I spent some time testing today to see where my DCS signal is going bad with TMCC. Had a DCS lashup of 3 engines running on the main track and 2 other DCS engines running, I did the track signal test on these 2 engines at the same time. An Older PS2 engine with on 2 middle rail roller pickups showed 10's around most of the mainline with the odd 7 or 8 through a 3 Gargraves switches several other Gargrave and Atlas Switches it stayed at 10 and around most of the layout. A PS3 engine with 4 pickup rollers on the middle rails showed 10 the entire loop of the long mainline. When I plugged in the TMCC Trainmaster base the signal on both trains dropped to low #'s like 2 -4 or 1 or both engines read out of range. As soon as I unplugged the TMCC base the signal quickly rose back to 10's. I tired 5 different TMCC equipped engines a Weaver Steam, Sunset Third rail F9 A and B, K-Line F59 and Sunset Third Rail RDC. With the TMCC base unplugged and track power turned on to any track these engines were sitting on they started up with no TMCC on the track but did not affect the DCS signal. The Signal only went to out of range on the DCS remotes when I plugged in the TMCC base.
??? Any suggestions on what my problem is? The DCS system runs near perfect with no TMCC plugged in??? And the TMCC equipped engines do not seem to be a problem when the base is not plugged in?
