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104742 Jesse Robertson
jwr_1986 Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
10:35 am
As for what you did wrong, your guess is as good as ours. The way you fix it though is dig out the manual and look up the factory reset cv. Follow the...
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11:15 am
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11:15 am
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104745 al6736 Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2006
1:27 pm
... you fix ... Jesse, Tried factory reset on CV then read all CV's to confirm factory setting. Still loco only runs in one direction, no throttle control. ...
104746 exodus
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Oct 1, 2006
1:44 pm
Hi Mike, OK, I am using 18 awg solid wire elsewhere on my layout, so I'll use it for the PM42, which I'm using as a circuit breaker (all sections). 1) You seem...
104747 Jesse Robertson
jwr_1986 Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
2:00 pm
yeah that sounds pretty bad. Well if it's new and you made no changes to it they should do the right thing and replace it at least. Sorry it went that way. ...
104748 Robert Doss
sclhoborob Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
2:52 pm
The symptoms here indicate that you've managed to set up the decoder lock. To check this read CV15 and CV16. If they are not identical then do a write to one...
104749 louiskloke Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2006
3:27 pm
hi all I have recently purchased a digitrax sound decoder and would like to know where I can find sound files for these decoders and how to down load them to...
104750 Robert Heroux
Milwrd Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
4:30 pm
Louis - Digitrax has soundfiles on thier website. Also you will need to purchase a PR2 programmer to load new sounds into them. Bob Robert Heroux CEO/CFO ...
104751 exodus
exodu@... Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
4:56 pm
I just opened an AR1 package I've had for about a year and find that on the back is a round orange sticker with the hand written words "#4 not relaying." Has...
104752 al6736 Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2006
5:12 pm
... of ... work ... Robert tried your fix, But now having a problem trying to read cv's. Keeps coming back with failed massage. I will be taking loco back to...
104753 Jon Miller
atsfus Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
5:19 pm
... Probably tech talk for a relay that's not working. Might have happened during QA and got accidentally shipped anyway. Might have been a repair and they...
104754 Greyhart
greyhart42 Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
5:36 pm
You can find finished sound projects at http://digitrax.com/sounddepot.php along with utilities for creating your own sound projects. As stated in another...
104755 Jim Betz
oldrockygn Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
5:52 pm
In one of the recent threads some one mentioned holding a wire against a board using a clip and soldering that way instead of coming thru the hole in the...
104757 Andy Harman
andy11dt@... Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
6:41 pm
... That sounds suspiciously correct. I haven't worked with LEDs much so I wasn't aware they had the diode-like polarity. I almost swapped the leads last...
104758 conleyjarrell Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2006
7:17 pm
... similar experience with a Bachmann I found out the circuit board has capacitors that have to be clipped out - Bachmanns web site, in the EZ command...
104759 exodus
exodu@... Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
9:23 pm
I'm using a PS12 to power my PM42. Does it matter which wires I connect to terminals 3 and C? I ask the question, because I'm aware that current phasing is...
104760 lmp_p_brasshat Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2006
10:20 pm
... snip ... You may find it convenient to mount your PM42 on a piece of plywood, with screw terminal 'barrier strips' something like the photos in my ...
104761 rrbuffnyc Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2006
10:22 pm
I know this has probably been answered many times, but I need to know. I have been in the hobby since the 50's I have a number of old Rivarossi engines. I...
104762 Robert G Robins
rgrmet Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
10:50 pm
As I have thought about it, reflecting my total lack of knowledge of how the command control system really works, could be(?) the full up layout has to get the...
104763 Bob Young
bob_youngca Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
10:54 pm
To: Don't have a name You should perform a 'stall current test' on all your locomotives. A 'stall current test' is measuring the current that the motor...
104764 Bill Rooke
wwrooke39 Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
10:57 pm
The short answer is yes, I have done it several times. The long answer is that it is sometimes tricky being sure you have broken the connection between the ...
104765 Doug Stuard
dougstuard Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2006
11:57 pm
Per the PM 42 manual, either AC or DC can be supplied. That means that pins 3 and C are the input to a bridge rectifier on the PM42 board. Phasing is not an...
104766 Clark Thorp
llyffant2000 Offline Send Email
Oct 2, 2006
12:19 am
I am looking at controlling 4 switch motors using a DS-54. It would be preferable to mount the DS-54 near the booster that powers it, but that would make the...
104767 Guy1985 Offline Send Email Oct 2, 2006
1:50 am
I have a DH163AO in an Athearn SD70. I wired the ditch lights to F2 and F3 instead of using F1. It was easier to solder the leads to those two function pads. I...
104768 Robert Doss
sclhoborob Offline Send Email
Oct 2, 2006
2:44 am
I will put in one word of advice here. In the older Rivarossi locomotives you will also need to make sure the lights are completely isolated from the frame as...
104769 Jeff Warner
jeffrywarner Offline Send Email
Oct 2, 2006
3:21 am
All: A quick reminder that commercial advertising (of Digitrax, model railroading, or other products) is against list rules. A copy of the rules were provided...
104770 PTurvill Offline Send Email Oct 2, 2006
5:26 am
I'm not sure why it "makes more sense" to run at least eight wires over 80' rather than just the two that power the DS54. But if you must, wire size isn't...
104771 Webb Keith
reraileruk Offline Send Email
Oct 2, 2006
6:58 am
Jarrell & Rob, The flashing of lights, normally mean there is a short! I guess a capacitor will produce an intermittent short as it would be continually ...
104772 Andrew Cocker
andrewc_brit... Offline Send Email
Oct 2, 2006
7:11 am
Depending on the manufacturer there could be capacitors sprinkled all over the place. I've recently had 2 Bachmanns where there were caps on the circuit board...
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