive, and that the Prodigy doesn't support DC out of the box prompted me to lean toward the Digitrax.). That particular locomotive held it's address without issue.
Thanks in advance,
Shannon
I recently picked up an MTH SD70ace in the UP #4141 George Bush locomotive w/ Protosound 3.0. I also picked up a Digitrax Zephyr DCC system (I chose Digitrax since that is what my club uses, and I felt it would make my life easier while learning the ins and outs of DCC. Also, so I can get a controller for the club that I can use at home, such as the DT402R).
The locomotive runs great on address 03. All available sounds (within the 9 function limit of the out of the box Zephyr) work, as well as the ProtoCouplers and lights. I'm able to get the locomotive to take address 4141 setting CV29 to 38 (MTH sets the default 4 digit address to the cab # using this method). Once programmed, it runs the same as on address 03. All is well until I remove the locomotive from the track or turn off track power. Once track power is restored, the locomotive defaults back to address 03. Not a big issue on my home layout, but it could become a problem at the club where there is a possibility of other members running 03 (though unlikely, unless the member is running a new locomotive or is running into a similar issue, but could still get annoying).
I've tried manually programming 4141 into CV17 & CV18. It doesn't seem to want to even take the address that way. There is an addendum to the MTH locomotive manual stating to wait for at least 5 seconds before restoring power to the track or it will lose the address. I've waited that and longer, and it still loses the address.
I've seen minimal information on this issue. I did see somewhere that someone had the issue and had to have their locomotive RMA'd through MTH, but I cannot find it again (I was on my cell phone when I found it).
Anyone seen this issue before and have any idea as to what I can do, steps I can follow short of an RMA or getting another brand of locomotive?
I have seen an MTH SD70 in CSX trim programmed successfully using an MRC Prodigy (I had thought about going Prodigy, but the fact that my club uses Digitrax, the Prodigy is more expensive, and that the Prodigy doesn't support DC out of the box prompted me to lean toward the Digitrax.). That particular locomotive held it's address without issue.
Thanks in advance,
Shannon
