Jim,
Now I have to order a new cable.
Are you certain that your cable is #50-1032 and not an earlier model? Also, make sure that only one Lionel Command Base is powered on and connected to the outsider rails. Which command base are you using, TMCC or Legacy? I believe that you have both. Regardless, it's very unlikely that your cable is defective. Before you go any further, see below.
Yes, if you only have one TIU, then DCS selects the TIU for you. However, it will always select the TIU that the remote has in its TIU list.
Proceed as follows:
- First, power-on the TIU and count how many times the red LED blinks before coming on steady.
- Second, do a READ on the remote and copy down exactly what it reports
- Third, press Menu/System/TIU Setup/Edit TIU Address
- There will be a list of TIUs consisting of all TIUs of which the remote is aware.
- If all is well, the only TIU in the list will be the same number TIU as the one that is selected when you add the TMCC engine.
- Press ENG. to leave the Menu system without changing anything>
Questions:
- How many times did the TIU blink before coming on steady?
- What did the READ report?
- What TIUs were in the list of TIUs in the remote that you saw when you followed the process above?
- What DCS version is in the TIU and in the remote? The remote tells you its version on power-on. To learn the TIU's version, press: Menu/System/TIU Setup/TIU Version
