Halp!
I just installed a TCS 1296 Z2 decoder into an N Scale - SW9/1200 LifeLike locomotive. Pretty sure I did it all correctly except I have *not* wired up any LED yet. That might be important here, I'm not sure. The leads for the LEDs are not connected.
When I put the locomotive on a DCC powered and clean track it starts going full speed (forward) immediately. I put it on a wheel cleaner and let it go full speed while I tried turning CV29 off thinking it was set to use DC power. When setting CV29 to 0 (or 40 if I use the sum of the values for the options I want) it stops going nuts. I'm assuming it's loco address #3 at first so that's what I'm using although it doesn't say so in the instruction sheet. After it stops going nuts I it doesn't respond to the throttle whatsoever. Also if I remove it from the track and put it back on it starts going nuts (run-away) again.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I didn't think a motor/body short would do this since that'd either trigger the short protection on the NCE PowerCab and reboot it or cause the motor to buzz (DCC->DC hum).
Any ideas on what I should try are appreciated. Thanks for reading!
I just installed a TCS 1296 Z2 decoder into an N Scale - SW9/1200 LifeLike locomotive. Pretty sure I did it all correctly except I have *not* wired up any LED yet. That might be important here, I'm not sure. The leads for the LEDs are not connected.
When I put the locomotive on a DCC powered and clean track it starts going full speed (forward) immediately. I put it on a wheel cleaner and let it go full speed while I tried turning CV29 off thinking it was set to use DC power. When setting CV29 to 0 (or 40 if I use the sum of the values for the options I want) it stops going nuts. I'm assuming it's loco address #3 at first so that's what I'm using although it doesn't say so in the instruction sheet. After it stops going nuts I it doesn't respond to the throttle whatsoever. Also if I remove it from the track and put it back on it starts going nuts (run-away) again.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I didn't think a motor/body short would do this since that'd either trigger the short protection on the NCE PowerCab and reboot it or cause the motor to buzz (DCC->DC hum).
Any ideas on what I should try are appreciated. Thanks for reading!