I need in person help with TMCC in the East Valley of the PHX metro area

hello sinclair..... humor me ok, try this for s..ts n giggles press engine then id# then press boost button engine should startup.

now have you added smoke fluid into the smoke unit? if you have then allow the heating element to warm up now without moving the engine push the bell button for 3 seconds release does it stay on? if it does press bell button again for 3 seconds and release the bell should shut off.

now push and hold the whistle button down the whistle should sound and cease when you release it.

try using both cw-80 and mth z-1000 tell me what worked. email sent

$oo

Sinclair, If you lived closer you could stop on by anytime, however I am in Michigan.

My advice is to go slow and don't get frustrated. I found TMCC is one of the easier systems to get started in.

Set up a loop of track, plug the system in to a well grounded wall plug, and try different "known" engines that work. You will be able to identify quickly what is the issue.

9 times out of 10 it usually something very simple. Good luck.

Sinclair, I have a second home in Tempe with a TMCC layout.  We are not there regularly, but if you contact me off line we can set a time for you to come over when we are in town.  My email is in my profile.

here is a club in the area;

phx area club

Thanks guys.  $oo, I'll try your items in order and get back to you.  But It has thus not worked in the many ways I've tried.  Thanks JD, that is a bit far for me to go.   Peter, I'll email you in the next day or two.  BDT, I know of that club, but I figured I'd get in touch with the regulars here first since I haven't had much luck with clubs in the past because I wasn't a member.

Just a thought, you might consider joining one of the local clubs.  There are a lot of advantages to being in a club, and you get to hang around with other train nuts.

Why not just go see the guys with the Ogauge layout at McCormick-Stillman Railroad park? I'm sure they can help you. If the red light blinks everytime it is communicating with the base, if it is installed correctly it only leaves the engine, the base not sending out a signal, or the house wiring. (which is easily checked by bringing all of it and two pieces of track anywhere) Still leaning towards that K-Line command control stuff.

I've thought about it, but I'm just not really a club kind of guy.  Most of the clubs I've looked at have dues and requirements for meeting attendance and schedules for running club layouts.  I'm not in a point in my life yet where I can dedicate time to a club like that or have a desire too.  I do like the social part of the idea.

then you need to join our club much more relaxed, but we do have dues.  and yes we have members form all over the country.

All clubs are different, it might pay to look around.

Which club is that?

if you want to see if engines are working it is a drive for you but am in west phoenix and have tmcc and legacy running if you care to test to see if engines will run correctly.

you have my prior email just let me know.

$oo

the 3r's is an operating club six days a week at the san diego model railroad museum. I am there most Tuesdays and will help anyone who asks.

agtta is a club that gets together every month like a swap meet to buy and sell trains we have a module layout that we set up at the museum a few times a year and we set it up when the train shows come to san diego (de mar).

He's in Phoenix, so I don't think he wants to go to San Diego.

That would be a bit of a drive.

we have people from all over the country in our club.

but you are correct he should try locally first and someone has said come on over.

Yes, I invited him, but did not receive a reply.

Oops, sorry Peter.  I did get some other responses too, but I will contact you soon.  I'm busy with other things too, but after Nov. 2nd, I should have more free time in the evenings to get with someone to work on the locomotives.  In one of the lead communications guys for the City of Tempe's C.E.R.T. program and we have a drill on the 2nd.  Once that's done I'll have the time for trains.  Thanks everyone!