Vision Hudson Sound and Smoke Problem

here is what I do to all my legacy engines 3 light flash using cab-2 select the problem engine hit start up once powered up look for a big R in middle row of buttons push it you should get a whistle and light flash saying it accepted that command.

 

now on cab-2 look for smoke buttons think second row the 2 right buttons now push the furthest right one and across cab-2 screen it will show low another push it will show medium so basically push 3 times to get to the high smoke setting.

 

on cab-2 left side of buttons push the volume up button to ensure sounds are at highest level.

 

also the smoke switches wherever they have them on the hudson switch them to off and then on again this will ensure a good contact.

 

now try the smoke and running of engine again see if all is happy again.

 

as a side note if smoke fluid gets onto electronics inside the engine it will do these happy little effects and then I leave mine sit for an hour or longer and all seems to be good again.

 

it is almost as if we need a diaper for all these newer engines!!

 

also the pipette that was included use it if you look at its tip there is a mark about 1" from it fill it to 3\4" and that will ensure smoke unit doesn't get over filled.

 

hope this helps.

 

$oo

Soo Line,

 

Thanks for the information. I appreciate the help. I'll give it a try tonight.

 

Thanks,

Mike R

vision line products have a two year warranty and free shipping.  I would just send it back.

I stick by my defective fan motor comments I made on your other thread Mike. If the fan motor is defective it doesn'tmatter if you reset it. The locomotive resets after power has been removed for a bit anyway. There is a check for fan motor draw at startup and it will immediatley be shut down when too much draw is detected. I tested the diagnostics on my k4 with the shell off, after I had the three blinks and the smoke unit shutdown I reset or removed power. When the loco smoke unit was turned on or the loco repowered the fan motor would give a short test "zing" of the fan motor, then lights would blink leading to smoke unit shutdown. Replacing the defective fan motor with a new one solved the problem, smoke unit is extremely quite and works perfectly.

 

 

As far as the sound goes there are two levels controlled via the remote, the volume up button pressed repeatedly is the overall volume, you'll hear a bell sound with each level change.

 

Background sounds( includes chuff) are adjusted by pressing AUX1  vol up, AUX1 vol up, Aux1 vol up...... no bell sound with level change.

Try my suggestions first as with Holidays it will take longer to get there and my suggestions just might correct it if it keeps doing it then send back to lionel for repair.

now if smoke shuts down again and the appropriate blinks for smoke stop shut power down as my 765 did it and finally the regulator went bad sent 18 volts to smoke unit and trust me once it does that for more than a minute toss the entire smoke unit away as it got so hot it melted the metal casing where heat elements are and they were glowing bright orange for 3 minutes Sitting off track!!

$oo

The instructions to correct light flashing in the cab are in the manual, see page 31 of the vision line owners manual.

Thanks everyone for the tips. I'll try any and all tonight or tomorrow and post an update.

Mike R

Ps... If anyone else has some suggestions please don't hesitate to post them.

I had all of these problems, today, with my Legacy Berkshire, which I had not run in about two weeks.

 

I started with the usual suspect: I cleaned all the center rollers and wheels well.  they didn't look dirty, but . . . 

 

After that, it ran spectacularly.

Thanks Lee!

Glad you got your engine running. Sometimes the easiest fix is the right fix!
With these new engines we are all ready to go after the more complicated repairs. You just proved that is not always necessary.

I'll check my rollers and wheels.

Thanks for the tip.
Mike R