Tommyp81

Purchased a fantastic looking weathered loco from TMC, installed a ESU Loksound v5 decoder from Wheeltappers, sounds fantastic but can not get this to run smooth. Got smooth running at speed step 1 but when running mid speed it speeds up and slows down. Adjusted to stop this and now runs awful at slow speed. Really frustrating, spent a lot of time trying different setting with no real luck. Used pre set settings for coreless motor which made it run just as bad as factory setting. Will keep playing see if I can sort it

Thank you both, will sort materials to make the snubber.

I have been trying to find out what this device is, as it says Dcc in on one end and out on other, I was told it was a snubber but can't seem to find any more details on it. The stop button on Z21 is configured to cut track or in this case accessory power, which it did but on reapplying power there is a large spike momentarily in voltage. I measured the voltage from the Z21 without the rest of the layout connected. The multimeter I have is unable to record the max voltage in time, I have some at work which will, just wanted to know if this was normal?

Been running the layout over the weekend, centre now works nicely, put the centre accessories on a Z21 booster with a snubber. The main layout is now on the Z21 with a snubber also, I switched layout on earlier and none of the points on the main layout work. On testing found no output on the snubber?? Testing voltage output from Z21 which was 14v, push the stop button and then again the voltage jumped over 60v for split second before settling back to 14v. Should it jump this far up? I know it will have an initial jump but wasn't expecting it to be that high surely that will do damage?

Yeah Gloucestershire based, sorry forgot to add to my profile

Thank you Nigel, I have put a snubber in today and lowered output voltage from 18v to 16v see how this goes. Yeah quite a large layout, it has been built by my father and I have done the automation with iTrain. Was all working very well then since adding a centre section it has been a bit of a nightmare, getting through some of the technical issues now. Thanks Alan yeah have the off set for Z21, I address them on our ECoS and checked with that also which shows they have lost their address. Hopefully reduced voltage and the snubber work will see how it goes.

This might be already on here but, I have 59 of the DCC Concepts IP Digital point motors all a working perfectly through a Z21. Added a new section with 13 additional point motors and added a Roco dual booster, put these 13 on here and was planning on splitting the rest but I am having issues. If I press the stop button, then restart some of centre point motors lose their address and seem to pick up another address meaning I go to change a point and three may operate. I then have to go back through readdress everything for it to happen the next day when restart everything. I don't understand as the other 59 don't have the issue, even when all connected to the z21 and not the booster it happens but only to the new 13 getting rather frustrating. Any ideas?

Sorry bit off topic but my dad want's to use iTrain for his layout, currently trying a Digikeijs DR4088CS feedback through S88 to his ECoS, but wasn't sure if this will display the loco number in the block? Will he need Railcom for this? I have put in two touch screens for him a 32" which he runs the ECoS off via VPN, then a 55" touchscreen (bought for £200) for the iTrain switchboard works perfectly. I have looked into the DR5088RC and wondered if this could be used with the ECoS through the ESU Lnet converter?