Hi all,
I noticed something odd yesterday. I am currently expanding my layout by adding a third outter track that will accomodate O54 curves. The the other inner two tracks are for O45 and O36. I also added a three track small yard to park my trains perpendicular to the oval tracks. So the layout went from 4X10 to 5X11. I am using two Z1000 transformers that have been phased together. So my question is my subway sets seem to be going in conventional mode since I hear the engine sound as soon as the TIU and track is powered up. I am using fixed voltage. So since the PS2 are missing the watchdog signal, could that be due to the fact that the layout is larger thus the signal is weaker and thus I need to adjust my wiring to be even throughout the layout. I am still working on that as we speak. I would assume if the signal is weak and not traveling fast enough my trains wont pick up the signal. Is my assumption correct? Before the expanison, my engines would always start out on silent until I started them up from the DCS remote. I understand from reading here that if I can force into DCS command mode by starting them up from remote.
Thanks
