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Sorry Nigel. I meant 14, not 12 and all is well. :-). Derrr

Indeed, as you said Nigel. I tried CV29=12 and the lights worked ok. Thanks for lifting the fog on CV29. :-) Keith

Ah. Thank you Nigel. I will try some different numbers and report back what happens. Keith

Thanks Nigel. You got it. The Speed Steps from default were 14, so I set CV29 = 28 and the lights work correctly. Thanks again. Keith

I have tried resetting the Lenz chip with CV8=8, but the fault remains. Keith

Thanks Nigel. Much appreciated. I wondered if the chip has the lighting set at non-latching, but can’t find the appropriate CV to check/change. The Chip CV30 shows 0, which indicates no faults onboard. Keith

I have a Farish Class 47 which is DCC Ready with a 6 pin NEM651 socket fitted. However, I only have a Lenz Silver Mini+ decoder with 7 wires, and NOT the 6 pin version of the decoder. I have correctly fitted the 2 power input wires, the 2 motor wires and the front and back lighting wires, but I am left with a blue wire with nowhere to connect it to. The Lenz documentation shows that the blue wire is the lighting common wire for the LEDs. The loco works correctly forwards and backwards and the front light and tail lights are illuminated and switch direction when the loco direction changes. However, the lights only switch on for 1 second and go off again. Is this because the blue wire is unconnected? If so, how/where do I connect it? Thanks Keith

Brilliant Nigel. Thank you too. :-). Keith

Thanks John. Crystal clear mate. Thank you for getting the discussion under way. Not a bit longwinded. :-) Keith

I know it works with Lenz decoders.

Sorry guys, but like Gordon S, I too have a 53900 and find the so called ESU Tester 'Instructional Manual' totally inadequate for a novice. I am running an N Gauge layout with Lenz controller and various decoders. One of my Farish locos has a suspect Hornby TTS sound conversion which is intermittent. I have connected the decoder wires to the Tester. I too have a mysterious blue wire off my Hornby TTS decoder with nothing to connect it to. My 'simple' questions are ( Yes/No answer will suffice) 1. Can I connect a non-ESU decoder, such as a Hornby TTS and get a sensible fault diagnosis from the Tester? 2. What is the issue with FL LED showing flashing yellow in one direction and RL Flashing Red in the other direction? Is this the same warning that you get from a Lenz decoder showing a short circuit by flashing the loco lights on and off at Zero throttle position? 3. Is the speaker polarity important? 4. Could the flashing LEDS be rectified by connecting the blue wire somewhere? Can I make my ESU Tester a 'Universal' device for various manufacturers eg Youchoos Zimo, or do I bin it as too ESU specific? Thanks Keith

Well, you have lifted the fog about how these things work. I can now see that if I apply 12-16 v DC across the optocoupler and provide a current user on the track, the coupler will conduct, and switch the LDT-16. Thanks once again for your diligence in solving this for me mate. If I started again, I would probably buy RS-8, but had already purchased the Lenz LB101’s and wrongly thought that the RS-16 work work the same as a Lenz LR101 Feedback Decoder (which does provide 5v DC to the LB101). I had hassle from the beginning, where I couldn’t change the Dcc address of the RS-16 initially and it has taken nearly 2 months to get it replaced by Buhler Elektronics, and it came back with no explanation at all. Was it faulty, or was it finger trouble? I will never know. With hindsight, it would have been better to buy from a UK dealer, but I didn’t. But thanks again. Great camaraderie. :-) Keith

Thanks mate. That's what I needed to know. There is no voltage output from the occupancy detector; hence the nil response from the LDT RS-16. So RS-16 is going in the dustbin and I will fit 2 Lenz LR101 feedback detectors, which do work. Thanks again. Keith

Hi guys, Is anyone using Lenz LB101 with LDT RS-16 feedback detector. I am unable to connect the 2 output wires from LB101 to RS-16 and get any feedback detected at Lenz handset. One Occupancy output wire is connected to one of the RS-16 ports 1-16 and the other occupancy wire is connected to the Ref. This is not an RS-8 device. Thanks Keith

Thanks for that MTB MP1 information guys. I have just received and fitted one. I took the drive apart to see if the small plastic pin was fitted in the 3mm N Gauge position. It was fitted in the OO Gauge position so I needed to remove and fit it. I thought "Now whatever you do, don't drop the pin on the carpet and.....PING. It shot out of the tweezers across the room. I thought I will never find it again, but had a look anyway and.....It was sat there glowing red on my grey carpet!! :-) Phew. I fitted the pin, reassembled and fitted the drive to the baseboard. Interestingly, MTB do supply a spare pin with the drive, so I am probably not the first one to have dropped it. It was then an interesting exercise to read and decipher the Lenz manual for my LS100 feedback decoders to change the pulse time to 2 seconds, but I succeeded and It worked !! Yay. The motor drives beautifully with a real-world sound and pushes the blades hard against their stock rails. Lovely. So I just ordered 12 more for my main lines. If/when I get Traincontroller, it doesn't matter if the Route selection fires the motors again because if they are already in the correct position, nothing will happen and nothing will be heard. So all in all, thanks to you guys for steering me in the right direction with a perfect solution at the right price. Keith