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MARS light
Posted by dbduck on Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:11 PM

I have an Athearn locomotive with a Digitrax decoder installed

(not sure which model decoder)

ran the the loco last week on club layout with no issues, today put it on the track and for some reason the headlight is in MARS mode

I have tried everything that I can think of to turn that option off

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Posted by tstage on Sunday, April 18, 2021 1:46 PM

I would just perform a factory reset then reprogram your 3- or 4-digit address again.

Tom

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Posted by richhotrain on Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:47 PM

Two questions.

Which type of decoder is it?

Is the club layout and your layout using the same DCC system?

Rich

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Posted by dbduck on Sunday, April 18, 2021 2:56 PM

The club system is Digitrax DCS 100

with Dt400 throttle

It's the only place I've run this locomotive,  but for some reason between last week and this week just sitting in the box it changed

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Posted by richhotrain on Sunday, April 18, 2021 5:01 PM

dbduck

The club system is Digitrax DCS 100

with Dt400 throttle

It's the only place I've run this locomotive,  but for some reason between last week and this week just sitting in the box it changed 

ahh, so you ran it on the club layout both times.

Which Digitrax decoder is it?

Rich

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Posted by ba&prr on Sunday, April 18, 2021 6:02 PM

Check CV49. Value should be 0. Same with CV50.        Joe

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Posted by richhotrain on Saturday, May 1, 2021 5:55 PM

dbduck

I have an Athearn locomotive with a Digitrax decoder installed

(not sure which model decoder)

ran the the loco last week on club layout with no issues, today put it on the track and for some reason the headlight is in MARS mode

I have tried everything that I can think of to turn that option off

 

Did you ever figure this out?

Rich

Alton Junction

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