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Bachmann DCC question......

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Bachmann DCC question......
Posted by SS Express on Thursday, December 2, 2010 5:13 PM

Silly dcc question to ask.......I have a 3 year old bachmann GP-30 with dcc on board. It ran great last season when I packed it away but now after unpacking for this year it all of the sudden is DOA. I have dc voltage to the board but nothing to the lights or motor. I did program it to a DCC layout last season and again, it ran great. My question is that if once programed to DCC, are they no longer DC compatible??

Many thanks......Rich

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Posted by cacole on Thursday, December 2, 2010 5:49 PM

It depends on what value you programmed into CV 29.  It's possible that the decoder has lost its programming due to long-term storage and may need to be reset, but if you don't have a DCC system I have no idea how to reset a Bachmann decoder.

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, December 2, 2010 5:55 PM

Get it to someone who has a DCC system that can program CV's and have it reset to the factory defaults. On the GP30's that I have I had to put a resistor across the rails to get them to program.

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