Is the red LED lit on the Power Cab panel? What has happened to mine is the little contacts in the plug socket does not make contact anymore. I fix mine with a little pin with a hook bent on the end to pull the contacts out a little. Another common problem with the Power Cabs is the power supply quitting with no warning. Mine burnt out about a year ago. A new one was almost $25. Since you did not mention the screen being dark would mean that your power supply is still working. I imagine you know which socket and cord to use. The coil cord and right hand socket will not work. More than likely it it the contacts in the sockets.
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I had that problem with an Atlas u23b took it back to my LHS he could not find anything wrong with the engine but gave me a new one anyway, brought it home no more problems must have been the engine every thing has been running fine
sparkyjay31The lights are on, both on the panel and the little red one on the power panel. No issue there. The cord is plugged into the left socket.
And you are using the flat cable? And what did you mean that you get "can't read cv" on the screen? If you push the program/escape key the screen stays stuck on that message?
If you've checked all the obvious things, give NCE a call in the morning. And be sure to let us know what the resolution is.
Yep, you need the flat 6-contact connector cable for it to work properly. If you are using the 4-contact coily cord, it will do nothing. The extra 2 wires supply power to the track.
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If the LEDs are lit and the PowerCab's readout is working, check your wire connections to the track -- it sounds to me like the PowerCab is working fine but no power is getting from it to the track through the connections between the panel and track.
Do you have a voltmeter? You should get something in the range of 14.5 Volts AC reading on the track.
What happens if you short the two rails? Does the system shut down?
sparkyjay31Nope. I don't believe that's it. I pulled the system off and tried it on a section of flex track. Same issue. No response.
You might check the phone type connectors, I found that the weight of the wires hanging on the connectors was causing my "can not read" problems. I now support the wires so there is no weight on the connectors.
Good luck.
Lee
Well if shuts down the system, that tells me that there is power going to the rails.
Still I would try a new 6 wire flat cable and test again. Could be that there is a data wire broken in your connection betweeen the throttle and the panel.
sparkyjay,
Do know anyone else in your area - who also has a Power Cab - that you can verify whether either the cable or your Power Cab is the problem?