Help needed with Engine

Try just changing the address to Eng 61 and see if that sticks.  G

Shouldn't the reset code for that engine be AUX 1, 74??

Rod

G,

I tried just setting the engine number and the results were the same.

Rod,

This engine has a wired tether, not a wireless, so the manual says the code is 4.

Sounds like you received a bad radio board.

Bill

Should have ordered it from Boxcar Bill, he discounts them and charges less shipping.

Try it again , Get someone to hold their hand over the engine, Hold the buttons down a little longer while programming,, shut down for at least a minute.

In conventional the program switch becomes a lock out switch so that part is normal.

Did you disturb the antenna wiring, or fail to reconnect it.  Doing what Gregg stated may reveal a reception issue.  Or as Bill stated, the R2LC is bad.  G

Take your continuity  meter with one probe on the handrail antenna and the other on ground.  If you get continuity you did just what the guys stated on disturbing the antenna and it is not working.  With the cab off the locomotive and the antenna wire connected, take your meter and put one probe on pin 23 on the R2LC and the other on the antenna and let us know what you have.  When doing this, connect a jumper wire between the cab and loco frame. 

hi all, I finally had a chance to look at the engine.  Everything looked OK when I did the continuity check; the antennas did not touch ground, and pin 23 had continuity with the antennas.  I tried reprogramming the engine again, and turned it to run after 2 minutes. I had the same results as before, the engine did not respond at all when in the run setting, even though it responded fine in programming mode giving me the appropriate whistle responses.

I assume at this point I have a bad R2LC board.  Can anyone think of anything else that might be wrong?

Have you thought about going back to your original troubleshooting and putting in one of your known good boards?  If it runs fine again then you pretty much know the problem is in the new board.