[nrscroller]

Hi
Yesterday I gota good deal on and Atlas trainman GP38-2 diesel and I bought a Digitrax DH 126P decoder for it, I pulled the dummy plug of the engine board and there is a *1 on one side and a I/O on the other, which way does that board from the decoder go on the board? there is a plus on the same side a the *1 on the board and a - on the other side of the board on the engine.
Thanks
Bill

 

[flyboy2610]

The "1" on the board is for the orange wire. NMRA standards dictate that the orange wire is always installed in slot 1.

 

[nrscroller]

Decoder hellp

HI
I got the decoder plugged in right, but I can't program it. It starts slow and takes off and keeps going when throttle is shut down. It sucks, It's a sad.....maybe be able to work on it tomorrow, was gone all day today. I can usaully program these digitrax basic decoders pretty easliy. I also noticed there is a black mark on one of the flywheels on the engine, is that supposed to be there, its like paint.
Thanks
Bill

 

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Sounds like u may have capacitors on the motor get rid of them

 

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Also check head light for blinking see trouble shooting in decoder manual u may have shorts motor isolation is critical Bachmann has alot of crap on plug board

 

[J.Albert1949]

Try setting CV 8 to "8".
This should reset the decoder.

 

[nrscroller]

decoder help

Hi
I got the decoder working but having speed isssues and now I can't get decoder to reset to default.
If your programming on the main do you need to shut power off and back on after programming. I am trying to do a total reset so I can just use the 3 cv values on the digitrax for road switcher.
On my jmri screen I see cv8 has some crazy value in it and I can't change the value to 8 to do a reset.
Thanks
Bill

 

[Magic]

I'd do a power off after a reset for about 10 seconds at least, it's recommended.

Magic