I am having deja-vu of days when I had so many problems with new engine purchases circa 2000 to 2007...fast forward to 2016 - brand new Premier T1 with PS3.0 (my 2nd 3.0 engine) continued to come up in conventional mode (on FXD1 and FXD2) tracks - after about 10-15 seconds after powering up track - although tender light came on right-away upon powering? BTW: I set Z-4000 to 15-16 volts for command. I could not get it to "add" to DCS remote - "no engine to add." Finally, got it to add but basic command operations were slow and erratic. Tried both factory and feature resets - no help. Deleted engine from remote - and tried PS2.0 and my one other PS3.0 engines - they all worked fine - so DCS is good to go (software version 4. something).
Tried T1 again - this time it added to remote on first try - seemed to run well but then headlight and backup light both went out. Switches on engine are correctly.
Instruction manual basically has nothing about running under DCS - 98% is about conventional instructions.
Is there a certain voltage PS3.0 engines need to run in command? Is 15-16 volts enough - or should I try 20 volts?
Does this engine's behavior sound like something you've encountered? Will it have to go in for repairs?