Reply to "dcs says no engines on track"

Daniel J. GonzalezOGR Forum Member

Joe Allen posted:
Some, but not all, Lionel engines kill the DCS signal. You most likely have at least one that caused the problem.

From what I have read in the past, this issue pertains to TMCC and not Legacy or Lionel. Any TMCC engine can interfere with the DCS signal, GRJ has even recommended to install the RF chokes on anything track powered, even command switches. I have followed the warnings, to date I get all 10's on my layout, be it a small one at that. All of my TMCC engines have RF chokes installed on the pickup roller wires as to combat this issue as well as all of my AC/DC circuits I build to power my LED building lights. Heck he even recommended to install it on a few passenger car LED conversions I did, and the chokes are there as well.

Hope this helps!

12/26/181:24 PM

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