Hi Andrew,

Yes, with certain locomotives I've always had to take steps like holding
the wheels, or increasing the weight (same effect) in order to get the
motors to draw more - otherwise they're just not detected.

In message <f9undc+khqr@eGroups.com>, andrew_croslanduk
<andrewcrosland@...> writes
>
>Ian,
>
>Have you actually had to do this? You're the second person to have
>said this in two days but I've never had any reports of problems
>until now.
>
>Regards,
>
>Andrew
>
>--- In sprog-dcc@..., Ian Birchenough
><ian.birchenough@...> wrote:
>>
>> Phil,
>> some motors don't draw enough current for the ACK to be detected by
>> SPROG/Decoder Pro. You may need to hold the wheels or some such
>to
>> increase the current draw.
>> Ian
>>
>>
>>
>> In message <f9skl0+kst9@...>, Phil Dunlop
>> <pndunlop@...> writes
>> >
>> >Good Day all;
>> >
>> >I have the above set up, and just recently, like yesterday, tried
>for
>> >the first time to program a digitrax TF-4 function only decoder.
>> >What a dismal failure, sigh.
>> >
>> >I've never had a problem with this set up before, done Tsunami,
>> >Loksound, Soundtraxx, and Digitrax motor control decoders, all with
>> >no problem.
>> >
>> >Don't know if it's a sprog or decoderpro problem. I tried direct to
>> >decoder connections, and various resistor ideas trying to simulate
>a
>> >motor load, etc. Decoderpro reports an error "stopping due to no
>> >locomotive detected". It's pretty adamant about it. It's not the
>> >decoder, I was able to program one on a digitrax programming track.
>> >Did Digitrax design a decoder that only works on their system in
>> >spite of what the instructions say? Am I doing something stupid??
>> >Any ideas would be appreciated.
>> >
>> >Cheers
>> >phil d
>> >
>> >
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