Eng. not found

Sounds like something is on the rails that is stepping on the DCS signal.  If you've eliminated the TIU, time to start checking what's parked on that loop.

 

Thanks John I'll "walk" the track when I get home from the club tonight.

Hope it doesn't go through a tunnel, if so do you have shrinking paste so you can be really small?

 

Any cars with constant brightness lamps are suspects. 

 

I removed all the passenger cars, cleaned the track, looked for anything that could be interfering with the signal and could not find anything.  I tried to run a PS2 engine and still get the eng. not on track and RF out of range messages.

This track is a single loop, no switches, no accessories, its been in place for almost 20 years and I've not altered anything.  The same engine and passenger cars have been on the track for over five years.

Is there some thing else I can check? 

Thanks in advance.

 

Bill,

 

Some question:

• What release of DCS are you using?
• Do you have more than 1 TIU and, if so, is the bad track on one TIU and the good Track on the other TIU?
• If you have more than 1 TIU, are you operating in Super TIU mode?
• When you put an engine on the problem track and turn on power, does it get power?
• Does it stay dark and silent or does it come up in conventional mode, with lights and sounds?

 

Did you inadvertently turn DCS off on that output?

Ben,

Did you inadvertently turn DCS off on that output?

If he had turned off the DCS signal on that channel, the engine would not have seen a watchdog signal and would have come up with lights and sounds.

 

However, it occurs to me that it could be a loose or poorly soldered tether connection that could cause the problem, if the pickup rollers are on the engine and the PS2 board is in the tender.