Did setting CV8 to 8 not work for you?
Glad it's running.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
It was operating on address 3, right from the factory. I was able to fix things by disassembling the diesel and doing a manual decoder reset. Not hard, but just a bit tedious. Hopefully it won't happen again for a long time.
According to this new post by gmpullman, the CV reset sometimes doesn't do it and you have to push a button on the decoder board. I would certainly try that as the next step. https://tinyurl.com/sh4wd6a
Are you operating it on address "3" or the road number of the locomotive?
You might try resetting* your decoder back to factory standards. For BLI it's CV8 = 8. That will clear any bug-a-boos in the decoder and your address will become "3". You can then reprogram it to whatever road number you want.
Tom
*When programming with your NCE Power Cab use POM or Programming on the Main mode. To access this POM mode press the PROG/ESC button 4x, press ENTER then press "2". Enter "8" to select CV 8 then press "8" again for the value. Your decoder should reset. However, you may need to interupt power to complete the reset.
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
Weird things sometimes happens to decoders. Write 8 to the value of CV8. That is a decoder reset. Turn the power off then on.
If that doesn't work, the good news is I hear their customer service is very good. The bad news is they get a lot of practice. There are numerous threads here on Paragon decoder problems that are not fixable without a trip back.
Let us know what happens.
Let me start by saying I am very new to DCC, so I may be missing something that is completely obvious.
I recently purchased an HO scale BLI paragon3 diesel locomotive, and with my NCE Power Cab system it worked great right out of the box (Drive system,horn, bell, light, etc). I also tested it on my DC track, and everything worked as well.
Today I went to start it up and everything was working fine, but then something happened to it. It was under power and moving, then it derailed slightly, and I adjusted, without cutting the power. Since then, the only that will work is the headlight. The motor and sound effects won't work at all. I did test the loco on my DC layout, and it works there, but I am not sure what happened with the DCC decoder.
Thanks in advance for your help