The batteries in the remote are brand-new, bought the day I got the TMCC set.
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magicman710 wrote:Are you shure that the eng # was 1? In my set the engnine number was different, it said the correct one in the manual. Does your engine have a program switch on the bottom? When you program a engine for another # it must be set to the program setting..
He's got to get power to the track 1st... his caboose lights don't even come on.
Rob
Disconnect the command base antenna wire and unplug the power pack for it.
Test one of your loco's and see if it is currently working in conventional mode.
If so, POWER DOWN THE CW 80, then pick up the engine, turn it over, make sure the run/program switch is in run position.
Put it back on the track.
Plug the Command base back in.
Take the wire going from the antenna post on the command base and conect it to one of the outside rails, use an aligator clip or connect it via a lock on. DO NOT ATTACH IT TO THE CW 80.
Begin advancing the throttle on the CW. The headlights on the loco should come on and be steady. If they blink rapidly, there is a signal problem.
Assuming they came up, Hit ENG 1 and then hit the horn/whistle button. The engine should respond. If it does, you can try turning the CAB-1 wheel and see if it moves. If you get lights but no response to the horn or throttle, try different ENG addresses in the event you mave changed the ID.
bfskinner wrote:...punster "ADCX Rob" of no fixed address.
...punster "ADCX Rob" of no fixed address.
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chuck wrote: Disconnect the command base antenna wire and unplug the power pack for it. Test one of your loco's and see if it is currently working in conventional mode. If so, POWER DOWN THE CW 80, then pick up the engine, turn it over, make sure the run/program switch is in run position. Put it back on the track.Plug the Command base back in.Take the wire going from the antenna post on the command base and conect it to one of the outside rails, use an aligator clip or connect it via a lock on. DO NOT ATTACH IT TO THE CW 80.Begin advancing the throttle on the CW. The headlights on the loco should come on and be steady. If they blink rapidly, there is a signal problem.Assuming they came up, Hit ENG 1 and then hit the horn/whistle button. The engine should respond. If it does, you can try turning the CAB-1 wheel and see if it moves. If you get lights but no response to the horn or throttle, try different ENG addresses in the event you mave changed the ID.
CHUCK, maybe he might have to reprogram engine back to factory defalt? Just throwing that out there?
laz57
SchemerBob wrote:My CW-80 came in the Norfolk Southern Black Diamond Freight set of 2005. I believe that was before the new CW-80's came out (?) although I did notice that this one's fan is much quieter than my other CW-80 which came in my Polar Express set. I don't expect the transformer to be the problem because it seems to run conventional trains okay.
CHUCK he said he's got power to the track, stated in the last sentence. Its running conventional trains. Maybe his engine isn't sitting on the track right or one of the pickups are shorting out?
chuck,
Might it help if Bob could post a drawing of his wiring scheme?
bfskinner wrote:chuck,Might it help if Bob could post a drawing of his wiring scheme?
Yes, at this point in time I'm not sure what else to try/recommend
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sir james I wrote:He said it ran conv. this might be the dumbest question on this post but, is he sure it is a TMCC engine? since it does not respond at all.
Last time I saw something like this was at the local hobby shop. I got a call regarding a user with a TMCC problem. Same type of scenario. After two phone calls I drove down to the shop. The problem was that the person had purchased a PowerMaster, not a Command Base (They bought the loco at the local shop but everything else (CAB-1 and the "Command Base") was E-Bay/train show). The CAB-1 can talk to a Command Base, blinking LED's and all. Of course you have to address the PowerMaster as a TR and advance the throttle to get anything to work/move and it is definietly not in command mode. I brought over my Command Base to verify that everything was OK.
There are rare cases were a Command Base gets out of "tune" and the internal potentiometers need adjusting to allow the loco's and the CB to talk to each other. This is not trivial and really should only be attempted if you know what you are doing because the Command Base can go from marginal to hosed very easily.
Exactly what IU thought, All steps were taken to figure this out and nothing is happening. Maybe taking it back and getting another unit makes the most sense.
BOB,
Any more info on this problem? Did you get it figured out?
With everything else that has been tried, I fell onto this tonight. I was relocating all the Command Control, Xfrmr, Ckt Bkr boxes, and my DCS units tonight.
I had it all plugged in turned the system on and it didn't do anything!
What my problem was.....
Simple matter of the Command Control, NOT coming on BEFORE power being applied.
Put the AC adapater on a seperate surge protector, which is always on, then the transformer connected to a second surge protector which is plugged into the first one. (Same as the Command Control) Also make sure the transformer is turned up to 18v before power is applied.
Simple but mayyybeee.
Don
laz 57 wrote: BOB, Any more info on this problem? Did you get it figured out?laz57
Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. The reason I haven't responded is that I've been having a ball running trains...
I cannot believe how easy it was to fix. The ONLY thing that was wrong, was that I didn't have a wire running from the transformer to the command base! Instead, I wired the regular U wire to the command base, and left it off of the transformer. The whole reason nothing responded was because there actually was no track power! The instructions were kind of cryptic, so I didn't quite understand the wiring part. Once I got this figured out, though, everything worked perfectly. It all makes sense now. Thanks to everyone who responded!
Bob, Glad to see you up and running and having fun with TMCC. If you haven't done so already, I would suggest that you go to Lionel's web site and download all of their instruction manuals for TMCC, print them out and keep them for future use. I have mine in a binder and every so often I refer to them for help, especially with the SC-2 units.
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good source for interactive tutorials on how to use the TMCC equipment is the Coil Couplers Web site.
http://www.coilcouplers.com/tmc/tmc.html
CHUCK,
Good info for the beginers. Thanks for posting it.
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