I just purchased a pair of Fastrack 060 right hand command switches. The controller lights on both switches show red when the switch is set straight through and green when set to the curve. This is opposite to what I was expecting. Is there a way to reprogram them to show green for straight through and red when set to curve, or are these switches defective and have to be returned?
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Take the lamp heads off and rotate 90 degrees for the fix, you might have to rotate 270 degrees for the base to line up, but the lampheads are easily removed. Mine often get pulled off by the grandkids.
Thanks Ron, but it’s not the lamps heads that are the problem. It’s the switch controller lights that are reversed.
For starters, remove the back of the controller and check the wiring sequence - it should be (from left to right) - green, black, red, yellow.
Wiring sequence is ok.
Are you using track power for the switches ?
Wiring sequence underneath should be the same - Thru-green, Gnd-black, Out-red, RSC-yellow.
If that checks out, there are known factory wiring issues with some (older) FT switches. Per previous threads, - check the DC voltage between the GND(black) and the RSC (yellow) terminals on the switch with a meter set to dc voltage. The light in the controller illuminates green with +5 volts DC and RED with -5 volts DC. The voltage polarity is changed internally in the switch circuitry.
The yellow wire needs to connect to whichever terminal has +5DC when the switch is in the THRU position. Use the multimeter to find it.
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