Changing addresses with the Select

[Coreservers]

Hi there

I currently have 9 locos. All lovely BR green, and so far except 2, all on changed addresses. The DMU 101 will not reprogram from 03, and neither will the class 5 shunter. Both run fine on 03, but on selecting LA on the controller and entering the new number as per manual (15 for the DMU and 19 for the Class 5) it flashes 8 or 9 times and stops, with the new number shown in the display. But locos wont run unless you reset it to 03 on the controller.

Anyone any ideas?

[Chrissaf]

You could try performing a factory reset of the Select controller. 'How to' will be in the Select manual.

The firmware version of your Select may be an old one. Later versions had better support for non Hornby decoders. What revision firmware is your Select. The very first number to very briefly appear on the LCD screen as you apply power. Expect to see a number between 10 & 20.

[96RAF]

There has been a bit of forum discussion lately about certain decoders refusing to change address and no one has really bottomed out on the reason for it. Decoder locking was mentioned.