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[quote user="wjstix"] [quote user="Cisco Kid"] So for all you Zephyr owners, this is a little lesson.  An MU's loco is susceptible to cross addressing if the numbers are close, even if MU's to a totally different loco. [/quote] With respect, I think if that were the problem, someone would have noticed it years ago. It's more likely the two engines in question were at some point part of a consist that was never broken down, particularly since the problem went away when you cleared out the consists. One thing that I think can happen that can be confusing is that if you have say engine 200 in a consist with 100, with 100 being the lead engine, it's possible later to sort of over-ride the consist and call up engine 200 and run it by itself. But this doesn't always mean the consist it was in was broken. Later if you put engine 300 in a consist with engine 100, you might find that when you put 200 on the track, all three move at the same time, because 200 is still consisted to 100. [/quote] With equal respect, wjstix, nope.  That is not the case. Only CNW #8507 was ever in a consist.  It was still consisted with CNW#8501.  EL #857 was a brand new entry to the layout on its first run.....not consised or speed matched to anything. All three locos checked out with the correct DCC address afterwards. I think it is more likely that this someone didn't notice this some time ago, is that it is not a problem with the Zephyr controller as it is a problem with the NCE DSR13 decoders in all three locos not being as discriminating as they should. With #857 free of any consist on its first run, and with #8507 still consisted with #8501, both #857 and #8507 received signal from the Zephyr to move, stop etc. etc. ....all commands received by both. Whatever, it is not a big deal.
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