Good evening John,
I can use some of your help again. I converted the Shell lights to 16V grain of Wheat Bulbs today to replace the MTH LED's and mounted the cab for a test run. I had programmed the CC unit to option 8 after the first startup way back in the beginning but did not hook the lights up. I read a previous post about a warning about the MTH LED's and half wave 18V output from the CC hurting the board without a current limiting device. I also knew that I needed a solution to add the ditch lights so I saved all of the lights for last.
I do not have any lights at all. Testing the output(s) I'm getting 14.65V to the smoke unit when switched on, .084V to the front and rear lights respectively, 4.953V to the Chuff and 4.953V to the program run switch with the engine rolling in either direction. I followed another operator with posts about his lights along the same line as mine to no avail.
I tried to reset the engine R4LC to code 6 to see if that helped. It didn't. I touched base with Scott ERR and he said to run it in conventual mode and then reset the Command Code to see if that worked. When I put it on the tracks in conventual mode all of the lights work correctly, front and rear, smoke too. But not in the command environment. I am sure it's 100% operator error. Are the instructions to program my Cab 2 the same instructions you would use to program a Cab 1 ? What am I missing here?
