@TRAINMANTIM posted:...
The second video shows the engine running conventionally. While running conventionally, the engine runs smooth which makes no sense. So with it running smoothly in conventional, I am thinking that it is a board issue.
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@TRAINMANTIM posted:I will try that out.
Did you reload the soundset and try it out?
When you ran it conventionally, did you turn OFF speed control (Whistle-Bell-Bell)? The default conventional mode USES THE TACH! Speed control can be confusing because it is adding additional variables to the mix. Much more informative in this situation to apply "raw" track voltage by turning turning OFF speed control. This way you can see if the engine runs smoothly. It should also run at essentially the same speed in forward and reverse. If it is still jerky with speed control OFF, or if it runs at materially different speeds with speed control OFF, then I'd look for mechanical issues.
Separately, you can operate DCS command mode at reduced track voltage - such as 12V rather than 18V. The technical gobbly-gook gets pretty nerdy but a DCS command engine running 5 sMPH with 18V on the track is a different animal than a DCS conventional engine running at the same 5 sMPH with 10V (or whatever voltage) on the track. It would be instructive to know if lowering the track voltage to, say, 12V (rather than 18V) when running in DCS command mode at 5 sMPH materially reduces the jerkiness.
From what I've read so far, my vote is with the "mechanical issue" as opposed to electrical.
