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And if you start at the right and go left? Jeff

If nothing else we are all going to know how to use these things. I've got three of them on the shelf at home, just got them last week. And no means of programming them..... Jeff

Does you picture mean that you can build to the edge of the yellow area and still have access on the color areas (obviously not the walls), or does access need to be maintained? Jeff

That test is sort of what I was thinking by just shorting the wires, but taking almost all of the variables out, even the loco. Though I like that test, too. I don't think it is possible to read back CVs from the stationary decoder, since there's no motor, and current draw from the motor is...

Are these the power routing Peco? Do you have both switches set for the loop? With the power off you could take an Ohm meter and see what's hooked to what, or a voltmeter when the power is on, for that matter (set to AC Volts). The only shorting one rail things is confusing me, though I...

The reverse is in the tunnel. Don't let this scare you off, the benefits of being able to turn the train almost certainly outweigh the difficulties.

I'm starting to get suspicious of the reverser! But, I have some ideas to try to at least prove that we know what is going on. To verify that we (well you) are actually writing to the unit, program a 4 into CV 53, then short the rail that actually is causing the light to flash and the polarity...

That pic is of an HO car, so it isn't the coupler you have, for sure. So, look at this page: Information on Couplers A lot of times the pin will fall out/be taken out of the MT couplers. For manual use, they are not really needed, but they are eaily replaced. Jeff

Hmmm, Well, it's good that things are back to normal for starters. What happens if you change rails on the wiring to the loop (swap inside and outside)? Or, and I'm just thinking off the top of my head now....is this a classic loop off of a single turnout? If so what type? How far from...

Yuck! I'd uninstall it and reinstall it. I imagine something bad happened the time it threw the error. I've been using it for three years on several computers with no problems. Jeff

Tony doesn't sell its own brand reverser anymore. As near as I can tell the DCC Specialties reverser is the next generation of Tony's, and is being sold as its replacement. I think the problem here is at least partly a manual that is something of a cross between a sales brochure and manual...

I'm sensing a bit of frustration :) So, we'll figure it out. First, if you bought it from Litchfield Station you should call Bruce. But I'll guess you didn't or you would have already. I've gone throught the instructions, I think what you needed from the beginning was there, but they are...

I'd take it down another notch. It won't hurt anything. The programming is there to allow for the different current capacities of different systems, the idea is to detect the short, so you want the setting to be near the max the system will put out. I would have expected the 2.54 setting to...

According to the docs if you set CV 49 to a zero you can set the trip voltage using wires at J6. I see now that you'd have to solder them on, they are not jumpers. It makes sense that you needed to change the value, the Zephyr is only rated to put out 2.5 A, so it was giving up before there...

I think that if you have a booster with over 4A or so output you don't have to program it a all, and can just hook it up. I don't understand why they have the default programming be to not use the jumpers, I might drop them an e-mail about that, since it is going to be trouble for me. With any...

How do you have the jumpers set? I am guessing you have the trip voltage set too high, and the booster is kicking out before the reverser even detects the short. You enter ok because the polarity already matches. If you enter from the other direction I expect you'd short coming in. Jeff...

What's going on with XtrkCad? Post the message, we might be able to help. What are you doing when it locks up? Jeff

The trick when you have to have less than ideal radius curves is to try to hide the sharper radius, and have the nice wide curves more visible. That doesn't necessarily mean tunnels, and things like that, just disguise! Jeff