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Hi. I've recently purchased and installed a second-hand (but unused) Heljan 89121 turntable that has a couple of quality issues. Firstly, there's a slight twist in the deck causing just 3 wheels to be in contact with the track. Second, the centre of the bowl is ever so slightly high, giving an almost rocking motion to the deck. If a loco is off-centre and sat at the non-driven end of the deck, motion is very juddery. Has anyone overcome such issues, and if so, how? Thanks in advance. Phil.

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Thanks, Iain. I did actually think of that after posting here. I'll pop over to the iTrain forum now 👍

Hi all. As the title, I run iTrain with the Z21 black and, rightly, or wrongly I've just purchased the Heljan Turntable 89121 and really struggling to get my head things. The TT is installed and working. The instructions do say that it should be connected to the controllers Boost outputs, as far as I can see the Z21 doesn't have any, so it's currently connected to the regular Bus wire. iTrain is controlling the TT to a certain extent, I can click an exit on the iTrain screen and the TT will move to it, however, things fall apart when routing locos. The TT will move to totally different exit, and there's also the issue of the TT not having a feedback, the loco continues to run on. Is there another product needed to use the TT automatically, or do I simply operate manually? Thanks in advance.

That is correct. As I have now learnt, the Z21 Maintenance Tool, iTrain, and probably TrainController, are all capable of displaying in real-time your layout power usage. The benefit of using the iTrain environment is that the display is in a floating window, so I don't have to leave the program for the information. Anyone want to buy an Alpha Meter?

Found it, thank you I've removed the Alpha Meter as it clearly isn't needed when using iTrain. My issue was, when using automatic routes, iTrain would randomly neglect to operate points even though the route had been reserved, this would obviously cause a short when the train reached the point. Since removing the Alpha Meter I've just completed a 2 hour automated running session of 4 trains without issue, and the voltage is steady at 14.5 - 14.7 Now to watch video no. 42

Hmmm, I can't seem to find that window within iTrain

A while? How do I know if I have a Railcom compatible product, it was purchased new around 3 months ago? Thank you for the comprehensive reply BTW.

I've watched the tutorials from the start, they truly are invaluable

Haha, I hadn't realised that. Something else to check out

I'll give that a try, thank you for your help. Such a shame DCC Concepts aren't willing to address the issue, I use iTrain and tend to rely on Railcom quite a lot.

Hi all. I have a question regarding my Z21 Black. As you can see from the video, the voltage fluctuates considerably between 12 and 14v, as the title, is this normal? There is nothing on the layout. I've adjusted the Z21's output down to 14v because of an issue I was having with some DCC Concepts IP Digital point motors getting damaged, thankfully, the voltage reduction has solved that issue. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you everyone for the replies. I had my fears that the brightness would be factory set without any option to adjust. The loco I have is the DCC sound factory-fitted model, I really don't fancy messing with the decoder, not to mention the extra expense. Not having a firebox flicker is no big deal, but as it's there we should be able to see it. Thank you also for the iTrain input, I'll pop over there and pose my question

Hi all, Can anyone cleverer than me (that'll be most of you then) advise which CV I need to change to increase the brightness of the firebox flicker, I've done the usual search but struggling to find any info? The brightness level out-of-the-box is ridiculously low. The model I have is the sound-fitted version (the sound is excellent BTW), fitted with a Zimo decoder. On a separate note; are there any iTrain wizards on the forum? If so, where would I post questions, if at all? I am aware iTrain has its own forum. TIA

Addition. I've just noticed my Hornby B17 is buzzing at a standstill, this too has a Hattons 8 pin decoder fitted. Trouble is, I've no idea if it was buzzing before the Class 26 issue or not