Does DCS play well with a modern ZW? If not, what kind of problems can I expect?
Thanks
Mike
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If you're talking the ZW-C, I leave mine on the shelf and use the bricks directly into the TIU. You don't really need the variable voltage of the ZW-C if you have the TIU.
2003 ZW, 2 * 180w, DCS and Legacy.
A PW 671 Penn Turbine has intermittent spontaneous whistling in conventional. Otherwise no problems attributable to ZW.
Legacy I am new to. Base does not charge handset (apparently a common problem) but I have a ridiculous inventory of regular AAA, AA, C, D, 9v batteries so I use them.
Problem with signal quality from one of variable channels on TIU. TIU will not communicate with handheld by radio so I use a 25 ft phone handset cord. Yes I did reset the boards in the TIU and remote.
My layout has two multi-block channels. Some of these blocks are switchable. Each channel can be conventional, DCS, Legacy, or DCS & Legacy. If I take care on when and where the power is and the level is everything seems to be all right and co-exist.
If you bring power up in the wrong sequence your MTH engines may be in conventional mode which is not a good idea at 18v. Or your legacy engines may ignore the handset.
A PW 671 Penn Turbine has intermittent spontaneous whistling in conventional. Otherwise no problems attributable to ZW.
Legacy I am new to. Base does not charge handset (apparently a common problem) but I have a ridiculous inventory of regular AAA, AA, C, D, 9v batteries so I use them.
Problem with signal quality from one of variable channels on TIU. TIU will not communicate with handheld by radio so I use a 25 ft phone handset cord. Yes I did reset the boards in the TIU and remote.
My layout has two multi-block channels. Some of these blocks are switchable. Each channel can be conventional, DCS, Legacy, or DCS & Legacy. If I take care on when and where the power is and the level is everything seems to be all right and co-exist.
If you bring power up in the wrong sequence your MTH engines may be in conventional mode which is not a good idea at 18v. Or your legacy engines may ignore the handset.
Problem with signal quality from one of variable channels on TIU. TIU will not communicate with handheld by radio so I use a 25 ft phone handset cord. Yes I did reset the boards in the TIU and remote.
There's absolutely no way that a single channel signal issue can be corrected by tethering the remote to the TIU.
Are you possibly miss-stating the problem and its solution?
Barry, I think he's saying he has 2 problems. He grouped by system, not issue.
Russell,
I think he's saying he has 2 problems. He grouped by system, not issue.
I prefer not to guess.
Solving problems is often difficult enough without having to make assumptions about the nature of the problem.
His statement was not at all clear.
Barry: no. Under DCS I listed two, as far as I know, unrelated problems. I have since rewired to use only the two fixed channels of the TIU.
Russell: You are right about how I was grouping problem.
Russell: You are right about how I was grouping problem.
