DCS Remote out of Range

Hi JOHN,

  Here is a similar problem that you have, on this thread.  You have to take apart the Remote and reseat the board.  Here is the thread.

https://ogrforum.com/...mote-works-just-fine

Thanks, Laz, much appreciated. If this involves taking the remote apart, I'm going to send it back; It's brand-new, less than 2 weeks old, and I don't want to do anything to void the warranty. 

John

Last night I deleted it and re-added it, and it seemed ok. Tonight, after coming home from work, I went down to the train room, turned everything on, and it worked perfectly; no out-of-range issues at all. I guess all I can do is keep an eye on it. 

Still getting "out of range" message from time to time. Is it possible that I'm not waiting long enough after turning on the track power? I looked in the book, but I didn't see anything about waiting a set amount of time, and I'm wondering if it takes some time for the system to be fully energized. I just tried running the Blue Comet again, after sitting all night, and it worked fine. This time, instead of starting the loco right away, I waited about 20 seconds after turning on the track power and remote before starting up the loco, and it worked fine.  Any thoughts?

Thanks

John

Since  it still happens with the remote & tiu tethered  maybe it's time to  check for any loose connections on the tiu,  (In put as well as output) Terminal blocks as well  etc...  Did you ever check out the DCS track signal? Waiting a few seconds on power up  is a good idea,

My apologies,  I should've clarified. The out of range message only shows when it's not tethered. Batteries are brand new. Track signal has never been less than 10. 

BlueComet400 posted:

My apologies,  I should've clarified. The out of range message only shows when it's not tethered. Batteries are brand new. Track signal has never been less than 10. 

this is one of the issues our club is having.

BlueComet400 posted:

My apologies,  I should've clarified. The out of range message only shows when it's not tethered. Batteries are brand new. Track signal has never been less than 10. 

 OK that's a big difference,,,, Doesn't that tell us there's a  problem with the remote's transceiver board. It needs to be re-seated.

Opening the remote is a pain, especially the first time, but will not void the warranty.  Problem is that if you send it back, on the return trip to you it may become loose again.

Once you open it to reseat the transceiver, you need to put some non-conductive foam on it to keep it pressed into place, you won't have the problem again after that.

Something like gun case foam...should be non conductive and work fine..i'm thinking 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch x 5/16..been a while.