I was running trains today.
I had a simple oval of track with O54 turns and two 13 foot straights (4x40in tracks)
There were three power leads spread evenly around the loop back to the TIU.
I was running a premier Dreyfus Hudson.
I could do the start up and shut down commands ok.
I could control the speed ok.
However the Whistle was really hit or miss. I would say 75% of presses on the whistle button were got no sound.
When I did the track signal test, I got solid 10s all the way around.
I also had unreliable turning on and off of the smoke unit.
Power was a Z4000 handle into the TIU Fixed 2 input to the Fixed 2 output.
I also had a starter set engine, that was maybe 75% responsive to whistle button, but for which I could not turn on the smoke. Forgot to check signal strength with that engine, it was running on variable 2 (set to fixed mode) with another Z4K handle. (Normally that engine works great and smokes like a banshee, which is why I run it!)
This was one day setup, So I can't go back and try more stuff or other options.
Any thoughts as to why I was getting such spotty response to whistle commands?
