Hey Tim!
Yes I could have elaborated a wee bit more.
I’m running a Digitrax system with a power supply putting out the recommended Railpro voltage.
Loco A (LM1) was in a newer Kato SD40-2 with a speaker mount on the bottom, loco B (LM2) was a mid production Kato SD40-2, both had the pin connectors.
Loco B never ran right so I chalked it up to pickup issues. I reinstalled a DCC decoder in it and had no issues however.
Loco C was a proto 2000 SD60 with pin connectors and yes, grain of wheat bulbs (D'oh!) It ran ok with DCC but not the LM. Yes it is quite possible I killed it there...
Come to think of it I also had LM2 in a newer Atlas GP38-2 (loco D?) afterwards that never ran. Hmmm...
It was at that point I sent LM2 to my friend who runs Railpro for diagnoses but it was un detectable.
I contacted Ring to see if there was a possible reset and if I could send it in but was told to try all the things my friend had done.
That would be about when it hit the recycling bucket.
So having just one LM now it made no sense to keep it in loco A since I wanted to run it with its kin so I pulled it out and mounted it into loco E, a new Kato -9 with a bottom speaker mount. Ran and sounded fine for a little while but when I recently put it back on the rails the new issue (static) showed up.
I also tried a couple different harnesses to eliminate that as a possible defect.
Oh, I guess I mentioned the iPad to say I’m social distancing, no one was with me., didn’t think about that.
Also I’m not a Microsoft fan but I did buy a laptop to download Railpro stuff. Guess that’ll be hitting Kijiji before long. LOL
You’re absolutely right about DCC decoders going wonky too, I have a few dead ones here from over the years.
Well yeah my friend did suggest I post here some time back but as I mentioned I didn’t want to start off like this.
Ok better get going with my day, thanx for the welcome and checking this out!