Loco gone rogue

This is an issue with the TMCC locos. I have not herd of this with the Legacy Locos.

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

This is an issue with the TMCC locos. I have not herd of this with the Legacy Locos.

Thanks for the information sir!  I didnt know what was happening.

The reason that Legacy or TMCC would suddenly run at warp speed is they have dropped into conventional mode.  A bad R2LC can cause this as well as weak TMCC signal.

Well, there could be more to this than just TMCC signal lose.  Does this engine have ody or cruise?  Could be loose flywheel, or tach signal issues too.  Or just loss of serial data to motor driver.  Model number would help. G

GGG posted:

Well, there could be more to this than just TMCC signal lose.  Does this engine have ody or cruise?  Could be loose flywheel, or tach signal issues too.  Or just loss of serial data to motor driver.  Model number would help. G

It’s a k-line mikado and yes it’s has cruise.  I just installed a ERR cruise commander M board into it.  Also, have a Lionel Atlantic 4-4-2 with a cruise commander M installed and it does the same thing.  Sometimes it will totally stop until I hit the boost button on the legacy remote and then it will resume.  

If they have the CC-M, try reprogramming them, I've seen them occasionally lose their mind and need a reprogramming.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

If they have the CC-M, try reprogramming them, I've seen them occasionally lose their mind and need a reprogramming.

I’ll do that John!  Thank you sir

Blake,

Did your  atlantic have full factory installed  tmcc and sound  before you add CCM?

How long ago did you do the ccm conversion ?

Did you have any problem with sounds not working?

I just converted mine to CCM and lost sounds due to serial line issues and was wondering if you had issues?

Dave

Since you did the install did you get serial data to the cruise M following the instructions. G

Dave Funk posted:

Blake,

Did your  atlantic have full factory installed  tmcc and sound  before you add CCM?

How long ago did you do the ccm conversion ?

Did you have any problem with sounds not working?

I just converted mine to CCM and lost sounds due to serial line issues and was wondering if you had issues?

Dave

Yes it came factory installed.

Did the conversation back in November.

Actually I did have a problem with the sounds not working but replaced the radio board and it worked fine after that.

Blake

GGG posted:

Since you did the install did you get serial data to the cruise M following the instructions. G

Yes I did but ended up changing out the radio board because of no sound.  Everything works fine with the exception of it stopping periodically.  

The reason it took off is because it was being fed 18 volts. Conventional and 18 volts doesn't mix well.