Jack75029

I went ahead and purchased the Hornby Elite DCC controller from amazon Put the loco on the track and programmed to address #1 and would you believe it the loco ran at the first time of asking. It looks like the Bachmann controller from ebay is a dud! EDIT: Further update to say that I took the controller apart and there was a loose wire to the throttle from the circuit board. Have connected this back on and controller now works as should

Hello, DCC novice here. This is my first attempt and running anything DCC and have run into an issue After deciding to get back into the hobby again after 20 years I have decided to go down the DCC route. All my locos are DC and was planning on converting my Bachmann 56xx (32-079) to DCC. It is only when I opened this up that i found what looks to be a DCC socket and I did not believe this to be a DCC ready loco as it mentions it nowhere in the instructions or box. I have bought myself a 2nd hand Bachmann EZ command controller from ebay and a zimo mx600r decoder. when fitting the decoder there weres no markings on the socket to indicate pin 1 so I went for my best guess. When turning on the controller and selecting address #3 the loco went at full speed. I have managed to re-programme the decoder to address 1 and can change direction however the speed seems to be set to full no matter what I do with the speed selected. Then for a period of about a minute I was able to control the speed but the loco would not come to a stand when throttle was reduced, I took the loco of the track and when I put it back on it was back at full speed Has anyone had similar issues to this in the past or able to offer any advice? Kind regards, A DCC novice