RMweb Premium JZ Posted November 2, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2009 This has happened a number of times now with different decoders and locos. Working fine for a while and then reverting to 3. Happened again this morning on my Heljan Western Champion. Running along just fine then stops dead. Because this had happened before I immediately tried it on 3 and off it went. All the other setting have remained unchanged. Not had time to look yet, but it is probably one of the older R8219 ( ) type. Others that have done this have stubbornly refused any attempt to re-address them. I will check tomorrow morning if it will reprog', but can't fit in another loco as the loco with the address 3 has got a decoder that had the same problem. Any other with this problem, or advice on resolving it. Using a Multimaus, but had same problem with my sons Select. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted November 2, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2009 If it is an older R8215 i.e. one without a red spot, contact Hornby and they will replace it FOC. It's a known fault. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokebox Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 It's also possible that the Hornby chip is being overloaded by the Heljan motor. The Hornby chips (R8215 and R8249) have maximum continuous current capacity of only 1/2 Amp (500mA) and Heljans are known to be rather heavy current users (I don't know if this particular model is), needing a chip with a higher current capacity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JZ Posted November 4, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 4, 2009 Thanks for the replies folks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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