TMCC Loco Problems

Maybe something came loose in shipping.  You can start by opening engine and inspecting to make sure boards all seated properly.  Of course, the seller may not be telling the truth either. 

 

If your not familiar with doing maintenance may be best to send to a tech to check it all out.  G

bdgixxer-

 

It sounds like the antenna might be disconnected and/or the R2LC receiver board is defective. In addition to GGG's excellent suggestions, try swapping the R2LC board if you have a spare available. If the antenna is disconnected, look for a wire (sometimes gray) connected to the handrails and reconnect it to the TMCC motherboard.

 

-John

Since what you describe will happen if the tender is on the track by itself, being an IR link, I'd suggest it's probably fine.  I'd remove it from the picture for further debugging.

 

Does the locomotive headlight come on in either conventional or command?  If you can measure current to the locomotive, do you have any current indications when it's on the track alone without the tender?

Thanks for everyone's thoughts. Excellent point on the tender probably not being the problem. I did notice last night that the headlight did NOT go on at all.

The light in the cab and the firebox were on though

Loose R2LC receiver.

I suspect that it's time to open it up, chances are it'll be an easy fix.

Thanks for your help! I'll check it out when I get home.

Found the R2LC board off all of the pins. That obviously did the trick. She runs very well for being 15 years old! Didn't want to run her too much before I grease and oil it. The low speed operation was a lot better than I expected. It also ran through a fastrack 072 switch mutliple times without any issues too.

Thanks for all your help!!!! You guys are great!!!