Cant add a ps2 engine to my MTH app

Hi Peter

When did you last check the battery in the tender?  Possibly may have something to do with your problem.  I have had similar problems and finally checked the battery and once replaced the problems disappeared.

Good luck

What does this have to do with 3-RAIL SCALE?

@Hot Water I am sorry it is a 3 rail O scale Engine. If some one has the power to move this to the correct topic I am fine with that just trying to get some help. 

peter allen 072518 posted:

I have a WM 2-8-0 ps2 engine.  Its been a while sine I have ran it, I have it on the track, none of its lights come on. And my app cant find it, I am using the TIU with the wifi unit.  App will say adding engine and then time out. I can run the engine in conventional mode, but I have 4 other engines I am trying to run it with. 

I tried it as the only engine on the track and still nothing.  Any way to upgrade PS2 to PS3?

I'd figure out what's going on with this one, there's no significant advantage to upgrading it to PS/3, and you'll be a lot poorer.

T

gunrunnerjohn posted:

peter allen 072518 posted:

I have a WM 2-8-0 ps2 engine.  Its been a while sine I have ran it, I have it on the track, none of its lights come on. And my app cant find it, I am using the TIU with the wifi unit.  App will say adding engine and then time out. I can run the engine in conventional mode, but I have 4 other engines I am trying to run it with. 

I tried it as the only engine on the track and still nothing.  Any way to upgrade PS2 to PS3?

I'd figure out what's going on with this one, there's no significant advantage to upgrading it to PS/3, and you'll be a lot poorer.

So I have 4 other MTH engine all with PS3 and I have never had a single issue. So I'm just looking at the odd man out here. Thanks for the help!-PA

Out of curiosity and to make sure we're on the same page to offer help; what version of the MTH DCS wifi APP are you running?  ...FREE, Standard or Premium?

Keystone posted:

Out of curiosity and to make sure we're on the same page to offer help; what version of the MTH DCS wifi APP are you running?  ...FREE, Standard or Premium?

Premium app. 

1. If the PS2 engine is already in your engine library, try to delete that engine, then re-add back to your engine roster and see if the APP finds the engine and can power up?
2. If you can easily disconnect a channel set of your layout tiu wire, have you tried to see if the app/tiu can locate the engine on a small separate piece of test track?

Well?? He said he can't add it right?

So number one, run the engine in conventional. Kill the power. how long does it do the shut down?

If the battery is dead or dying, it won't add properly.

If it's a signal strength issue, I'd suggest adding it on a short piece of track with nothing else getting power.

Are any of your other engines PS2? If not, you may have the polarity swapped to the TIU.

What's your signal strength using another engine?

IN no particular  I after playing with it I think it must be the battery. 

I have no other PS2 engines, 

It was the in app but could not be re-added 

Polarity was not swapped, because I was able to run the ps2 engine in conventional mode and bell and horn worked, in the past, if the polarity was swapped those would not work correctly.

Thank you all for you help, i forgot that the PS2's use a battery, when I cut the power it dies in seconds. 

So on to the next issue any one want to buy a WM 2-8-0 ps2 with a bad battery?

Replacing the battery is very easy.

peter allen 072518 posted:

IN no particular  I after playing with it I think it must be the battery. 

.. when I cut the power it dies in seconds. 

So on to the next issue any one want to buy a WM 2-8-0 ps2 with a bad battery?

Good to hear you narrowed it down due to the immediate sound cut off when powered down.  If you don't have a replacement NiMh 9v handy, confirm w/ a TEMPORARY swap w/ a good 9v alkaline to see if all works OK after the temporary swap.  Depending upon how much you run this PS2 engine and wish to keep it, you can either purchase a replacement 9v NiMH for about $4 each from Amazon that will likely last 5 yrs or more or spend about $25 on a J&W BCR for the semi-permanent solution.  No sense to throw out the baby w/ the bathwater.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Replacing the battery is very easy.

So is recharging the one that is inside the tender.

Only if it's actually a good battery, they do have a limited lifetime.  The blue 3V batteries are getting long in the tooth, for instance.

OK so new 9 volt battery in and BAM it shows up in the app and all is well once again! Again thank you all!  I think $25 for a J&W BCR seems like a fair price to me for not having to remember this again. 

2 small follow up questions:

1. I am missing one of the builders plates any one know a source on replacements?

2. Is there any way to replace the cord with a wireless draw bar? I realy dislike the look of the cord and would love to have it replaced.  I figured there is no harm in asking.   

Finding the builder's place is going to be a challenge I suspect.

The wireless drawbar isn't happening, at least not without significant work.  There is different drawbar hardware to support the different format drawbar.