Help with NCE Power Cab

[barrok]

I have NCE's PowerCab which was working perfectly yesterday afternoon, but when I turned it on this morning the thumbwheel and pushbuttons for speed are not working and the speed indicator on the screen remains at 000.  Everything else seems to be working -- I can change direction, turn headlights on and off but cannot make a loco move.  I pulled all locos off the track and made sure none of the freight cars were fouling any switch points.  Still nothing.  There is no indication of a short either.  I opened the throttle and everything is attached, no loose components bouncing around anywhere.  Anyone have any ideas as to what I can do to fix this?  Or is this a return to NCE and have them replace it?  Thank you in advance for your suggestions.

 

Chuck

[tstage]

Chuck,

I'm assuming that, since you can turn the lights on and off on your locomotives, you are connected into the correct (LEFT) connector port of your UPC panel.  Just to verify: The lights physically turn on and off when pressing the HEADLIGHT or F1 buttons?  If you are somehow connected to the RIGHT connector port, your Power Cab LCD screen will light up but nothing will work.

Tom

[barrok]

Yup, the cable is in the left port.  It is weird that it was running fine yesterday and then this today. 

[mfm37]

 Are you using the 6 wire cable between the Powercab and the powerpanel?

 Try shorting the rails to see if the circuit breaker trips.

[locoi1sa]

 Chuck

 Check the plugs in the UPC and the Power Cab itself for bent or misaligned contacts. I had a problem a while back and had to take a small piece of wire and put a little hook on the end and bend the contacts out a little.

 Other than that if it is the latest version you can try a system reset. That is covered in the manual.

       Pete

[barrok]

Thank you for all the advice/help.  I tried the system reset - it worked!  I never even thought about trying that.  Thank you for the tip.

 

Chuck