PS-1 question

Something is wrong. Once "Enabled," PS-1 Station Announcements should be triggered by holding the bell button. I suggest emailing Wayne Renga at J & W Electronics (jandwelectronics@yahoo.com), explaining your problem, and asking for advice.

I do hope you have a new battery.  BCR is OK.  If your battery is white in color, throw it away.  Anytime you do a feature 18 reset, you should be good to go.  One last thing.  Pull the chip on the top board and reseat it.

Readingfan and Marty,

Thanks for the reply.  I do have a BCR in the engine.  Did that a few years ago.  I will  reseat the chip. I assume it's the one marked F40-PH.  I tried it again yesterday and once again after the reset it worked once.  Ran it several minutes around the route, activated the station announcements by 3 seconds+ on the bell....no announcements.  All the other sounds work; horn, bell, squeaking breaks, chatter in neutral.

I'll give J and W Electronics a call.  Again, thanks for your advice.

Jim

Salida, Colorado

The Crossroads of the Rockies

What transformer are you using, have you tried one with a different bell button.  Also, try reset 28 with the instructions to ensure PFA is enabled.  The reset 18 should do it, but there have been other engines features that reset 18 didnot take care of.

This is an odd one, and I am not sure why the engine can't read the bell button to accept activating PSA except after a reset 18, but only once.

To rule out a hardware or software feature, I would try the chip in a different engine and a different chip in the current engine.   They need to be same MTH vintage and memory.  If this is a 1997 or newer engine, that would be the latest and greatest for PS-1.

The above helps isolate a deffective chip or a hardware issue with top board.   G