DCS Won't Call Up Features

What do you see on the App screen?

The DCS Explorer version is very limited in what it can control but you should have as display on your smart device that includes speed, Bell, Horn/whistle, forward, reverse.  Pushing the little arrow down at the bottom of the screen should have PFA and Doppler plus volume, couplers, smoke, headlight, and engine sounds on/off

Yes, I see all those features but they are not operating. I press the button and nothing happens.

@HudsonORailRoader posted:

Yes, I see all those features but they are not operating. I press the button and nothing happens.

There was a thread going on here earlier about problem using explorer with PS2 locomotives.  I haven't tried any so I can't comment.  We'll have to wait for someone to chime in.  If you have the control as shown then in theory they should work especially since you are controlling the speed of the engine.

Yes, what you are showing is exactly what I have but none of the features are working.

My headlight toggle doesnt work on some of my proto2 engines with a DCS explorer

Hi Ralph, Can you give us the part number of your PS2 engine? I have had some experience with the Explorer not working well with the earliest built PS2 engine (5v board models). Sometimes the explorer can't add them to the roster when you search for them or sometimes they stop responding all together.

Make sure your Explorer has the latest firmware version installed (version 1.2) and I have even found it necessary to reset the the explorer to factory defaults after upgrading the firmware to get it to work properly with some of my early PS2 engines.

Locomotive item number?

PS2 5V locomotives have an issue with the DCS Explorer. The later PS2 3V and PS3 locomotives work fine with it.

@H1000 posted:

Hi Ralph, Can you give us the part number of your PS2 engine? I have had some experience with the Explorer not working well with the earliest built PS2 engine (5v board models). Sometimes the explorer can't add them to the roster when you search for them or sometimes they stop responding all together.

Make sure your Explorer has the latest firmware version installed (version 1.2) and I have even found it necessary to reset the the explorer to factory defaults after upgrading the firmware to get it to work properly with some of my early PS2 engines.

Thanks. I'll look for the part number when I get home.

The item number as listed on the box is 20-3209-1. Is this the number you need?

5v engine from 2006

https://mthtrains.com/20-3209-1

Turns out that the brand new DCS Explorer was faulty. Returned it to the dealer and exchanged it for a new one. Working great now.