![]() Observe the problem carefully and methodically.ĭoes it occur with both DC and DCC operation? If you find that your Digitrax equipment is working fine, then it is time to de-bug the layout. If you find that there is a problem with your Digitrax equipment, please contact Digitgrax for tech support. If you suspect that layout wiring might be a problem, we recommend that you disconnect the Digitrax equipment from the layout and test it on a small section of track not connected to the layout to confirm that the problem is not with your Digitrax equipment. We see many examples of layouts that have “grown over the years” where wiring was added and changed creating some very interesting electrical systems. Installing Digitrax, or any other command control system, on your layout will not fix problems with layout wiring. Often we find that customers who believe they have problems with their Digitrax equipment actually have problems with their layout wiring. Reduce the input voltage from the transformer.Lower the track load current by running fewer locomotives or setting up additional power districts and adding more boosters to provide more power for the layout.Try direct cooling by using a small fan to blow air onto the heat sink.Place the unit out of direct radiant heat like sunshine or a room heater.Move the unit so that the heat sink has a flow of cool air.If the Command Station or Booster unit shuts down frequently: This is especially important with inexpensive locomotives.ģ. ![]() Check your locomotives for problems with their mechanical drive train and make sure you have free movement of the locomotive wheel sets.See your starter set manual for how to do this. Check your LocoNet cables with the LT1 tester to be sure you don’t have any cables that were made incorrectly.If this does not happen, then you need to add more track feeders so that the signal/power is adequate all over the layout. When the short circuit is removed, the booster will return to normal operation. Your command station will beep and shut down as each short circuit you create is detected (Zephyr and Zephyr Xtra show a blinking display instead of a sound). Check for the adequate track power around the layout with the “ quarter trick.” Take a quarter or screwdriver blade and go around your layout creating electrical short circuits across the rails every 3-6 feet.Clean the track and wheel pickups of your locomotives.The DCC digital packet communication strategy performs exceptionally well in a less than perfect environment, and will often mask bad connections until they are really impossible to work with! The majority of intermittent operation problems can be traced to bad connections on the layout or poor or noisy wheel pickups on locomotives. If some of the LEDs on the front panel of the unit are lit:Ĭheck your throttle’s TRACK STATUS Indicator to see if the track power is turned off at the throttle. Swap out the power supply if there are still no lights.Check the connections from the power supply to Track A and Track B connections on the front of the unit making sure that they are firmly attached.Check the power supply to the unit to make sure that it has not been knocked loose in the power socket and that the socket is powered.If there are NO LEDs lit on the front panel of the Command Station or Booster: Before sending your Digitrax Command Station or Booster in for repair try these simple steps to see if you can “bring it back from the dead” and save a possible trip to the repair shop.
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