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MtRR75:
This refers to a Rivarossi 4-6-2 with an LM-3S and a keep-alive installed in it.

(1) When I turn on the headlight, then turn it off, SOMETIMES it stays on.  Once this happens, repeated attempts to turn it off using the headlight button are futile. The only ways to turn off the headlight are (a) cut the power to the track, or (b) change the loco direction (see #2).

(2) When I turn on the front light, then switch the loco direction to Reverse, the headlight goes off and the back-up light on the tender goes on.  This is as expected but....

(3) When I switch the loco direction back to Forward, (a) the headlight comes back on, as expected, but (2) the back-up light SOMETIMES stays on (and sometimes goes off, as expected).

(4) If the back-up light stays on (in #3), repeated attempts to turn it off using the back-up light button are futile.

Any idea what is going on here?

Michael Larson:
I experienced a similar problem with some LM-2s's of mine back in May.  Headlight and backup light not responding to button pushes as they should.  I contacted Tim Ring about it then, but only as a secondary problem.  He solved my primary problem and I told him that I would pursue this lighting issue when I returned from the NTS in Kansas City.  I broke my ankle the day before my scheduled departure for KC, and as you can imagine not only missed KC but pretty much all hobby activity since.  I have yet to get back to him on this issue.  I mention this here because the issue is not limited to just LM-3's.

BTW, the issue started immediately after updating my LM-2s's to the latest firmware.  I did so to take advantage of the new DCC capabilities.  It should be noted that the issue was present under both RP and DCC control.

I will try to follow up with Tim this week.

--Michael

KPack:
Sounds like your light effect versions are wrong.  With the new HC and LM software, you need to be running Rev 2 versions of all lighting effects.  Without the Rev 2 versions you will get odd behavior like you've seen....lights mot turning off and such.

-Kevin

MtRR75:
Software update and Rev 2 light files fixed the problem.

Thanks for the help.

Nick:
Today I noticed that my Ditch Lights don't flash when I press the horn.  I know in the past it used to. I checked to see if the setting had been turned off by mistake, but it hadn't. This particular locomotive uses a LM-3S. Any help is appreciated.

    -Nick

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