Ironhorseman posted:Word of caution, IF you put an MTH engine on this spur with the power off and power up DCS, then flip the power on to this spur, the engine will react immediately because it is operating in conventional mode and take off at speed, usually not the desire response. This is because when DCS is powered up, it send a watchdog signal that MTH engines received and then go into Command mode. How non MTH engines respond will depend on if they are conventional or if they have a different command system. There are a number of threads that have previously discussed this topic and as I am not the expert, others can provide more details information if you ask. Powering the spur through the TUI variable channel/Variable power from your transforming will send the watchdog signal to the Spur enabling you to park MTH engines on the spur. Again, Lionel engines or other mfg engines may act differently based on command or conventional operations.
Best wishes.
That only happens if the locomotive is locked in a direction conventionally (i.e. when running conventional it was locked in forward). None of my PS2 or PS3 locomotives take off at speed when they are powered up on a siding. If they miss the watchdog signal they come up in neutral, just like they do in conventional. All I have to do is select the locomotive on the remote and press start up. Then it's under DCS control.
