Another pit question...

[Fish12]

Hi all.

i have had a look but can't find the answers, I see a lot of people have problems with pit lanes, but I have two.

i connected my arc pro the other day and the pit game came on and had lights and stayed on. Now I have a car on track, the lights on the game only stay on as I press the trigger to make the car go. As I stop the lights stop?

also I have a dedicated pit lane. But when I press the lane change button it doesn't change lane? The guide seems very floppy and easy to move, is this normal or are the motors knackered. thw runs around all the track fine so don't think it's power? And the bit lane just peels off then runs one single lane all the way to the end where it joins the track again. any help would be good as I don't want to buy another one to have the same problem. I running. A willians f1 car from when massa was there if it helps

[gorp]

Did track work ok the last time it was set up ?

[Andy P.]

Tackle this one at a time.

Set up a small circuit with only the pit lane and see if you can get it to work. Non-functioning flippers is often down to lack of power or a bad track connection.

If after making a small circuit it all works fine you have to tighten the tabs and clean the track.

If it still doesn't work and you are sure the LED is working on the car then you have to open the lane changer and see if something is loose or broken.

The flippers do simply flop around easily. That is normal.

The pit lane game was designed for the older power bases  (4 and 6 car pwoer bases) I am not even sure they will work with Arc Pro.

Do make sure you don't reduce the track down to one lane. That will cause a short circuit.

[Fish12]

Hi. Mod, ok I will try later with small track. The pit lane is one lane but the track is Two lanes as it goes on, so should be fine? I'm guessing the led is working as it's picking up my laps on the app as it goes over the pro? Ok I might aswell take the pit lane game out then and replace it with a single track bit.

[gorp]

Dust can build up on pit lane eye so clean it first.

Test at leisure driving , not high speed  ,to make sure you are holding down button when car passes over eye.

 

Have pit lane game packed away because it interferred with racing here but believe some have rewired them for actual pitlanes  at slotforum, digital, scaly.

[Fish12]

Ok slight update after getting downbeat about it. When I turn the power on it flicks the pit lane open or closed, depending how it is, so I know it works. Yet still won't work with cars. Is it because I don't have a crossover bit of track? I thought I read somewhere that you need to balance it out. So if I have a pit road I need a crossover? Otherwise I have no idea why it's not moving. It's clean and new and like I said Iv seen it work with power on, so cant be sensor or power?

[Fish12]

Tackle this one at a time.

Set up a small circuit with only the pit lane and see if you can get it to work. Non-functioning flippers is often down to lack of power or a bad track connection.

If after making a small circuit it all works fine you have to tighten the tabs and clean the track.

If it still doesn't work and you are sure the LED is working on the car then you have to open the lane changer and see if something is loose or broken.

The flippers do simply flop around easily. That is normal.

The pit lane game was designed for the older power bases  (4 and 6 car pwoer bases) I am not even sure they will work with Arc Pro.

Do make sure you don't reduce the track down to one lane. That will cause a short circuit.

 

[Fish12]

Also when you say don't reduce the track to one lane this will cause a short, so I have to branch off to one lane ( which is obviously the pit lane, while the other two carry's on as a main straight. this is ok isn't it?  So basically 3 lanes

[Andy P.]

Some racers will use a pit exit piece to reduce the two lanes down to one. Doiing that with smoe ARC PROs will cause a short. If you have 3 lanes you are probably fine.