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Base Station Pass but loco not programmable #701

Closed fire-bot closed 6 months ago

fire-bot commented 6 months ago

Sent by Andrew Stephan (astephan97@live.com). Created by fire.

I am having trouble programming 2 locos with the same dcc decoder. This is the first time dipping my toes into dcc and I think what you have done is great for us beginners. I am not an electronics expert at all but I am a programmer so I can read code but I am trying to troubleshoot this issue and I am not sure what the issue is.

Here is the decoders I am using Digitrax DN163K0a in Kato N scale GE ES44Acs.

I have attached my log file I hope this helps you trying to figure out my issue.

Thanks

Andrew Stephan

Astephan97@live.com

Attachments:

  1. Loco_Log_File.txt
Ash-4 commented 6 months ago

You can try to use a lower mA setting. the default is set to 50 mA, but your readings are quite low. Perhaps try this:

<D ACK LIMIT 20>
<D ACK ON>
<R 8>

You will notice bit 7 is checked for 0 and then for 1, which provides a good comparison to see if the decoder is responding.