Jeff,
Here's MTH's method to reset the engine using the DCS Remote Commander.
This has come up from time to time regarding HO and O gauge engines
that don't seem to run with the DCS Remote Commander (The IR remote
and receiver that allow you to run an engine with limited DCS
commands that is included in Ready-To-Run sets in HO and O). The
reason is the engine is NOT on its default, out-of-the-box address.
This occurs ANY time you add it to a DCS system and do not Factory
Reset the engine.
There are two ways to reset an engine. One requires newer software
in the engine that understands a button sequence, the other is
through a full DCS system. Let's start with the DCS Remote Commander
button sequence:
1. Set the engine on the rails
2. Connect the DCS Remote Commander
3. Press the following buttons in the order listed below (remember -
you are pointing the remote at the IR base, not the engine)
SND
DIR
- (this the minus symbol indicated when you press on the bottom
half of the center, gray rocker)
You will get a two toot response from the engine and it will
now be alive with lights, sound smoke, etc
You now have control of your DCS engine at its Factory Address and you
are now able to run it with the DCS Remote Commander.
Charlie
