PS2 5 volt can a Z-controller do a factory reset?

Willygee, you can do a FEATURE reset by doing 1 bell and 5 whistles, (I think.) A FACTORY reset will require a DCS system. Yes you can use a 9v battery for testing purposes.

from neutral in conventional you can do a factory reset ,without dcs 1 bell and five whistle at 1/2 second intervals and if it resets you'll hear 2 toots on the whistle to let you know it has been reset!

Alan    

Willie, Yes.  I call it a Conventional Reset to distinguish from a DCS Factory Reset which also changes Engine ID back to default.  Conventional Reset doesn't change ID.

G

from neutral in conventional....

It can also be done, with care, if loco is locked in forward or reverse.  Apply voltage to about 13-14 slowly and hold loco by hand.  Been there; done that.

That's not a factory reset, that's a conventional reset.

I understand the differences between feature and factory reset in DCS but what is conventional reset?

Ooops...just got GGG's reply.

The conventional reset is without any DCS system in the picture, it's the transformer reset with one whistle and five bells.  While it does "similar" things as the feature reset with DCS, they are not the same.  I've run into several situations where the factory or feature reset with DCS does not clear all the stuff that the conventional reset clears.  To me, this is one of the oddities of MTH DCS, there should be one "master reset" that truly clears all the odd settings.

Isn't that what I stated 1hrs ago?  G

Sure George, but you didn't mention that the conventional reset does things that neither the factory or feature reset does.   Just expanding the answer, unless you disagree.

I also find this reset stuff a bit confusing and odd they would do it this way? After reading several posts here over the last couple of years I understand it now, but as Spock would say, that is not logical.

Neither was Spock logical.  If Vulcans were locical, wouldn't they spend fortunes on model trains?

It is one whistle then 5 bells.

Good pickup, Marty

Funny, I repeated the mistake, then later wrote the right sequence.  I didn't even notice he had it backwards.

One whistle and 5 bells(conventional reset) done.Fwd N Rev,coupler and sounds now work after battery replace.The box graphics shows engine smoke.How is smoke activated?

You're on the road.

Smoke is controlled by the smoke pot or switch, usually a intensity pot on factory installations.  You have to, of course, put around 20-25 drops of smoke fluid in a dry smoke unit before turning on the smoke. 

In conventional, the smoke pot (or switch) being on should start the smoke unit operation.

I can't find a pot or sw for smoke just the vol on tender. I am new to steam.

Here's a 2-8-0 manual from 2000 with PS/2, should be like yours.  Looks like a switch on this one.

No switch volume pot only... must be hiding out someplace

that's a re-load of the soundset!....???

Well,....I'm actually just guessing! I never re-loaded into a stuck engine. I don't run much in conventional unless testing an upgrade or if there's a problem.

Ah Ha....small sw under cab..gonna saturate wick and fire up soon.this simple stuff gets me sometime.My own stuff all DCS ps2 and ps3.

Glad you found it, I've seen them on the tender and engine.  Usually on the engine they're a switch, on the tender they can be a switch or pot.

Joe, I've never reloaded a sound set into a non-working engine, it's an interesting thought.

Holy crap....smokes,hisses and duz everything...nice slow speed action like my DCS diesels.

LHS will be happy as this is a resale unit. thanx all!!!

GRG..10 drops of oil..can i put engine back in its box on its side?

I don't routinely have issues with smoke fluid running out.  With 10 drops in there, it certainly shouldn't be an issue.  You can stuff a little rag down the stack if you're worried.

I have re-loaded into boards that have acted up. The final one went DOA. It lost it's 3 volt side or whatever G told me?

The other two, fixed the issues if I remember correctly. Then there's that reboot (clear/ paddles!!) thing that I was told not to do.

I stay from the high voltage paddles.

I'll have to keep the reload in mind, never tried that with one that was confused, I usually try to unconfuse it.

Where ever the circuit board is installed for PS-2 is where the smoke switch is.  That is why on steam it can be on the engine vice tender.  Especially for PS-2 5V.

I believe all PS-2 3V have boards in tender for steam.  May be an exception, but I have not seen it.  G