IB-COM
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Troubleshooting
Problem Cause
Solution
The IB-COM does not turn
on.
The IB-COM does not have AC
input power.
Check the plug on the
transformer and the clamps in
socket 1 of the IB-COM.
Examine the connection
between IB-COM and
transformer and the mains
supply to the transformer.
The IB-COM can be switched
on, the green LED lights up,
but locomotives and turnouts
don’t operate.
The connection between track
and the IB-COM output is open
circuit.
If the track is attached to an
external auxiliary booster, then
the connection can also be
interrupted between the IB-
COM and the booster or the
connection between the track
and the track output of the
boosters.
Check the connections for the
track on IB-COM socket 1
and the connection at the
track itself.
Check the cable connection
to the external booster.
The red LED flashes again
and again after only short
periods of operation and track
power can not be switched on
The IB-COM is constantly
overloaded by too many
running locomotives and lit up
trains. It overheats and
switches off.
Divide your layout into
several sections, isolated
from each other and feed
these with additional external
boosters.
The red LED blinks constantly The track has a short circuit.
The IB-COM overheated.
The track connected to an
external booster has a short
circuit.
Look for the item which is
causing the track short circuit
and wait until the IB-COM
cools down again.
Individual locomotives do not
run.
The locomotive decoders are
not addressed with the correct
data format.
Since decoders cannot give
feedback to the IB-COM, the
IB-COM cannot determine by
simply selecting the
locomotive address, which
data format is required to
control the decoder.
Check the data format
needed for each of the
locomotive decoders and set
it to the correct data format
(chapter 4.4).
A solenoid decoder does not
function.
The solenoid decoders use a
different data format from that
selected for output by the IB-
COM as the general data
format for solenoid decoders.
Check the data format of the
“not working” solenoid
decoders and adjust it in the
“Basic settings” menu –
accessory setting – set the
correct data format for each
decoder used.
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