Zoli

SORTED! I took 2 of my locos to a shop where they checked them and they were all good. They gave a tip what could casue the issue. I connected the to the track with a standard power track, It turnes out there is a suppressor in the power track which prevents the programming signals to go through as they are much weaker than controlling signals. I tried now without it and it worked straight away. I feel really embarassed as this was the only part I did not check or change and should have thought about. I must say that was a good learning curve. I hope this info can help someone in the future. Thanks for everyone taking the time and try to solve my issue. Zoli I

I don't have another command station to try them. I went through the unlock on 3 of the decoders but no use. Also looked up the manual of the only Train Omatic decoders I have with the same result. How could I identify if I have a problem with the decoders or with the unit itself? Shall i get a brand new specific decoder?

I've performed the same sequence with 4 different locos and decoders. All of them can't be faulty.

I cleaned the track, unplugged and checked the feeder wire, unplugged the decoders cleaned the pcb boards and plugged them back. I did this with all my locos. The green lights are working while read/set. I've uloaded a video as I was trying to set it. I aslo tried to change the acceleration and deceleration but the result is the same, all read 255 and can't be changed. I don't know if there is anything else I can miss. This z21 has no other output where I could plug smething in the wrong way. I am livig in London. Anyone has any idea where could I take it to get a one to one help?

I've tried to reset them but no use. I also have one 8 pin Train O'matic decoder which behaves the same way. The first decoder I bought last year when I got the z21 was a plux22 LAIS. Somehow I managed to change the address on this decoder to 1 and it is working fine ever since. I only had 2 locos at the time so I didn't really revisited programming. When I am reading the address of this loco it gives 255 like all the others but it is definitely on 1.

On the previous time is was indeed in the programming address menu I've been going through it now as you described. CV programming, manual, programming track. When I do read here the value is 255(picture). When I set it to a different number for the first time it seems it changes it but effectively doesn't. When I try to either read or set the second time it seems it is locked in the programming loop(picture). I need to force shut the programming with the indicator on the app in the top right as it takes minutes and nothing is happening. The indicator light is green when I perform read or set. I also tried more locos with different decoders and one of them gives ticking sounds in regular intervals when locked in the cycle described above. All locomotives moves and lights are working fine whilst using default address 3.

I tried both ways and the result is the same. When I am setting the address after the programming it does show that the address has been changed but when I try to go to steering it is still on default. I tried with a different loco which has an 8pin decoder but without change. I took a picture of my setup the 2 locos and a screen capture(I just realized now that I can't upload MP4 so I did screenshots of each step) as I am trying to change the address. I am using the default set locos to control at the moment. The throttle animation works on the last image I just captured it too soon. I did the read CV option just to show. I also tried to set the CV without reading it first. Let me know if I am doing something wrong.

Thanks for the quick reply! This is happening on small programming track. Nothing else is plugged in to it and only a single loco on the track. I've just tried setting the value without reading it but the result is the same. I've added a screenshot where I am trying to set the address just to make sure I'm on the right menu. The 9999 appears here in the middle when I read the decoder first.

Hi everyone, I got some trouble with changing loco addresses on my z21 white. I am just getting into DCC and spent hours trying to change the factory addresses on my locos. I am using the z21 app with the dark background which should be the right one. I've recently updated the firmware as well with a separate app. When I am in programming mode the indicator is solid green. I go into CV programming, then programming track, manual then program address. When I press read it gives 9999. After I change it to 5 and press set. A bit of processing with green light and it seems fine but the address actually doesn't change and the loco is still on No 3. The controls work perfectly fine with the factory setting. Am I missing something or this needs to be done so where else? I went through every single option in the app but no luck. I am using a laisdcc plux22 6 function decoder. Any help would be much appreciated! ReplyForward