I have Digitraxx DB 150 command with a DT402 throttle. In the past I would power it up and toggle the run and the track was ready. I have been playing around with the JMRI and a PRR3 and now when I toggle to run, I get nothing until I press power -+ power. I don't like that and would like power to the track as soon as I toggle to run. What needs to be done.
Thanks
Joe C
Well maybe you should call Tony's Train Exchange and speak to someone there, since Digitraxx doesn't take phone calls.
dominic c Well maybe you should call Tony's Train Exchange and speak to someone there, since Digitraxx doesn't take phone calls. Joe C
Thanks Joe!
I'm glad someone was able to help. It's funny, people usually reply to threads even if they have nothing to say at all. But your advise seems very helpful even though your not able to help me with my problem.
Oh your quite welcome. Just trying to help
Well Joe I did talk to Eric at Tony's. What a great guy and very helpful. He suggested a full reset of the command station. And boom! It worked. I no longer have to do an extra step to power the track when I turn on my power. Thanks Eric from Tony's and thank you Joe C. I couldn't of done it with out yens. Next time no need to ask for help on these forums, just go to the pros. They will work with ya and not bore you with unrelated and unhelpful replies
The DB 150 has an option switch that will automatically turn the power on when you power up the command station. It's in the instruction manual. But you have already found that out.
Do you mean the toggle on the right for sleep, op, and run?
Put the switch in Op mode, and then on your throttle seelct switch address 33 and push thrown. Do the same for switch address 34.
That will set the DB150 to restore power to the same state it was when ut was shut down, and start up in run mode.
You can also change that in JMRI under the command station configuration.
Personally, I do not do this - if ever you leave a throttle set at high speed, or if you haven't disable DC in your decoders AND turned it off in the DB150, having everything power up when you flip the main switch could result in some nasty disasters. By having things power up with the track OFF, I know when I am ready to power it on, and I will definitely be standing right there, throttle in hand.
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