ERR Install Trouble

Sounds like you're not getting it programmed to the TMCC ID you're trying to run it with.

When you attempt to program it's TMCC ID, does the headlight blink when you press set?  You also have to program the engine type, AUX1, 8 for steam with smoke.

Do you have a grounded antenna?  What sound system are you using?  Maybe an issue with serial data compatibility.  Is the Command Run switch working?  G

@GGG posted:

Do you have a grounded antenna?  What sound system are you using?  Maybe an issue with serial data compatibility.  Is the Command Run switch working?  G

I have had the same problem GGG mentioned above. When you set the ID and press SET, do you get a whistle response? If not, I would bet on the switch contacts not closing when the switch is in PGM position. Jumper the pins to check.

Rod

This engine was programmed a while back, but was using the magnet on the wheel method for generating the chuff. At that time, it was performing correctly using the Legacy controller. After installing the super chuffer and chuff generator, it was working okay for a while, but the chuff frequency wasn't what I wanted it to be. John Will knows about this activity. When John and I finally got all that resolved and had the chuffing I wanted and tested on a short section of track at my work station, I took it back to the layout to run it. It was dead. It had a dim glow from the headlight. It would not answer the call from the Legacy controller. It was silent and dim. I thought maybe I had a bad radio board, so I installed a new one. No joy. I put it on a test track, and it will run fine with conventional control. I tried activating other engines on the layout, and they come up and run under command control just fine. The antenna is connected to the diecast tender shell, and the shell is insulated from the tender deck. That was working okay before all this trouble with getting the chuff generator working right.  Is the program run switch working correctly, I don't know. I'll try jumpering that tomorrow. Is the previous programming still in the Legacy memory, I don't know. I see the engine ID in the Legacy controller, but it doesn't do anything when I try to call the engine.

Try running the tender with the antenna wire disconnected from the shell; sometimes the chassis insulation does not insulate and the shell is grounded; your description very similar to no signal receipt due to grounded antenna.  Falcon

Seems the antenna is not the problem. I ran it outside the tender body, I even installed a brand new antenna. Still no response to commands from the Legacy remote. I left the tender body laying on the table next to the tender and tried it that way. This engine has been programmed and shows up in the engines listed in the Legacy remote and was running in command mode as late as a couple of weeks ago. But there is no response to any command inputs now. Guess I need to start over with a new install of all the ERR components.

Don't get carried away, the issue is most likely the R4LC,

I did pull a new one out of the packaging and installed it. no change.

You could remove audio connection and test, pull super chuffer and test.  See if the R4LC and CC board work by them selves.  If not, and you swapped R4LC, the CC may have been damaged for command mode.  G