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27.0 Troubleshooting
27.1 Nothing is responding
Is track power turned on? Is your throttle in Idle or stopped and displaying a
flashing Track Power Indicator in the LCD? Press and hold the STOP Key
followed by the Y+ Key
. You should see the Track Power Indicator
on the DT400 and on your command station come on.
27.2 Emergency Stop
If the layout starts to “get away” on you, either PRESS and hold the STOP Key
followed by the N- Key
or, turn the track power to “SLEEP” on the
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 and
hold the STOP Key
followed by the Y+ Key
.
27.3 Can’t select a loco address on my throttle
Is the loco in use by another throttl
e (did the throttle ask you “STEAL=Y?”.
Is the loco part of a consis
t (do you see a cn in the display when you try to
select it)?
Do the settings in CV29, the configuration register, match the command
station output?
If your decoder is a 14 step decoder running on any Digitrax
system using factory defaults, status editing will be needed for that decoder.
Have you reset any CVs since the last time you ran the loco?
If so, go back
and change them to their default CV values and then try to run the loco. It is
possible to set acceleration so high that it will take 10 minutes for the loco to
start moving.
Does your throttle say “slot=max” ?
This means that the system’s capacity
to handle operating locos is full. The DB150 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 to free up room inside the DB150 for
other locos to run. A DCS100 command station can run up to 120 locos so, if
you are having this problem often, you should consider adding a DCS100 to
your LocoNet system.
Was the loco running normally just before it stopped?
If the decoder is
very warm it may be in thermal shutdown. Let it cool off and see if it starts
Y
+
STOP
N
STOP
Y
+
STOP