DGJONES posted:I must say that I am very happy for those of you who never have any problems with DCS. For me, it seems to be a constant battle! Engines that have worked for years are all of a sudden "Engine not on track"!. So I move the engine to another track and the remote finds it with no problem, run the engine to the place it sat when I got the engine not on tracks message, check signal and get a 10. Recently, for some reason, I can ring the bell but cannot cut it off with the remote! Have to shut track power off and then restart the engine. Had a new PS3 F3 that the remote found and added and ran just fine. Put the engine on the shelf and try it again several weeks later - it is completely dead. I'm sorry but I do not thing all these issues are operator caused!
When things work as they should, it great! But when it decides to act up, I find the system to be very frustrating!
Don
This is the same exact experience I had when I had a 3 rail layout. It was very frustrating to say the least. Back in the late '90s I had TMCC. I had not yet discovered this forum working with TMCC was frustrating beyond belief. I literally was pulling my hair out. Years later I figured out the problem I most likely had with TMCC was a ground issue but by then I had already given up on it. The weird thing was almost always when there was a danger of a wreck/crash that's when the I would get no response from the locomotive and this happened with both TMCC and DCS. I have seen how helpful this forum has been to me and hundreds of others with technical problems. Many thanks to the late Barry and GRJ, GGG, etc. I apologize if I left someone out.
