Moonraking Red

I’ve got a headache now. Where’s the chuffin’ trains at?

View Advert Layout for refurbishment Old exhibition layout, stored for many years, with only occasional use. Will need a good clean and some TLC. Not run since before COVID. St Odan was built by a Home Counties club (Princes Risborough?). Cornish freelance BLT and narrow gauge feeder line. Based on a 1987 RM railway of the month. Scenic part 8ft x 2ft (2 boards) plus fiddle yard 4ft x 2ft More photos available on request. Collection only (Devizes, Wiltshire). Trestles not included. House move means sale or dismantle. Advertiser Moonraking Red Date 07/06/22 Price £30 Category OO / 4mm scale  

Always learning! What is the purpose of the ‘hook on a post’ just by the tender steps? Great image, by the way.

Sorry, the bits I viewed were very good by the way.

Been a bit impatient, and ticked the trial box in My Profile, various features then worked as expected. Not the Gold stuff obviously.

Yes I do, AY.

Hello AY Mod, Have logged previously, using the link given, prior to my original post. This took me to my ‘station‘. No access to video plus, trackplans, or Gold member enhancements. In my profile, the only thing I didn’t do was tick the box for a free trial of WORplus (given I had signed up on 17th). Definitely no email re Exact Editions received.

I also like the World of Railways plus deal, duly signed up, but cannot access any of it’s features, even though I can log in (apparently). Tried using the Contact us route with no response. Even received my d/d correspondence from Warners. But still dead as a Dodo. Any help out there please?

Gentlemen Thanks to all for the advice. A lot of information to digest, and very helpful. Matt C - the tip re vehicle 12 works for me, although as Iain noted, looking forwards to reading up on the subject. RMWeb is a great source of encouragement.

Already got a question, will the z21 tell me the make/model no. of the decoder associated with the CV1 address?

Thanks gents for your advice and encouragement. Got some more learning to do.

Iain, Thanks for your PM, offer much appreciated but it looks like I have made some progress. It seems the problem is caused by the iPad (6th generation) not liking Z21. So although I had seen the unit operated by an iPad, it just didn’t want to work with mine! In desperation, I pulled a Sony XA2 mobile out of the drawer, and fired it up, it set up the app straightaway. So I’m afraid for whatever reason Apple have contrived to waste all our time. I thank Iain in particular but also the other RmWebbers who have given me their time / expertise. l would love to know what makes the iPad throw a ‘wobbly’, but my task is primarily to dispose of the railway stuff for my late friend’s estate. Reminding everyone that I’m very much a DCC novice, my next task is to test the various locos to check they work okay. Given I have no loco addresses and minimal loco-specific paperwork, can the z21 detect the existing address and functionality of each loco? Would I use cv programming manual mode to do this? Thanks again.

Iain, thanks for the PM. I will reply later. The use of plain http worked, and brought up the TP login screen, which I didn't fiddle with. The Z21 app reconnect did not work.

Iain Sorry for taking up your time, I really appreciate your help. So I have switched the iPad back to Automatic on the TP WiFi page to get the screen/ IP address section shown below. However, when I try to input https://192.168.0.1 into the browser it returns ERR_CONNECTION_FAILED. Assume this means although the iPad is recognising the Roco router’s signal, it will not talk to it. From the Z21 app therefore it will still not reconnect to 192.168.0.111 when the button is pressed on the relevant settings page. Do I need to try another input device? The only thing proven to date - I am definitely a complete novice.

Iain My iPad network screen now shows the following under IPV4 address (entered manually, assume the subnet mask does not need to be changed?). However, I still get an error message in the Z21 Updater app (getting the error message shown in one of my Tuesday posts), and the Z21 app will not reconnect to 192.168.0.111 (still saying no connection to z21. Should I give up or alternatively try a different input device?