Strange behavior of 3 engines

Phil,

Then they lapse into what seems to be CLICKITY-CLACK  MODE.  I lose all other sounds, but still have speed control.

Your previous E-mails to me said that you lost all control. Now you say you still have speed control.

That is normal for Clickity-Clack. Turn it off in the engines:

Menu/Sound/Clickity-Clack, press the OFF soft key.

'Sorry, Barry, if i erred...More data:  Changing speed via the technique of: 1) Thumbwheel, 2) dial the new speed, 3) Thumbwheel ;    not only 'works', but....if the speed change is 'large enuff', also returns the normal sounds!  THEN the cycle repeats. 

   Seems that small speed changes do not recovers the sound...needs maybe 1o mph or so; up or down.

Phil,

Changing speed via the technique of: 1) Thumbwheel, 2) dial the new speed, 3) Thumbwheel ;    not only 'works', but....if the speed change is 'large enuff', also returns the normal sounds!  THEN the cycle repeats. 

   Seems that small speed changes do not recovers the sound...needs maybe 1o mph or so; up or down.

It would be good if you'd read what I wrote!

As I told you in an E-mail Tuesday evening...

"Clickity-Clack, if set to AUTO, goes on after 30 seconds (or so) at 30 SMPH (or so), and turns off when speed drops below 30 SMPH (or so)."

This is also in my book, which you have, on page 34:

CLIKITY CLACK:

• The SET CLIKITY CLACK screen will display the engine name

• Press soft key S1 (OFF) to turn clikity-clack off

• Press soft key S2 (AUTO) to set clikity-clack to automatic operation

• This will cause the active engine to enter clikity-clack mode of operation after running at 30 SMPH or greater for 30 seconds

• Normal engine sounds will cease

• The bell and horn or whistle become inoperative

• The engine will make the clack-clack sound of riding over rail joins

• When engine speed is changed, clack-clack will turn off and normal engine sounds, including bell and horn or whistle, will return until the next time that the engine runs at 30 SMPH or greater for 30 seconds

This and a whole lot more is all in MTH’s “The DCS O Gauge Companion 2nd Edition", available for purchase as an eBook or a printed book at MTH's web store!

PhilG:  You didn't say at what speed the clickety-clack starts.

 Isn't the clickity clack thing coming on automatically with the new version of DCS?

I had to turn it off on a few engines. It was weird to me because I don't use it normally.

 Have U upgraded to the newer DCS version?

I have tried turning off CLICKETY-CLACK....New info:  When in that 'bad' mode, any significant change, up or down, returns the 'good' sound......temporarily! AND, it's not consistent....Sometimes the sound goes 'bad' after 10 seconds, other times not until several minutes.  Tomorrow I shall re-visit the OFF mode & report back.

  I'll also revisit some diesels which do not behave badly.  I'll turn CC on & off, for comparison.

Joe,

 Isn't the clickity clack thing coming on automatically with the new version of DCS?

It may be doing so in 4.30, although I do not believe that is the case. Regardless, it's off in the 4.31 beta.

Barry [et ali]:  I think I found my error!   When turning CC off, I neglected to push the thumbwheel.  I just returned to ENG, which did not shut CC off.  I think the problem is solved.......

But there's still more.  I was only partly responsible!  These engines still, occasionally, 'automatically' and spuriously, lapse into the clickety-clack mode.  Why, I'm still asking.....

Taking a wild stab:  do you have multiple remotes and, if so, is it turned off in all?  While possible, I wouldn't expect 3 locos to have an issue, meaning it must be in the controls?

No, RJR.  Just one remote.

Today I learned that it's not simply  'turbine fever', as a diesel dropped into CC mode; just once ,tho'.

Phil,

as a diesel dropped into CC mode; just once ,tho'.

That's a bit of a stretch.

DCS locos don't just "drop" into clickity-clack all by themselves. Either they're set to AUTO for the feature or they aren't.

I'd suspect that either something else is going on or the engine is set to AUTO for clickity-clack.

Barry, you're a computer expert, and the DCS system is akin to a computer.  So let me pose this question:  Settings on my computer appear to change themselves.  There are settings I never change, but occasionally they change for no apparent reason.  Why can't the same thing happen to DCS, especially since DCS, hopefully unlike my computer, is subject to sparks in the circuit which can result in many events?

Robert,

There are settings I never change, but occasionally they change for no apparent reason. 

There's a reason, however, it just isn't "apparent".  

Everything happens for a reason.

I agree.

Settings do change, though I agree with Barry that there is always a reason.  We'll have DCS locomotives running around the club layout and then they'll derail on a switch and then lose their mind.  In some cases, I have to do a feature reset and a power cycle to get their mind right and get them rolling again.  I have not seen that at home, even when they jump the tracks and trip the breaker.  Why, I can't say...

Mine are not in AUTO; they are OFF.  Yes, there's a reason; we just haven't been able to discern it....yet.

Phil,

Mine are not in AUTO; they are OFF

In that case, it's most certainly not Clikity-Clack.

It SURE sounds like CC......[Recall V-8 ad:  It SURE doesn't taste like tomato juice!]