Find a 14-16V power supply, it will also help a lot.
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I've got a 500ma 12V supply. I hate to admit it but I found the problem. The programming track on my bench was dirty. I can't remember the last time I cleaned it. For some reason the Atlas units didn't mind the dirty track but the Paragon 2 units were sensitive to it. Anyway, the PR3 unit is now working with the Paragon locomotives and JMRI.
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What power supply do you have on your PR3?
Ok. I'll try moving the units to the programming track which runs off my Super Chief system and runs back through a LocoBuffer II unit to JMRI. I was a bit surprised that I coudn't read the CVs with the PR3.
Yesterday afternoon I programmed 2 of the same NS Paragon2 locos using a Digitrax system. No problem reading or programming CV.
Jack W.
I'm not sure what your problem may be, because I have been able to read all of the Paragon 2 CVs using an NCE Power Cab system connected to a PC running custom-made programming software from England.
One problem is that the Paragon 2 decoder is custom-made by BLI and the CVs are not the same as what QSI or any other sound decoder uses once you get past the NMRA standard CVs.
I bought a couple of the Broadway Limited Paragon 2 equipped SD40-2 High Hood Norfolk Southern units earlier this year and finally am getting around to programming them with JMRI. My normal setup is a PR3 to a piece of test track. These are the first Paragon 2 units that I have. On the test track, I cannot read any CVs from the Paragon 2 units via the PR3. I can program CVs, like the address, with JMRI and I've confirmed that it works with a JMRI throttle (i.e. I can turn lights off/on etc). I've tried all programming modes (i.e. Page Mode, Direct etc..) and none of them will read CVs. I dropped an Atlas GP40-2 with a QSI v7 decoder on the track to make sure everything is working fine and had no issues reading CVs. Has anyone else had problems with the Paragon 2 units ?