Problem generatingTMCC signal. SOLVED thanks Bob

Surge protectors can mess up the TMCC radio transmission.  Try plugging the 3-prong TMCC Command Base power supply directly into a grounded wall outlet and see if your TMCC works then.

How big is the layout?

"Surge protectors can mess up the TMCC radio transmission.  Try plugging the 3-prong TMCC Command Base power supply directly into a grounded wall outlet and see if your TMCC works then."

Always the first and most likely source of these problems.  That and older house wiring with no effective electrical ground, for which the fix is not quite as simple.

Oh oh...so the grounded 3rd prong is vital?  I did notice that fact was underlined & bold in the TMCC manual.  Haven’t hooked mine up yet, but was hoping to use 3 prong adapter or a surge protector.  My house was built in the ‘50s, on a Friday before a holiday.  Electrical system grounds at the fuse box...Radiant heat from the ceilings (?)  

Back to the drawing board I guess  

Tom

Removed the surge protector. Plugged Lionel Command Base power supply into grounder outlet.

Not much improvement.

Layout is ”L” shapes switching layout. Approximately 16’ on a side. Atlas-O track. Two parallel tracks connected by 3 cross overs and 2 crossings. Six sidings all going to the outside—4 connected to the outside track and 2 connected to the inside track via the 2 crossings.

I have a large 14’ x 40’ layout with two parallel ovals and several sidings that works fine with TMCC.

This one stumps me.

There's always the TMCC buffer...

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ctr posted:

Removed the surge protector. Plugged Lionel Command Base power supply into grounder outlet.

Not much improvement.

Layout is ”L” shapes switching layout. Approximately 16’ on a side. Atlas-O track. Two parallel tracks connected by 3 cross overs and 2 crossings. Six sidings all going to the outside—4 connected to the outside track and 2 connected to the inside track via the 2 crossings.

I have a large 14’ x 40’ layout with two parallel ovals and several sidings that works fine with TMCC.

This one stumps me.

Is the switching layout in the same basement with the big 14x40 layout?  Is Command Base on the big layout powered on while you are trying to use the switching layout?

Bob,

Yes and yes.

Unplugging the Command Base for the other layout did the trick.

Thank you.