hawksdown Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hi AllI have aproblem with two units namely (R 2985 - Duchess of Sutherland and R3162A - 2 -BIL) after being programmed, run successfully, then next time I boot the system they have defaulted to factory set 3.Grateful for any ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 What controller are you using to program the addresses with and are you using a dedicated programming track connected to the PROG terminals of either your Elite or eLink, or are you programming using a Select controller, all in accordance with their respective user manual(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Decoders should never lose their programming. Are you removing and putting the locos back on the track before switching the controller off and on?More about why decoders lose programming on Mark Gurries website here.https://sites.google.com/site/markgurries/home/dcc-problems/decoder-problems/decoder-lose-programming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksdown Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Decoders should never lose their programming. Are you removing and putting the locos back on the track before switching the controller off and on?More about why decoders lose programming on Mark Gurries website here.https://sites.google.com/site/markgurries/home/dcc-problems/decoder-problems/decoder-lose-programming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksdown Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Decoders should never lose their programming. Are you removing and putting the locos back on the track before switching the controller off and on?More about why decoders lose programming on Mark Gurries website here.https://sites.google.com/site/markgurries/home/dcc-problems/decoder-problems/decoder-lose-programmingThanks AllProgramming from an Elite fully up to date via programming track, complete function, then test on main track with railmaster, all OK . When I have finished running etc. I shut down every thing, computer and elite. Next time I boot up every thing sets OK except two said loco's that have defaulted to 3.Will try shutting down elite before trying but railmaster will have to shutdown aswell to reunit with the elite on boot up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Just a thought - have you got DC running enabled on these 2 locos as this may affect the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksdown Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hi not sure what you mean by have I got DC running. No DC only loco's on the layout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 DC running is a feature whereby you can run a DCC loco on a DC layout. Having it switched on via a setting in CV29 shouldn't affect the decoder and make it reset though. What can make them reset is having shorts happen on your layout, maybe when going over points or even putting a loco on the layout while the power is on, or taking it off. In the absence of problems like shorts, I think the decoders are faulty and, if under warranty, take them back to the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksdown Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Thanks, . All other loco's are working fine , I'll get some checking done tmrw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksdown Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks to all the contributers. problem solved. Left the computer and Railmaster off. Just had Elite running, programmed as normal. Rebooted Elite, track tested both with Elite standalone. Rebooted complete system all running fine from Railmaster.A Happy Bunny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 @hawksdownI am pleased you have sorted your problem but I have experienced this problem previously and although the Loco worked perfectly for a while, when reprogrammed, it failed again a few weeks later. The only way I could fix it permanently was to change the decoder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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