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I just received the MTH DCS Commander for my birthday and I was wondering why I couldn't run my MTH PS1 K-4 steam engine.  I followed the instructions on how to hook up the commander to conventional mode, but when I put the K-4 on the track and fired it up, I couldn't get it to move or activate the whistle and bell.  Any suggestions?

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The DCS Commander cannot run ps1 engines in conventional mode. You will have to use a z-controller to run the engine. Ps1 engines works with AC power supply, the DCS Commander can use AC or DC power supply but it has a bridge rectifier built in it, so it only output DC power. For conventional use the engine has to be a DC conventional engines or a ps2 (3-volt boards only) engine or newer ps3 engines.

Landon,

   Think of your P1 engines as a conventional engine that talks, the only way you can run it with remote control is with the full DCS, Z4K and side receiver.  The DCS hand held remote control can then run any conventional engine on track power, from the DCS hand held remote control.  The DCS Commander was not engineered to make this happen.  The DCS using the Z4K with the side receiver is a much more complex engineering package than the DCS Commander.

PCRR/Dave

 

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