@Calebro posted:Yes, it immediately starts up with sound after powering the track. It doesn’t just sit quietly, waiting for command, like my other legacy engines do.
To add to Vernon’s reply, ….it doesn’t even matter if the engine is programmed into the remote or not, …..if the engine is on a command controlled track, and the switch on the engine is in “run”, and power is applied ( 18V ) and your legacy base is powered up, the engine SHOULD wake up in command mode, ie; no sounds, no control of movement. If the engine wakes up in conventional mode when 18V is applied, ie; sounds immediately come on, etc., as Vernon pointed out, this indicates an issue with that particular engine. You need to be careful if you have a full 18V on the track and you have an engine accidentally waking up in conventional, ….any trip of track power could cycle the reverse unit portion and she may go full speed ahead!…..
Pat
