I just installed TMCC on a small, 8 x 8, layout. Here's the new-to-me-issue: With the engine in neutral, if I press & hold the wstl/horn button, the horn blows [and the red lite flickers] for about 4 seconds, then stops [ditto red lite] for another 4 -5 seconds, then the cycle repeats. Is this a new issue or is it well-understood?
BTW: No headlite flickers...
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Additional info: Same behavior when engine is moving....Sometimes! Other times, the horn stays on.
What engine and what red light where? Does it repeat by itself, or are you just saying that the same thing happens whenever you blow the whistle?
It's the red 'blinker' on the CB. While the engine is running and acting up, I hold the whistle button down; the blinking red lite and the horn will be ON for 4 -5 seconds, then OFF for a similar period. When it's OFF, there are NO commands being sent to the engine. [My 'test' engine is a Lionel SD 40], At other times, holding the whistle button down does what you'd expect: Continuous horn & continuous blinking.
IIRC the red light should be blinking during commands between the Cab-1 and Base regardless if there is an engine on the track or not. Have new batteries in the Cab-1?
BOBBYD: OK; it does. So what?
If the red LED on the command base stops blinking while you are still holding down a key on your CAB1 remote, commands aren't getting through (or aren't getting sent) for some reason. Outside interference, or within the Cab an intermittent button or loose battery connection, something like that. I don't think this has anything to do with the locomotive.
I agree, Rudy. It's not the engine.
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