MTH remote commander ?

The passenger compartment lights will always come on since they run on track power.

The fact that the engine has no sounds when power is applied with the DCSRC attached means that the engine sees the DCS watchdog signal. However, it doesn't respond to the handheld most likely because its DCS ID# is not set to factory default.

It appears that the engine has been run with DCS previously and was not Factory Reset, from a DCS Remote, prior to you acquiring it.

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Rich, how exactly did you reset it to factory defaults.  Like Barry says, that's the exact behavior of a DCS locomotive that isn't truly reset to factory defaults and you try to use the DCS Remote Commander.

I bought it new or thought it was new ,never used dcs,factory reset meaning ,i set it with the z1000 ,back to default settings per manual.but it makes sense what you are telling me.i tried everything,i know the remote works ,i tried it on a another loop with a diff. ps engine.guess i will have to find someone to reset it.

thanks barry and john

rich so jersey

Rich,

,i set it with the z1000 ,back to default settings per manual

Contrary to what the manual says, a transformer reset is only a Feature Reset, and does not reset the engine to its Factory DCS ID#.

You need to find someone with a DCS system (remote and TIU) or a DCS Commander (not a DCS Remote Commander) to Factory Reset the engine.

Final Note after Bob's post. Power down and remove the engine from the track, do not use the Remote to access an engine until you have done this.

I cannot confirm but heard rumors that sometimes the engine (since it still has power and was just addressed) will think it's being addressed and will again pick up a non factory address.