can I disable the indexing function on my N scale 130' walthers tt?
Finally got my upgraded TT installed and programmed for three lead in tracks and nine radial tracks. Most of the time the bridge takes the shortest route to the desired track but not always. I guess I have to live with that quirk.
One problem remains, however: I get a short moving locomotives on or off the bridge. The loco runs fine on all of the tracks leading to the pit and they run fine on the bridge. But crossing the gap, the locos stop due to a short. When I push the locos fully on or off the bridge, the circuit breakers reset themselves and all is fine until I try to move a loco on or off the bridge.
Any ideas?
Well, just got off the phone with Walthers Tech. support, My turntable issues are due to bad electronics under the pit. I was instructed to go under the layout remove the screws holding the control board, and return the defective board to Walthers for replacement. I had programmed it correctly and it should not have stopped and short circuited in the NO-TRACK area. If anyone out there has recently purchased the N Scale 130' DCC TT, Beware of issues that do not seem normal. Walthers will gladly repair or replace any defective parts.
skagitrailbird Finally got my upgraded TT installed and programmed for three lead in tracks and nine radial tracks. Most of the time the bridge takes the shortest route to the desired track but not always. I guess I have to live with that quirk. One problem remains, however: I get a short moving locomotives on or off the bridge. The loco runs fine on all of the tracks leading to the pit and they run fine on the bridge. But crossing the gap, the locos stop due to a short. When I push the locos fully on or off the bridge, the circuit breakers reset themselves and all is fine until I try to move a loco on or off the bridge. Any ideas?
I sometimes had the same shorting problem with certain locos. Although I never could determine exactly why the short, I adjusted the rail height of the leads to make sure their tops were very flush with the bridge rails and the shorts disappeared. The differences in height weren't obvious to casual observation but apparently caused the problem in some manner.
Dante
The shorts are gone. By telephone the Walthers technician was able to deduce what the problem was--what he called a polarity issue. He had me switeh the DCC power wires to the control box which fixed the problem. Thanks Walthers!