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My last two session had a couple of unusual occurrencies. I have three new PS3 Priemer units. UP Challenger, Big Boy, and FEF.   My TIU has all the latest upgrades as required for WiFi operation.

About 3 minutes into run time, I attempted to use the quillable whistle along with the steam function of the Big Boy. I lost all control of the engine and the whistle and steam function locked on. I had to use my hand-held remote to perform an emergency shut-down.  The emergency shut down wouldn't work on my IPAD. Minus the steam function on the Challenger & FEF, these 2 engines had the same problem.  I've reset all three engines and the problem still occurs.

i have a 4000 for power and run a combination of Atlas and Scaletrax. It occurs randomly throughout the layout. I've also noticed that on occasion when just using the handheld, there appears to be a delay in commands being either transmitted or received by the engines on the layout.  I generally run anywhere from 5-8 trains at a time no faster than 15-20 scale mph. None of my other engines have the problem.

 

thanks for your help

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Brice, I know you mentioned Ipad, but just wanted to make sure:  you're not also using Android, are you?

Also, when you have lost control of any loco, do you still have control of other locos (please be sure of your answer)?

Clem, are you using android or apple?

Reason I ask is that I have occasionally experienced this and am trying to isolate the conditions.  I was thinking it's the effect of the latest android upgrade, but based on your experience I'm not so sure.

This is one of the primary reasons I've kept me layout a tech-basic as possible. Other than a DCC system that was an inevitable part of the layout, I've kept it as simple as I can. You'll never see me using wi-fi for direction layout operations.

The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.

-Scotty in "Star Trek III"

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