MTH DCS HAND HELD CONTROL

You can reset the remote to factory defaults.  This will remove all engines and reset all settings to factory settings.

• MENU
• SYSTEM
• REMOTE SETUP
• RESET REMOTE

Before you do the reset, you might try making the engine active again by making sure it’s on a section of track with a good signal. Maybe where you added the engine originally.

I would ECHO GHD. An locomotive that is listed as In Active can be move back to active I believe just by selecting it with the scroll knob and then depressing the knob to select that locomotive. If you do a Factory Reset it will erase everything you have in the DCS Remote. I  just did that to two of mine sas I wanted to upload a cloned remote information into them. Factory Reset erases everything in the remote.

Thank you all for the advice. I read the first response from gunrunnerjohn and reset the remote. Now to follow the advice of GHD and we'll see how that works. I previously attempted to activate the engines by following RJT's advice but it did not work, that's why I thought a reset would correct the problem. I'm going to attempt to install the engines after dinner. I really appreciate your replies and will let you know how the DCS works.

OK, so here's what happened. The handle reset was easy. Next I placed an engine on the track and it was recognized by the handle, then I placed a second engine on the track and again it was recognized by the handle, THEN I placed a third engine on the track, it was recognized by the handle BUT it appears that one of the first two engines was effected when placing the third engine on the track. That engine now fails to respond to the handle commands; it turns on and creeps around at 1mph. I then attempted to reinstall the engine into the handle by placing it on a separate piece of track (4 feet) it made noise but did not respond into the handle.  I did not have the TIU connected to the track, only a transformer. Am I going to have an oval test track connected to the TIU to program the engine into the handle? I have 8 of the MTH engines and it seems awkward to have to have a separate track to program them. Any comments are appreciated. At least now I have two engines running thanks to your prior advice.