christopher N&W posted:gunrunnerjohn posted:The DCS Remote Commander works with any PS/2 or PS/3 locomotive. The one thing necessary is the locomotive has to be reset to Factory Defaults. You can do that with the DSC-RC for recent PS/3 locomotives, but anything over several years old requires the full DCS system to reset them for operation with the DCS-RC.
That's good news. I guess if you knew the engine was unused you could assume it is at factory default, but those PS2 engines are getting older which makes that less likely, and requires one to take it to a dealer or friend with DCS.
Were there battery issues with PS2? I'm guessing I should be careful with putting the PS2 engines back on the tracks so I don't scramble something? I wonder if that applies to conventional. I'll probably gut them someday anyway and replace the electronics with DCC, but I want to make that decision on my own terms, not based on a failure.
Batteries don't scramble PS/2, but a shorted batter can cause charging circuit issues. Early PS/1 had the issues with the bad battery causing issues.
