Problem Solved Protosound 3.0 locomotive not showing up on DCS remote

Always test in conventional to see if the engine at least runs. If it doesn't, nothing to do with DCS. So then it either goes back, or you look inside.

You could try rocking the switches for DCS and 3 rail back and forth a few times. They don't always work right.

if it runs in conventional try a conventional reset ight restore dcs but only if conventional reset works no guarantee  but worth a try!

Alan

You could start by putting the engine on a single piece of test track that is powered up and connected to the TIU and see if the remote finds it. If it does, then your issue is with the track/power connections. If it does not, you've pretty much eliminated those and can look elsewhere.

Have you checked your signal strength on the track ?

@Engineer-Joe posted:

Always test in conventional to see if the engine at least runs. If it doesn't, nothing to do with DCS. So then it either goes back, or you look inside.

You could try rocking the switches for DCS and 3 rail back and forth a few times. They don't always work right.

Thanks. Ok so I fired it up on the conventional Christmas layout and it does run in conventional.  How do I locate the switches for conventional/ DCS?  I tried again on my full layout. Other locos are all running fine in DCS so I don’t think it’s a system error.

Problem solved! So I found out there is A DCS / DCC switch (perhaps what Engineer Joe was referring to above) when I was looking for any switches. It’s at the rear of locomotive under a removable cap. It was switched DCC. I Switched it to DCS and took it down to the layout and everything works as it should.

Thanks again to everyone!  Another win for the OGR Forum!

great glad you figured it out, doesn't it make you feel good when you solve the problem yourself with a little help from the techs  and others at the forum!

Alan

Hi Alan,

Absolutely!  The OGR forum has helped me so many times to overcome my ignorance (or at least the ignorance of that moment).....

In this case, I didn't even know there was a DCC/DCS switch, so I learned something new!

Thanks again,

G