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You know guys now that I reread the thread above I don't blame you one bit for not ansering me. I can't enven spell.  Maybe on the next thread I write I'll do it with pictures.  Sonny

Sonny,

Look at the DCS ID numbers for your engines in each DCS Remote. If the same engine has different numbers in different remotes, then only the remote to which the engine was last added can possibly be used for that engine.

Further, if a PS2 (but not a PS3) engine is added to a remote when the engine's battery is very weak, the engine will work fine until track power is turned off and then back on again. Then, the engine cannot be found because the battery was too weak to make the address change "stick".

What I recommend that you do is the following:

• Charge every PS2 engine's battery until its sounds play for 6-7 seconds after track power is turned off
• Delete all engines from all remotes
• Next, add an engine to all remotes before adding a second engine. Ensure tha the engine has the same DCS ID# in all remotes
• Then, repeat the previous step with each successive engine.

Whenever you acquire a new DCS engine, always add it to all remotes and ensure that it has the same DCS ID# in all remotes.

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!

Thank you Barry, I'll do just that, Now: Can I add engine to remote if I use say a 10ft piece of fastrack power up from 180 watt transformer not connected in anyway too the layout.  Sonny

Barry I just read what you told Tom, Question do you have to go through the tiu in order to add an engine?  Sonny

Sonny,

do you have to go through the tiu in order to add an engine? 

Of course you do.

Oh Boy Barry, what would I do without your input.  Now I pull out the outport wires going to the layout, then connect a new wire from the tiu to that 10 ft. track, Put engine on it and remote to add engine. (I know this sounds like kindergarden to a lot of you, but this is me). Sonny

That's one way to do it.  No need for a 10-foot track, though.  Since train won't be moving, a section long enough to hold the loco is better.  I also suggest not having power on to any track on which another loco sits.

If you can run the DCS loader program reasonably well, rather than load each loco separately into each remote, another approach is to only add locos to one remote, and use the cloning function to duplicate it in the other remote.