Need some Technical Help w/ ATLAS Eng

[fire28]

Ok all I need some help here.

I bought a Atlas Engine recently AS-IS. I got it in the mail today put it on the track(DC) it doesnt run. I popped the shell off and everything Wires/Computer Board?? Etc seem to be intact. I've never seen a Computer board on a engine before? Anyone have any thoughts to help me?

Thanks
Tim

 

[MGWSY]

What kind of loco is it? Also is the Jumper set for DCC or DC operation if it has a Dual Mode decoder? Can you post a picture of the unit.

 

[fire28]

I'm a novice at this stuff. I have no idea what the "Jumper Set is" Heres two photos of the unit.

 

[waltr]

There needs to be a couple of jumpers on the 8-pin socket (NMRA DCC socket).
See:
http://www.dccwiki.com/NMRA_DCC_Plug

That should be all that is wrong.

 

[MGWSY]

Looks like someone had a decoder in it and removed it without replacing the jumper.
This is how the jumpers should go.

 

[fire28]

So its a DCC Locomotive? Which means i cant run it DC?

 

[MGWSY]

Right now its a DC loco with no DCC decoder or jumper. All the jumper is is a plug that connects the pins as shown. You remove the Jumper plug and plug in a decoder to make it DCC. Shoot me your address at [email protected] and I will send you a free jumper as I have a bunch of them from decoder installs.

 

[fire28]

Ok but its not running as a DC? I tried that? Email on the way.

 

[MGWSY]

You need the jumper plugged into the sockets for it to run on DC. If the pins arent connected then you will not get power to the motor or lights.

 

[fire28]

Got ya ok. Thanks

 

[Enola Yard Tim]

While DCC is great, the more that I think about it, the more I will stay with DC. I have way too many engines to start adding decoders.

Yikes!

 

[fire28]

While DCC is great, the more that I think about it, the more I will stay with DC. I have way too many engines to start adding decoders.

Yikes!

Yeah. I got like 30 engines now. I did some math for DCC Set up the other day. I need to win the loto to pay for it. Since I have this 1 that apparently can be set up easy i may do it in the long run. But not my old Athearn BB's.

 

[Rico]

One at a time guys... baby steps!
Yeah it seems daunting when you start adding it up!

 

[NH Mike]

I'm all DC also and I am not going to change over to DCC. I do have 4 engines with DCC dual mode decoders only because that is the way they came. Having a few DCC units isn't a bad idea since it allows me to operate them on a couple friends DCC only layouts. Seeing one of my home road engines with trackage rights on a foreign road is a nice change of scenery and operation. My friends do not use the factory default address on any of their engines so when I come over they set a throttle up with whatever the Atlas or Bachmann default is for my units.