This engine was programmed a while back, but was using the magnet on the wheel method for generating the chuff. At that time, it was performing correctly using the Legacy controller. After installing the super chuffer and chuff generator, it was working okay for a while, but the chuff frequency wasn't what I wanted it to be. John Will knows about this activity. When John and I finally got all that resolved and had the chuffing I wanted and tested on a short section of track at my work station, I took it back to the layout to run it. It was dead. It had a dim glow from the headlight. It would not answer the call from the Legacy controller. It was silent and dim. I thought maybe I had a bad radio board, so I installed a new one. No joy. I put it on a test track, and it will run fine with conventional control. I tried activating other engines on the layout, and they come up and run under command control just fine. The antenna is connected to the diecast tender shell, and the shell is insulated from the tender deck. That was working okay before all this trouble with getting the chuff generator working right. Is the program run switch working correctly, I don't know. I'll try jumpering that tomorrow. Is the previous programming still in the Legacy memory, I don't know. I see the engine ID in the Legacy controller, but it doesn't do anything when I try to call the engine.
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