21.2 Runaway train or layout!
• Press the
PWR
key followed by the
N / -
key, OR
• Flip the
MODE
switch to
“SLEEP”
on the DCS100 Command Station.
Either way, the layout will stop to give you a chance to regain your composure.
To resume operations where you left off
• Press the
PWR
key followed by the
Y / +
key, OR
• Flip the
MODE
switch to
“RUN”
on the DCS100 Command Station.
21.3 Nothing is responding
Is track power turned on? Is your throttle in Idle or stopped and displaying a
flashing
TRACK POWER
indicator and Trk=Idle in the throttle display?
Press the
PWR
key followed by the
N / -
key then
Y / +
key then
PWR
key to
toggle the track power off then on. You should see the
TRACK POWER
indica-
tor on the DT402 come on solid.
21.4 Can’t select a loco on my throttle
Is the loco in use by another throttle
Did the throttle ask you “
STEAL=Y
?”.
Is the loco part of a consist?
Do you see a
cn
in the display when you try to select it? A loco in a consist
cannot be selected and run separately. You can still control some Functions.
Have you changed the loco address?
You can read back the loco address to see if it has been changed.
See
Section 17.5.
Does your throttle say
“slot=max”
?
This means that the system’s capacity to handle operating locos is full. The
DCS100 default setting can run up to 22 addresses at the same time. If you
have the
“slot=max”
message, be sure that all locos that are not running are
released from throttles or set DCS100 OpSw 44 to “
c
” (closed) to increase the
number of addresses to 120.
See Section 9.0 for setting OpSw. A quick way to
free up slots when using the DT402 throttle is to address a loco you’ve been
running and then press the EXIT key. As an example, the key sequence LOCO-
1-1-8-EXIT releases loco address 118 from the system and thereby frees a slot.
21.5 Clean Track
The majority of intermittent operation problems can be traced to bad connec-
tions and poor or noisy wheel pickups on locomotives. Check track cleanliness
and quality of wheel pickups.
21.6 The Quarter Trick
If your track does not have adequate power supply to the locomotives, then the
signal won’t get through either. Take a quarter or screwdriver blade and go
around your layout creating electrical shorts every 10 feet. Your DCS100
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