1Drummer & H1000,
Thanks for the replies. Since this Post I took it back to have the LHS Tech. look at it.
I started a new post titled "Problems with New MTH Ten Wheeler in DCS (Explorer)".
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...23#82100772851984423
They said it was factory reset and working w/o problems. Got it home, didn't work. Took it back to the store. They put it on their layout. It is running a TIU/Wifi, not an Explorer. The thing worked fine! Brought it home and still had problems.
If you read my last post on the newer thread, you will see that I eliminated my layout from the equation except for the Engines/Tenders, Explorer, cell phone, and Ipad.
Yesterday I did the same thing except I tried it with the 54V pack and also with the Z1000. I systematically tried all possible combinations.
Started with the Penn switching power, switching devices. Tried with engine listed as inactive and deleted and tried Adding Engine. In about 1.5 dz attempts I got it to run 2 twice. Some times it would add the engine but not startup. The 2 times it did startup, Headlights and smoke didn't always respond to on/off. Also, the times it did startup, when I tried to shutdown and restart I receive "Request Failed" if I refreshed the Penn sits in Inactive mode.
The other Two PS3 engines ran fine individually and together, everytime! Unless I put them on the loop with the Penn. then no.
Today I put in on my layout it started and ran fine. I shut down and restarted it fine. Well see what happens tomorrow.
I think Barry Broskowitz is on track:
"Could there be a problem with this engine and an Explorer?
While it's certainly possible, it seems highly unlikely that the DCS Explorer itself is a problem, since it works well with your other engines and it isn't capable of discriminating against any particular engine.
However, the evidence would seem to point to a moderate signal strength issue on your layout coupled (pun intended) with a corresponding signal strength "weakness" in the problem engine.
The engine may work well on the store's layout if it has better DCS signal strength than does your layout. The one thing that could possibly prove or disprove this hypothesis would be to run the engine on the store's layout, with your DCS Explorer in place of the store's DCS TIU and remote. If the engine works poorly, the most likely culprit would be the DCS Explorer. If it works properly, the most likely suspect would be your layout's signal strength combined with a reduced DCS signal reception capability in the engine.
Barry"
Mark W.
