After about a week of going around in circles I discovered my problems were a defective BDL168 and a defecive RX1. Replaced both and everything is working.
Thanks for your help.
John Todd
Wow. Two bad items at the same time. That's rare. It would also drive me nuts, so I am glad that you found your problem.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
John Todd After about a week of going around in circles I discovered my problems were a defective BDL168 and a defective RX1. Replaced both and everything is working. Thanks for your help. John Todd
After about a week of going around in circles I discovered my problems were a defective BDL168 and a defective RX1. Replaced both and everything is working.
How did you discover both were bad?
Ken G Price My N-Scale Layout
Digitrax Super Empire Builder Radio System. South Valley Texas Railroad. SVTRR
N-Scale out west. 1996-1998 or so! UP, SP, Missouri Pacific, C&NW.
It's nearly unheard of for the RX to go bad, all it is is a transformer that you loop the wires through to detect the transponding current. Unless you break a wire off.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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I first replaced the DBL168. Only three zones came up. Then I replaced the RX1 and all zones came up fine
I don't know what the problem was, but it is working now. No wiring was changed.
John