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I recently purchased a couple of used Atlas Model GP-40 Locomotives - Georgia RR #755, 756 with QSI sound. When I got them and initially ran them they were great and I liked the sound. After running them a few days they begin to slow down and finally stopped. The horn, bell, etc worked. The engine would rev when you increased the throttle but they just sat there.
Has anyone encounterd this?
I have a DIGITRAX CHIEF with Radio control.
Many thanks
Larry
Press Function 6 twice and all should be well. Watch that function 9 button as by pressing it only once your QSI engines will not move but you can rev up the engine sound or hear the horn,bell,etc. The function button 9 will shunt your QSI engine sounds completely down ( pressed enough times ) even with the engineer shutting the door as the last sound. What you didn't see him get off the train?
Just press the function button 6 twice in succession and everything slowly fires back up and away you go.
Wadda ya mean I'm old ? Just because I remember gasoline at 9 cents a gallon and those big coal burning steamers.
Larry,
If that doesn't work try performing a factory reset; entering the following values for the CVs listed:
That will return your QSI decoders to their original settings. Needless to say, you'll need to reprogram the loco's addresses on the programming track. (Or, run them on address "3".)
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
We have a couple of very similar posts going on here.
Did the IE8 to IE9 update not solve the problem?
Did the F6 key or a QSI reset solve the problem?
Inquiring minds want to know !
Rich
Alton Junction
Rich,
It appears that the IE9 issue has been resolved. The semi-dead QSI decoder, OTOH, is still an issue.
tstage Rich, It appears that the IE9 issue has been resolved. The semi-dead QSI decoder, OTOH, is still an issue. Tom
Tom,
Thanks. I see what happened now. Duh.
If the suggestions about resetting the decoder, etc. don't help, perhaps this might help.
We recently had a collection of HO scale locomotives donated to our club. Two of them would not run at all. They are all the older Athearn blue box models without decoders.
I discovered that the bearing blocks on the worm gears were completely seized up from lack of lubrication. A small pair of pliers was required to even remove the bearings so they could be lubricated.
Since the OP's engines were e-Bay purchases, they too may require lubrication depending on how old they are and under what conditions they have been stored.
The statement that they gradually slowed down and eventually stopped tends to indicate a lack of lubrication more than a problem with the decoders.
Many thanks-
Will jump on it as soon as I get home this evening.
Will report back
Hey Rich-
The IE8 & IE9 problem got solved - thanks for checking - working on the real problem now.
Hey Folks-
Amazing - the F6 action got the engines running again - many thanks. Now I do need to go into the CV's to get them adjusted for consist operation.
Thanks to all-
Actually Larry the F9 button pressed once while your QSI engine is setting still ( say on a siding ) may benefit you for the engine is now on standby with the engine,air compressor ( whatever ) sounds are sounding off while you are running other engines. For example say you accidentally bring that idling engine's number up, well no prob as nothing happened and you did not plow that engine into a diverged switch. Anyway ole #9 comes in handy sometimes, then just double click F6.
Pretty much everyone who has Atlas Gold loco's have experienced the same issue at some time. The shutdown feature sounds neat but you then walk away from it for a few days and when you return you forget about it.
Springfield PA
You leave your layout turned on for a few days not attending it??
Also I'm 75 yrs. old and my memories getting bad but it's not that bad.
Course we could go back to DC, right?
We could go back to wooden trains also, but we passed them down to the kiddies long ago.
rockislandnut Actually Larry the F9 button pressed once while your QSI engine is setting still ( say on a siding ) may benefit you for the engine is now on standby with the engine,air compressor ( whatever ) sounds are sounding off while you are running other engines.
Actually Larry the F9 button pressed once while your QSI engine is setting still ( say on a siding ) may benefit you for the engine is now on standby with the engine,air compressor ( whatever ) sounds are sounding off while you are running other engines.
rockisland,
Actually, you have to hit F9 twice rapidly to put a QSI decoder in standby . Pressing it once only puts you in cruise control.
You're right,two rapid clicks of F9 starts out the shutdown process while setting still.
Told you my memory was getting bad.