apratihar Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 My layout is based on Hornby Trakmat with certain modifications by adding Hornby TT. It's DCC with Elite and RM, 7 points and 4 signals. I run Hornby and Roco locos and rolling stock. The layout is more than 2 years old. In recent times, in certain sections locos are stopping abruptly, needs to be pushed to to make them work. It's definitely due to power and signal disruption to the loco wheels but unable to find out reasons towards it. Also sometimes the screen of the Elite goes blank while RM is working fine. Any inputs/ suggestions will be extremely helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Apratihar,cosines to me that you may have dirty track and possibly dirty loco wheels. Check both for black deposits and clean using IPA on a clean cloth if you find any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apratihar Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Thanks Fishmanoz. Planning to do the same. But this is still happening after cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apratihar Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Any inputs on why the Elite screen is going blank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 @aprEither a fault in the Elite screen feed (unlikely as when anything goes wrong in this area the screen tends to gargle its dispaly not blank out) or maybe the PSU jack plug is making intermittent contact - a known problem. But if RM is still running the show then it would seem that the Elite is still doing its job or you would get an RM message about losing contact with the DCC controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 or even '...garble its display...'1/2 hour obviously isn't enough time for me to spot my errors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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