TC run light is now on. Before all that was there was a grayed out INIT and a green com8.
That's good - you always should verify that TC has (or at least thinks it has) a good connection to the system.
I'm not heading home until next week - so I will be here online till then.
So lets recap:
- TC is now showing good communication with the system.
- When writing in Decoder Pro the Yellow LED flickered so we know the computer-to-WatchMan communication hardware is good and the WatchMan address is correct.
- You used the "Block Detector" mode on pages "BOD 1-4" and "BOD 5-8" and verified that setting was written to the WatchMan.
- You used the "Primary Event #" values I suggested and verified they were written to the WatchMan.
- You used the "Driver" mode on pages "I/O 2A" and "I/O 2B" and verified that setting was written to the WatchMan.
- You have a coil on one of the feeder wires to that block.
- You verified using a meter that you had good wiring continuity to the coil.
- That coil is connected to the WatchMan being tested.
- You applied power using your DC Power Pack to the DCC Bus.
- You verified that you had power on the Block being tested.
- You had a resistor connected across the rails of the Block being tested.
So what we don't know at this point is if the DC power pack is putting out a form of "pulse power" that the WatchMan can detect. The fact that you got a reading on the AC scale of your meter says to me that you have some form of "pulse power" but not much else. What is the position of the throttle knob on the power pack? Some systems put out the strongest pulses at low settings (to get the train going) and then reduce them at higher settings.
When you do the Scan are you setting the Block Contact Indicator Address/Input values back to 1 and 1 first?
Have you been letting the Scan run to completion to be sure we are testing all possible values? I'm pretty sure that that values for "Primary Event #" I suggested are at the beginning of the address range and the Scan should find the active coil quickly.
Any idea when your Digitrax system is coming back? If it is going to be quite a while I could send you one of my spare units.