Odd, I can't imagine any other reason for them to be flashing.
There are only two lights in the cabs of these units. One for the headlight, and one for the cab light. There aren't any individual bulbs in the number boards, but rather they pick-up ambient light from one of the other bulbs.
Which light is blinking? The headlight or the cab light?
TRW
Originally Posted by PaperTRW:
There are only two lights in the cabs of these units. One for the headlight, and one for the cab light. There aren't any individual bulbs in the number boards, but rather they pick-up ambient light from one of the other bulbs.
Which light is blinking? The headlight or the cab light?
TRW
It would be the cab light then.
Originally Posted by chipset:
Originally Posted by PaperTRW:
There are only two lights in the cabs of these units. One for the headlight, and one for the cab light. There aren't any individual bulbs in the number boards, but rather they pick-up ambient light from one of the other bulbs.
Which light is blinking? The headlight or the cab light?
TRW
It would be the cab light then.
Then John's post above is correct. The cab light is wired to the board output that can be programmed as a cab light, strobe light or smoke unit. For some reason, yours thinks it's a strobe light, but the following reset procedure will fix it:
STEP 1: Turn off power to track (and it doesn't hurt to wait a few seconds for the residual power in the electronics to drain).
STEP 2: Move switch on locomotive from RUN to PROGRAM.
STEP 3: Place locomotive on track, then turn on power to track.
STEP 4: Press “ENG” then input locomotive ID#. Press “SET”.
STEP 5: Press ”ENG” then input locomotive ID# again.
STEP 6: Press the “AUX 1” key, then press "6".
STEP 7: Turn off power to track, wait ten seconds.
STEP 8: Remove locomotive from track, move switch from PROGRAM to RUN.
STEP 9: Place locomotive back on track. Turn power on to track.
STEP 10: Press “ENG” and ID#, then operate as normal.
Again, this is basically what John recommended above. Also note you should only have your Powered A unit (and not the Dummy A and B) on the track when you do this reset procedure.
Hopefully this helps.
TRW
Originally Posted by PaperTRW:
Originally Posted by chipset:
Originally Posted by PaperTRW:
There are only two lights in the cabs of these units. One for the headlight, and one for the cab light. There aren't any individual bulbs in the number boards, but rather they pick-up ambient light from one of the other bulbs.
Which light is blinking? The headlight or the cab light?
TRW
It would be the cab light then.
Then John's post above is correct. The cab light is wired to the board output that can be programmed as a cab light, strobe light or smoke unit. For some reason, yours thinks it's a strobe light, but the following reset procedure will fix it:
STEP 1: Turn off power to track (and it doesn't hurt to wait a few seconds for the residual power in the electronics to drain).
STEP 2: Move switch on locomotive from RUN to PROGRAM.
STEP 3: Place locomotive on track, then turn on power to track.
STEP 4: Press “ENG” then input locomotive ID#. Press “SET”.
STEP 5: Press ”ENG” then input locomotive ID# again.
STEP 6: Press the “AUX 1” key, then press "6".
STEP 7: Turn off power to track, wait ten seconds.
STEP 8: Remove locomotive from track, move switch from PROGRAM to RUN.
STEP 9: Place locomotive back on track. Turn power on to track.
STEP 10: Press “ENG” and ID#, then operate as normal.
Again, this is basically what John recommended above. Also note you should only have your Powered A unit (and not the Dummy A and B) on the track when you do this reset procedure.
Hopefully this helps.
TRW
Thx I will try it tonight and let you know
Originally Posted by William 1:
I have the Wabash PWC set and it is a beauty. Looks great, sounds great and runs as smooth as silk with double pullmor power.
Pullmors won't go ultra-slow like DC motored engines with cruise, but my Pullmor-motored engines also run well, once the motors are broken in just a bit. I can actually get them to go quite slowly. As is pretty well known, they run better with Legacy than they do with the older TMCC/Cab1 setup.
Thanks Everyone!
I was able to fix my Lionel PWC TMCC Southern A unit, and both the PWC Texas SP and Southern B Units.
However, the PWC TX SP A Unit is totally unresponsive despite having power and lights.
Here is what I noticed:
On STEP 6: Press the “AUX 1” key, then press "6".....
On all the units that work now, when I pressed Aux 1, it actually changes the LCD from Keypad Numerals to symbols, i.e. the number 6 becomes one of the RPM buttons.
However, despite that the procedure works!
Unfortunately, on that TX SP unit..pressing Aux 1 does not bring up the LCD Keypad RPM button in place of the number 6, instead it remains a 6, and does not fix anything.
Any ideas for that TX SP unit?
The number boards are normal now, it just wont run.
