PS2 steam shut down sounds issue

We know proto-2 engines require a good battery (or BCR) to get out of neutral,   Since that doesn't seem to be a problem perhaps it's the sound file??? I could live with it  just the way it is.

did you try letting it powered up for a minute or so the charge the bcr! if it is not charging  the sound will cut off quickly!

Alan

The BCR is plenty charged. I've run the engine plenty and it runs great, this is the only "defect". 

I will have to ask my local tech

thanks!

Gregg posted:

We know proto-2 engines require a good battery (or BCR) to get out of neutral,   Since that doesn't seem to be a problem perhaps it's the sound file??? I could live with it  just the way it is.

Actually, PS/2 locomotives will run with no battery.  The issue is if you lose power, even momentarily, they will promptly drop into silent shutdown mode.

John,

if you lose power, even momentarily, they will promptly drop into silent shutdown mode.

Actually, if a batteryless PS2 Engine loses power for even an instant, it will drop intoneutral in conventional mode.

Gregg posted:

We know proto-2 engines require a good battery (or BCR) to get out of neutral,   Since that doesn't seem to be a problem perhaps it's the sound file??? I could live with it  just the way it is.

This is an astute work-around.  Yes, as suggested perhaps try re-loading the soundset.  But I suspect you don't have a TIU if you're running conventional.

The purpose of the battery/BCR is many-fold.  But in conventional operation, if you can cycle thru the neutral, forward, and reverse then perhaps that's good enough?  The battery/BCR is also needed to save any changes to conventional modes of operation such as locking the engine into fwd, rev, or neutral.  Or remember a change to speed control on-or-off between operating sessions.

I suppose if you were really curious, you could try placing the engine into direction lock or toggling the speed control enable/disable to see if the engine retains the changed mode between power cycles.  This remembering is performed after the shutdown sound completes which is of course the matter at hand since your shutdown sound stutters and flakes out after a few seconds.

If the engine does not remember a change to direction lock or speed control between power cycles in conventional, then there could well be an issue with the battery circuit.  But if it does remember a change in mode, then I'm voting for re-loading the soundset...or live with it  just the way it is.

Since you say it runs fine in conventional (which is how you run all the time) and I assume that means it's sounds are fine ALL the time when running, it certainly is not a battery or BCR issue.  I would also eliminate a fault speaker or wire joint.  Since this fluctuating sounds issue is only at Shutdown (sounds going in and out) which means the battery and BCR are still good otherwise it would go off and stay off.  I would say a reload of sound file is worth the effort.  Of course I would try a factory reset first.   G

Good point Barry, I sit corrected, it will indeed be in conventional mode.