NCE Power Cab not reading the Digitrax DN163K2 decoder

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soul embrace

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I'm new to DCC and i just got my NCE Power Cab in today and i got out a piece of track to program my 4 locomotives the has DCC decoders in them (i don't have my layout built yet, just buying the main stuff right now). i have 2 atlas locomotives that had decoders in them when i bought them. i also bought 2 Kato SD80MAC engines that was DCC Ready and i ordered the Digitrax DN163K2 decoders for both of them. i installed them in the locomotives and put them on the track to program and i get the message Can Not read CV and the engine has this high pitch whine noise to it. the higher up i make the speed go the loader then whine gets.

the two Atlas locomotives that i have programed just fine on the track so i don't think that it's anything with the track. any idea what is cause me not to be able to program the decoders in the two kato locomotives? one of the locomotives is brand new and the other was given to me by a friend. i know it works because i seen it run on his layout before he gave it to me. both locomotives makes the same noise when they are on the track. they make this noise even if the speed is on zero.

thanks for your help
 


just checked one of the decoders and everything look ok.....no burn marks on the decoders so looks like i got by without harming it....
 
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