Power Problem with 21" StationSounds cars

Are they being ran in a command environment with TMCC/LEGACY or is this strictly conventional with DCS command locomotives?

Hi Zachariah. I'm using an MTH DCS Explorer and the MTH iOS app to run my trains.

@CyrilW posted:

Hi Zachariah. I'm using an MTH DCS Explorer and the MTH iOS app to run my trains.

Here's the conventional operation instruction page.  If you're running the locomotive in DCS mode, the whistle won't be active, so you'll likely get little action from the cars.

If they are less than a year old, these must both be Legacy StationSounds cars. I have three of those, one of which was DOA because of an assembly issue (pinched wire) that was rectified by replacing the RCMC. The older ones (TMCC) suffer from oxidation on the potentiometer or sound board contacts. In your case, however, the transformer used and control device (DCS Explorer/App) might not play nicely with the Legacy boards, but they should work with ordinary conventional transformer control, within the limits GRJ's attachment describes. Have you tried just controlling them from the transformer?

One thing I can say is in the command environment my station sounds car and my Vision reefers can sometimes shut off and not make a sound and in the case of the diner turn the lights off. Typically a command sent straight to that car awakens it. I tried putting a YLB in a reefer to see if that would correct the problem. Issue is I forgot witch reefer that was 😅. I may try it in the diner so I can pay more attention to it. But if it’s not the RS LITE board freaking out it has to be something with the RCDR and if that’s the case I don’t know what you could do.

Thanks for the replies. I know I'm not going to get the dialog without a Legacy system, but they Railsounds were working on both cars when I bought them. Now I get no sound.