DCS Explorer cannot move 1 of 2 engines from inactive to active

Side Rod, I'm not sure if that relates to the update or not.  I frequently have issues with the Explorer not recognizing engines.  I don't know why.  It happened yesterday for a while.  I turned the power off and walked away.  I came back a half hour later and turned on the power.  Then it recognized it.  In another instance, I disconnected the Explorer, connected a Z-Controller, ran the engine conventionally for a bit, then reconnected the Explorer.  Then it recognized it.  So I think it's a little finicky.

Delete and re-add the PS2 engine.

I deleted the engine and tried to re-add the engine and got the message “no new engines”.  I tried refreshing the app but that didn’t help.

What else should I look for?

Thanks

Does engine run conventionally?

Yes.

Try a Recover Engine:

• Place the engine on a powered track
• Navigate to the More... Screen
• Tap Advanced Features
• Tap Recover Engine
• Select the TIU upon whose track the engine resides.

The DCS Explorer does not have Recover Engine highlighted  and I do not have a TIU.  Anything else I could try?

Thanks

Sorry, you are correct.

About all you can do is Reset the app and the Explorer, which will also delete your other engine, and start over.

If the problem persists, the issue is most likely with the engine.

I had reset the app several times which did not help.  Before resetting the Explorer, I removed a z1000 controller from a loop of track under the layout that is used to run a Thomas the tank train when young kids are over to see the layout.  I plugged the Explorer in, rebooted everything and the ps2 engine responded.  Ran well.

I then reconnected the Explorer to my layout and could not move the engine to active.  With jumper leads, I went from the Explorerto the track.  The engine activated and worked fine.  I have had the Explorer since the April TCA train meet and it worked as it should have.  The only thing that changed  was bringing the Explorer to York for the update, which I thank you for.  Somehow this update changed something.

I’m going to revisit my wiring and see if I can shorten the wires to replicate the length of the jumper leads.  I hope this will work.

Any other ideas?

Thanks for your time and effort Barry!

Side Rod

Is there any chance that the wires from the explorer to the layout tracks are reversed?

The red terminal must connect to the center rail.

Barry,

The fact that I could run the engine with jumper wires to the Explorer pointed me in the direction of the wiring.  When I added the DCS Commander, I spliced into the wiring.  When I added the Explorer, I again spliced into that wiring.  I just spent the afternoon going from the Explorer to the terminal strip.  My guess is this increased the signal enough to make work again.

So yes, the upgrade to the Explorer and my engine work fine now.

Thank you again for working me through this experience!

Side Rod

Kim happy that I could help.