More PS-3 Upgrade Questions...

When you finished loading the chain files, did the engine sound off with some sound beeps?

Engineer-Joe,

"When you finished loading the chain files, did the engine sound off with some sound beeps?"

Yes.  It sounded like Morse Code.

which exact PS3 board went in?

which exact chain file did you install?

If you used the Upgrade board from MTH, it should be a PS2/3 Stacker Board. I have done this upgrade on the exact engine. I can tell you, you have to be very careful with shorts at the tether attachment on the locomotive and wire pinches inside especially the locomotive. Don't ask how I know.

Mike

@RAK posted:

Should I be trying other chain files?

You need to go back and load the correct chain files!

The ONLY correct chain files for the PS32 stacker board are these special chain files, PS32 Sound File Downloads.

in your case it'll be the Steam with standard smoke.

gunrunnerjohn,

Thank you very much sir.  i will do that today!

gunrunnerjohn,

I used the chain file that you recommended and that cured the issues!  It is 100% now!

I have several more of these to do, so I am going to download all of the chain files on that page for the future.

engineer-joe,

It was the PS-3 board that came with the PS-3 Steam Upgrade kit that I received last week.

The chain file was the one that I found on the page on the MTH website with the sound file.  I am not familiar with doing this at all, so I must have downloaded the wrong one.

LT1Poncho,

I watched your video several times.  It helped me a great deal.  I studied your component layout and wiring.

On the pinched wire thing, I worked really hard not to pinch any-with the additional wiring it was not easy, especially in the locomotive.

I got lucky on the smoke unit-I had the one on page 29 of the manual and did the cut on the circuit board trace.  I have not had that many of these apart, but I don't recall ever seeing that smoke unit before. 

The next one I have to do is so old it doesn't have any sounds at all except for a very electronic sounding whistle.  I think it has a Seuthe smoke unit, so that will have to be replaced.

Thank you all again!

@RAK posted:

gunrunnerjohn,

I used the chain file that you recommended and that cured the issues!  It is 100% now!

I have several more of these to do, so I am going to download all of the chain files on that page for the future.

Remember, for the PS32 board, those are the ONLY chain files you'll be using.  For real factory steam installations, you would indeed use the chain file in the downloaded ZIP file for that specific locomotive.

gunrunnerjohn,

Thank you sir-I did not know that until you mentioned it above!