Who has ERR 3rd Rail DC commander boards in stock

Try Sunset 3rd Rail.

The ERR DC Commander is no longer in the ERR lineup, it will not be restocked.  The replacement is the ERR Cruise Commander, a much better product with the same footprint.

You can plug in an R2LC-C08 (or later) version to see if it's just the receiver board that is out.  Totally dead with no lights would suggest to me a power wiring issue, not a dead board.

Sometimes and Aux1 Aux2 command will turn the lights on. 

Well, AUX2 will toggle the lights, that's a standard TMCC function.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

The ERR DC Commander is no longer in the ERR lineup, it will not be restocked.  The replacement is the ERR Cruise Commander, a much better product with the same footprint.

You can plug in an R2LC-C08 (or later) version to see if it's just the receiver board that is out.  Totally dead with no lights would suggest to me a power wiring issue, not a dead board.

HI John

Thanks for your input!  We have lights but no sound or motion.  At one point the loco ran as if it were without a command control board, like an old postwar model running on whatever the transformer gave it and then it quit completely.  Very odd.  

Cheers

Roger

That sounds like the R2LC, not the DC Commander.  Losing sound is not likely to be the DC Commander, all the sound board needs is serial data and power to make some sounds.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

That sounds like the R2LC, not the DC Commander.  Losing sound is not likely to be the DC Commander, all the sound board needs is serial data and power to make some sounds.

HI John

Does the cruise commander use the R2lc board?  I placed an order for the Cruise commander since the DC commander is not available anymore.

Roger

The Cruise Commander and AC Commander both use the R4LC-C08 board, it's exactly the same functionality as the R2LC-C08 board and it's electrically and functionally interchangeable.

The CC and ACC come with the R4LC-C08 board as part of the package.

Like I said, all you really needed I suspect was the R2LC (or R4LC) with the -08 version software.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

The Cruise Commander and AC Commander both use the R4LC-C08 board, it's exactly the same functionality as the R2LC-C08 board and it's electrically and functionally interchangeable.

The CC and ACC come with the R4LC-C08 board as part of the package.

Like I said, all you really needed I suspect was the R2LC (or R4LC) with the -08 version software.

HI John,

Thanks for your help!  I got the new board today and plugged everything in including the sound board.  The engine runs great but the sound board has no sound at all.  I double-checked my connections and everything is where it bought to be.  Is it possible the DC Commander board fried the R4LC and the sound board?

Seems crazy all three boards would go bad like that.  I though about using the old board and putting on the new R4LC but I was concerned that if the DCCom was bad would it fry the R4LC?  I'm thinking about sending all three boards to Sunset Models to see if they can see which one or ones is/are bad.

Cheers

Roger Elliott

Does the sound board work in conventional if you unplug the serial data connection and just use the power and speaker?

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Does the sound board work in conventional if you unplug the serial data connection and just use the power and speaker?

No, I got no sound at at all.

Well, if it has power and the speaker is good, it's broken.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Well, if it has power and the speaker is good, it's broken.

Hi John

I was afraid of that... So you can test the sound board with just a speaker and a 9-volt battery?  Would it be worth it to send all the boards back?  They are past the 90-day warrantee.  

Roger

You need AC power and the speaker to test them, you don't need the battery connected.  If you connect track power and a known good 8 ohm speaker, and you don't get any sound, the board has a problem.