Sound File Loader Broke My Engine

What transformer are you using, what method of loading (test track)?  How did you restart it?  Did you cancel first?   G

I have one 3-volt loco that loader 2.3.4 keeps insisting is a 5-volt loco.  Solution is to keep trying.  No idea what the cause is, and I shan't be drawn into a discussion of whether it's a bug in the software---or a fish or a bird, etc.

Be sure to power down the TIU for a few seconds after each unsuccessful attempt.

Trevor,

Power is going into the fixed voltage input and connected to my layout track.

That could be your problem.

Connect the ZW to Fixed #1 In. Then, connect only a test track (single piece of track just big enough to hold the engine) to Fixed #1 Out.

That may improve things.

Also, be aware that transferring sound files requires a very strong DCS signal strength.

Hi Trevor,

Run the throttle on your ZW to maximum.  That eliminates some choppiness in the power output that can cause fits.

As Barry suggested, you really should set up a test track to do your sound file transfers.  Just a short pice of track connected directly to the TIU output (and nothing else plugged into any of the TIU outputs) will give you the best results.

FYI, everyone, I too have been seeing issues with the current loader mis-identifying 3 volt boards as 5 volt.  I haven't had time to diagnose the source (loader software vs. TIU Revision vs. TIU firmware version, etc.) but I was able to get the boards to be properly recognized by swapping TIU's to a Rev. I3A with V4.20 firmware and programming on a fixed channel.

FYI, I experienced the problem using a Rev G, loader 2.3.4, v4.3, and fixed channel.