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Awhile back I dropped my Legacy base and sent it to Lionel in Concord with a note telling them what happened. It came back with a letter explaining what they did -  "Damaged U terminal connection, soldered connection. Base operates normally.  Base would not charge remote - charging slide switch damaged - replaced switch. Added charging upgrade. Updated software to V1.60. Remote tests good. Updated software to V1.60"

They shipped it back with NO CHARGE!     Thank You Lionel Service!

I took it to the club layout this evening and hooked it up but there seemed to be no signal to the trains at all. I tried changing channels and a second engine to no avail. Disconnected the Legacy and reconnected the club's TMCC set and both trains operated normally.   It's been well over a year since I've used the Legacy with any regularity and I'm sure I did something I'm not supposed to do. I have no idea why it didn't work as it did before...

Any suggestions?    I will have to download a new manual as the old one is misplaced. 

 

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I first disconnected the TMCC base from the common lead and from the power supply. Then attached the common lead to the Legacy base and powered it up as usual. All appeared normal - lights on, charging circuit working, and the LED would pulse when I gave a command from the remote. Only when I changed a channel from the remote did I get the message 'Base not Found'. It seemed to be on Ch 2 if I remember so I hit the Channel button several times under the base. Then I 'searched' with the remote and it settled on Ch7. Still nothing.

I tried repeatedly by changing engine ID numbers and set it for TMCC operation then back to Legacy with  no results. At this point I disconnected the Legacy and reconnected the TMCC set and both engines operated normally. 

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I called Lionel this afternoon and was able to catch a nice young lady just before they closed today. I explained the situation and she suggested (as did you Jack) that I re-add the engines. I told her that the info all seemed to be still in the remote and she said that often the base gets wiped clean with the upgrade.

Tried again at the club tonight and all is well.  Thank you everyone for your helpful input.  Guess I should have thought of that myself... 

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bigdodgetrain posted:

FYI,  there is nothing in the remote.

the remote only reads the base.

Yes this is a new one for the list of what to expect. Apparently, the base can be corrupted to the extent that the list of engines, etc. is somewhat intact, transmits, and appears on the CAB2 display, but the code is affected to an extent that requires restoring the engine's programming.

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