Just got a Digitrax DCS 100 I have had a DB 150 My Question is the Beeping noise that it makes is no a beeping noise at all but it sounds like a electrical short noise the unit works OK but makes a strange noise in steed of the beeping noise that my DB 150 made is that normal?Thanks
Not sure I understand your question. Maybe some periods and commas would help.
The DCS 150 makes a shorting sound when it should be making a beeping sound.. My Db 150 makes a beeping sound when lets say a short happens, where the DCS 100 makes a shorting shound insteed of a beep. Is that normal
thanks
DO you have them hooked together, or are you just using one or the other?
Unless you have a short or something, neither one should be making any noise once turned on.
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It is when you get a short or when it clears a address for the list the sound of the DCS id a buzz electrical short sound not a beep like my db 150. Not sure if that is right
The beeper in the DCS100 is the same bepper in the DB150, under conditions when it should generate a beep or sting of beeps, the beeps should sound the same. The 'short' sound is a click of the relay and beeps. If you mean it sounds sort of like the 'singing' you hear when there's a short on the rails before the breaker trips - that doesn't sound right to me. Does it work fine otherwise? Does it actually respond properly if you short the rails with a quarter, adn shut off the power? If everything functions as it should, I wouldn;t worry about it, but if it fails to shut off under shorts or some other issue, do not keep using it.
Do you have the two in operation at the same time? The need to be connected to isolated track sections, with gaps on both rails. They also need a wire between the ground terminals, and also the DB150 needs a wire between Config A and Ground to make it a booster only. Otherwise you will have some very strange behavior. If they are completelt seperate, like on two different layouts, then they should operate the same way.
What is your power supply? If it is the newer laptop brick PS514, make sure the coltage selectro swirch is in the proper position. If you are setting the scale switch to N scale, the PS514 should be on the 13.8 or 15V setting, if using HO, the PS514 should be on 16.8 or 19V.