D&J RailRoad
Professor of HO
Got my DT602D throttle today. I'm pretty sure it's duplex. Even has the DT602D on the little tab at the top center.
Instructions say to plug it into a loconet plug, I guess with or without batteries. Doesn't actually state that.
I put the three AA batteries into the back. Have to look real close for the + sign because it's printed real small and real close to the metal connectors.
I plugged it into a UP5 where I usually plug any throttle to marry up to my network. The screen starts flashing white to black, about three times per second. Waited for about 15 seconds, maybe it isn't supposed to do that. I unplug it and the screen goes black. No nothing. Buttons do nothing. Plug it back into the UP5. Screen starts flashing white to black to white to black.
OK, maybe my loconet isn't right. I plug the throttle into an available booster and the screen boots up. OKaaaaaayyyyyyyyy. I dial up a loco and run the train while its still plugged into the booster. Things are going good, crawl, walk, run kind of approach. I unplug the throttle (still has fresh new batteries in it) screen goes black, no control of train. I plug it back into the booster and the screen boots up and I can control my loco. Maybe the batteries are bad, so I pick out three more from the box of new batteries. Same thing, no throttle activity.
Maybe my Duplex net is down. I grab an available DT402D throttle, put a battery in it, screen comes up, I dial up a loco and all is good.
I don't know. I read through the manual several time and it seems pretty straight forward unless there is some kind of presumed knowledge that I just don't have. Trouble shooting is about half a page of information but is pretty simple stuff.
Instructions say to plug it into a loconet plug, I guess with or without batteries. Doesn't actually state that.
I put the three AA batteries into the back. Have to look real close for the + sign because it's printed real small and real close to the metal connectors.
I plugged it into a UP5 where I usually plug any throttle to marry up to my network. The screen starts flashing white to black, about three times per second. Waited for about 15 seconds, maybe it isn't supposed to do that. I unplug it and the screen goes black. No nothing. Buttons do nothing. Plug it back into the UP5. Screen starts flashing white to black to white to black.
OK, maybe my loconet isn't right. I plug the throttle into an available booster and the screen boots up. OKaaaaaayyyyyyyyy. I dial up a loco and run the train while its still plugged into the booster. Things are going good, crawl, walk, run kind of approach. I unplug the throttle (still has fresh new batteries in it) screen goes black, no control of train. I plug it back into the booster and the screen boots up and I can control my loco. Maybe the batteries are bad, so I pick out three more from the box of new batteries. Same thing, no throttle activity.
Maybe my Duplex net is down. I grab an available DT402D throttle, put a battery in it, screen comes up, I dial up a loco and all is good.
I don't know. I read through the manual several time and it seems pretty straight forward unless there is some kind of presumed knowledge that I just don't have. Trouble shooting is about half a page of information but is pretty simple stuff.