MTH Premiere GP-9 has engine sound but wont move.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Many folks make simple reversing boards, but you will lose the sounds.

[phillyreading]

Best to replace the MTH circuit board with a new circuit board. Don't have to be MTH but needs to have ability to run DC can motors. Williams by Bachmann sells the replacement circuit boards.

[RRaddict]

Mystery partially solved, I took the locomotive back to the technician and he put on the the track fired up the Z4000 and it ran great.  He then put it on the track and fired up the Z 1000 and again no dice.  I asked if I should try it on my ZW 275 so I did.  Well it worked but of course no Proto sound without a bell button.  I hooked the bell button up wrong some how and poof a cloud of circuit board burning smoke and that's all she wrote for my prized premiere locomotive.  It runs forward and reverse but with muffled garbled sound.  Something fired but I don't know what, does anyone?

[RRaddict]

Thanks, I tried it both ways and no luck. I will get it reprogrammed again today I will let you all know what happens.

[RRaddict]

Thank you I tried this. I am taking it to my local shop today It worked when I left the shop last time so maybe I will find out what I am doing wrong. I have other Proto 1 locomotives I don't have this problem at all ever. I hope it is not the board although the sound doesn't seem to be scrambled or anything like that.

[gunrunnerjohn]

You have to just crack the throttle, as soon as you get the reset sound, kill the throttle and immediately bring it back up again.  The locomotive will then be out of reset and should act normally.

 

[phillyreading]

Kevin, What I think Doug is saying is to totally dsiconnect the DCS commander from the circuit and use just the MTH Z-1000 transformer and control for the Z-1000. PS-1 is basically just a better sound system and offers no speed or engine controls that can be accessed by DCS.

[dougdagrump]

Kevin,

Do you have the controller that goes with the Z-1000 ?

The DCS Commander will take an input of DC or AC power but only outputs DC and I don't know if PS-1 engines will operate on DC. In doing a quick look at some PS-1 Manuals they always say AC  transformer in the compatibility guides. If you have the Z-1000 controller try hooking the brick to the controller then controller to track and see if the engine will function properly.

Hope this helps.

p.s. When you start them up don't go beyond 10-12 volts, after you get start-up sounds then hit the direction button then increase power.

[RRaddict]

I purchased a new old stock Proto 1 locomotive on Ebay last week.  I put the locomotive on the track and powered up I got two clanks and then the start up sound but it wouldn't move.  I took the locomotive to my local shop and had the battery replaced and the guy there reprogrammed the locomotive.  He fired it up after reprogramming and it ran great.  I got home and put it on the track and no dice, I got the two clanks again but it wouldn't move in either direction. Is there soemone with a solution or who has had the same problem.  I have a DCS commander and Z 1000 transformer, I know the DCS commander is useless in running Proto 1 or programming them so what can I do?  Any help wouold be great and please let me know if I am just out of luck.

Kevin