I have a BLI EMD NW2 Switcher that decided it did not want to run. All funtions worked except for running. I finally changed CV8 to 8 and reset to the orignal settings. The engine ran well. I reprogrammed it back to the engine address and it did not run well. Speed would not increase properly and it kept stopping as if it was dirty track. I have no clue why. Any ideas?
do you have more than one throttle for your layout? Could a second throttle have the engine number address open at the same time?
Regards, Chris
Yes . I have another throttle but it is not connected to the layout.
I have a BLI Hudson that first wouldn't run in forward, then reverse became intermittent. It was the worm gear on the motor shaft. It had gotten loose. A drop of CA glue fixed it.
If you are running the engine with sound, you might not hear the engine and think it stalled. Keep the headlight on to check if power is getting from the track to the decoder.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
All funtions work fine and the engine runs perfectly on 3.
What DCC system do you use?
Simon
MRC Prodigy Advance
What address won't it run on? Did you make sure it's a 2 or 4 digit address?
Check the manual for the address span for 2 digit. IE: 01 to 127.
Plug in your other throttle to make sure the address wasn't on it as well.
what brand decoderI've had MRC decoders forget their long address and stop dead.
dennis461 what brand decoderI've had MRC decoders forget their long address and stop dead.
The OP did say BLI, but I agree, it would be helpful to know what series the engine is. Because if its the orginal Paragon, or Precision Craft model, then it would most likely have a QSI decoder. If it is a Paragon 2, 3, or 4, then it is a BLI designed and manufactured decoder. It would be helpful to know, so as to know what to potentially recommend.
Check the value of CV29. Bit 5 must be turned on to allow the use of a long (4 digit) address. Bit 5 is actually the 6th bit from the right since the right most bit is numbered Bit 0. It is a numbering convention that goes back to the earliest days of data processing. If the value of CV29 is less than 32, it is an indication that Bit 5 is turned off. Add 32 to whatever value is in CV29 to turn on Bit 5 and allow for a long address.
Simon is correct. At factory setting 3 the engine runs fine. The address is 1094. The engine has run well for years. As it run fine on 3 it is not a dirty track issue. The engine is a BLI Paragon 2 Series.
Sorry for the long delay in this answer but I have been dealing with a power outage for the last 30 hours. Fixed now.
Harold
wolfman hal Simon is correct. At factory setting 3 the engine runs fine. The address is 1094. The engine has run well for years. As it run fine on 3 it is not a dirty track issue. The engine is a BLI Paragon 2 Series. Harold
Could you read CV7 and let me know what it says (its value is what tells us what software version is on the decoder)? And have you tried a hard reset, using the button on the decoder?
The version it has currently will help me to know if its maybe a bug on it, as I have their change log handy, to know what was fixed in every revision of code, etc. and it looks like there may have been some relating to programming long address. For example, fixed on revision 8, Long address fix; NCE writes sometimes just CV17 and sometimes just CV18; NMRA says CV17 then CV18; Write on CV18 only