gunrunnerjohn posted:Why can't you just program the switches?
They're not taking.
For example, I had a switch programmed as #3 in the old layout. It is now in a different "position" in the new layout (I didn't keep track of where the old ones went) and there is a brand new switch in "position" #3 of the new layout (I pick a starting point and then number my switches sequentially along the mainlines). I try to program the new switch as switch #3, but it won't take because there is already a switch #3 somewhere in the new layout. I fire the Aux 1 and 2 buttons for switch #3 and hear and see the switch action which leads me to find where the old #3 switch is now located in the layout. I try to re-program old switch #3 as new switch #10 and it won't take. I try to re-program the new switch as #3 and it won't take. The only switches I am able to program are new switches in numbers higher than what were on the old layout. I had 6 on the old layout and 18 on the new, so I can program new switches 7-18, but not below.
This all stems from an issue I posted a month or so ago about a couple of CC switches (old ones) that just randomly closed to the divergent position on their own for no apparent reason. The manual controllers are not the issue (I swapped a couple and nothing changed) and there is nothing obvious in the switches - no loose wires, binding, cold solder joints, burnt traces, etc - and I don't believe it is an antenna or signal issue. When I bench tested the switch, I could not duplicate the random closing, so my guess is that something in either the DCS or Legacy signal is causing the intermittent closing. I doubt it is DCS (I also use 22uf chokes), so I believe something in the Legacy signal (maybe the "switch command control) is causing it.
It's a real issue because one of the offending switches is located in a mainline crossover and, if I turn away for a second, it's liable to send a train on one line onto a neighboring track which already has a train on it and that's not good ! Yes, I could swap switches but that doesn't solve the problem.
Perhaps there is a conflict between whatever the last remote control function was and the manual controller that causes it to randomly close even though the manual controller is set to open/straight through. Obviously, in normal operation the remote is supposed to override the manual controller setting when the "SW" function is operated and if the remote is somehow "frozen" on a particular setting, it will try to override the manual controller.
Al the other remote functions on the Cab-2 work fine.
Sorry for the lengthy explanation, but my thought was to just clear all the switch numbers out and try starting from scratch.
