Billsrr posted:Since yesterday I checked the voltage on the track,17., I could not get the loco off the inactive list. The sound came on and would respond to throttle but would not move. Everything was fine on Sunday. The TMCC and Legacy were fine. I deleted the locos and tried to reload them. The message was could not find new loco. Out of desperation I unplugged the Legacy signal booster , then tried the DCS. Things were back normal, I have loaded the engine back in and it runs fine. I sure glad my truck is more reliable. I sure would like some input here. Thanks Bill
This happened to me just last week with a Proto 2 SD70M I have. It would start up (sounds) and shut down (sounds), couplers fired and all, but that's about it, it would not respond to forward or reverse signals and wouldn't move a mm in any direction. Being a Proto 2 engine (5V), I decided to check the battery but it was fine.
I put the engine on my test track, and using my DCS remote, did a full reset (or maybe a feature reset) and it came right back up. I believe that adding the engine to multiple MU setups was my issue, the engine had begun to give me issues a while back and it finally gave out when I tried to set up another MU with other units. To clarify, i have used this as a helper engine before with other consists, when I tried to make a different MU with different engines, it would not respond at all, the other engines would just drag the SD70 around (which I did't allow to continue for too much distance).
In any case, my full reset (or feature reset) using the DSC remote, brought it back to life.
Hope this helps!
P.s. Barry is right about the test track, you NEED one, BUTT K,I,S,S doesn't agree with his setup. I think a 30" section of good ole Lionel tubular track on a bench connected to a TIU output is the best method as it eliminates a lot of possible layout wiring issues. This is how I have it set up and as you can see I got me engine back up and running.
