Problem with PS 3 engine

Try deleting the engine and adding it again....Under Menu/ system/ engine set up...

Gregg,

I tried doing what you suggested and engine deleted ok but when I tried to add engine the remote hung up on "looking for engine...". Tried a couple of times and the same happened.

Thanks

Joe

Not good!   Is there any sound or anything(lights)  in conventional?  

Will the engine run under DC power?

Is it at all possible that you somehow moved the DCS / DCC switch to the DCC position?  If that occurred the engine will not respond to DCS input and you will receive "Engine Not on Track" every time you use the remote under DCS.  This just happened to me with a PS3 engine last week.

Regards, Rick

Gregg,  There nothing at all, can't get to run in conventional either.

Rick K, It's in DCS mode.

Joe

I suppose your other engines run OK? I was hoping it was   just a circuit breaker on your power supply.  

when you power it up in conventional mode with out TIU, what is the current draw on the z4000 transformer, does it draw any current at all. ?

Have you taken the engine apart and checked that all connector plugs on all modules PS 3 are securely plugged in! if all the connectors are plugged in and still no current draw at all I would say the board is DEAD!

  Alan

Alan,

Powered up as you suggested, with power on the lights come on and the engine is drawing about .5 amps.  Did get the engine to move forward and reverse  with lights but no sound.

great the I would now try a conventional reset with transformer only. power up to around 10 volts and then wait a minute or so. the 1 W 5B in I second intervals, if reset works you'll get 2 whistle toot's. if that happens then power down an power up again and try running the engine in convention, using the direction button !

Sounds like there might be hope yet !

also the 1 whistle and five bells must be done in 1 second interval's or it will not work, you might have to play with it to get it.

Good luck!

Alan

great the I would now try a conventional reset with transformer only. power up to around 10 volts and then wait a minute or so. the 1 W 5B in I second intervals, if reset works you'll get 2 whistle toot's. if that happens then power down an power up again and try running the engine in convention, using the direction button !

Sounds like there might be hope yet !

also the 1 whistle and five bells must be done in 1 second interval's or it will not work, you might have to play with it to get it.

Good luck!

Alan

I got the sound back and seems to run ok in conventional mode.  I put it back on the layout and it will not start up, keep getting out of RF range and engine not on track.  Other engines on same track and start ok.

send me an email with your phone number and ill call you and prompt you threw ok!

Alan

Power up on DCS and do a recover engine.  The ID may be out of range.  Needs to be powered off Fixed 1 and no other engines on the track.  G

George,

Needs to be powered off Fixed 1

Actually, it can be on any powered channel that has a DCS signal.

However, the TIU must be DCS ID #1.

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G,

I tried that and when I applied power to the track the engine started.  Could not do anything else with it.  No engine to recovered comes up.

Thanks

Joe

Seems you've gained a little... Engines now runs in conventional  but is missing the dcs signal for whatever reason......Perhaps time for a small test track  with a know good engine to determine the track signal.. then . Try adding the proto-3 again...

Barry, I try to keep it simple in case Aux power not used.  So I recommend Fix 1, but good point must be TIU #1 also.

Does this TIU work with other engine.  If so this is an engine issue.  May have wire bundle too close to signal transformer on the board killing DCS signal.

If it fully functions in conventional, but won't load to DCS with a system that does work with other engines it is time to take the shell off and inspect the wire bundle.  Remove the 40 pin connector by the connector carefully (DO NOT pull on the wires).  Inspect the pins and reseat fully.  Make sure wire bundle is not near the small toroid with 4 legs near the 8 pin connector.  Move any wires up and away to prevent interference with DCS signal, and try again to load it.  G

Hi I talked to Joe , engine won't run on dcs but other engines he has will run, even had him use a separate track and separate tiu and remote, engine wont run with dcs turned on so he will be calling MTH , I suggested he contact GGG if mth can't help and have Him repair it for him.

Alan 

I finally got it to work in DCS mode.  Here's what happened, engine would not start in DCS, with one remote I tried to recover engine and got no engine to recover.  I deleted the engine from the remote and tried to add a new MTH engine and got no engine to add.  I then took another remote tonight that had that engine in address 56.  I tried to add that engine again in the remote that already had at address 56.  It added the engine to address 59.  I tried to start up and it did start up and ran like it should with sounds and effects in address 59.  I then deleted the engine at address 56 and moved the engine from address 59 to address 56 and everything seems to be ok now.

I want to thank everyone for their comments and help in this issue.  I haven't run into anything like this in the past but only have a couple PS 3 engines if that has anything to do with anything.

Although I am not happy with MTH and version 5.0 I love DCS to run my trains.

Joe