just bought a nce power cab today hooked it all up but the light on the utp is not lit please help!!
Do you have the hand set plugged into the proper side of the UTP? I think it plugs into the left side as you face the UTP.
Yes, make sure the Cab is plugged to the left side of the UTP using the flat cord.
i was using the coiled cord ill give it a try
no luck same problem and my cab says can not read cv when i try to progarm
For the love of GOD, read the manual.
David B
Did you ever get the red light to come on? If not, then you do not have power to the track.
Did you follow all of the instructions on page 3 of the manual exactly? Read them carefully,
I asume that your loco is equipped with a DCC decoder.
fyi i have been reading the manual over and over and no i never got the light on i know there is no power to the track cant figure out why yes my loco is dcc equiped and it was professionally installed i hjave followed the instructions to the word as well
I hope that someone with more experience with this system can help you. It sounds like you may have a defective power supply. Maybe someone can tell you another way to test it.
The cab says “cannot read cv”? Is this what it said when you first plugged in?
no that was when i first dicovered that the track was not recieveing power and had tried to program my loco address
got the light on now it still says cnt read cv when i try to program it
What sort of decoder is it? Some don;t have readback, so you wouldn;t be able to read it, and some sound decoders need a program track booster to be able to read. If the loco was never programmed, try running it on address 3, that’s the default address per NMRA standards. Enter just 3, not 003, 003 on NCE systems in long address 3, and the default decoder address is short address 3.
Or if the decoder was installed and set up by someone, they may have programmed it to the cab number, so try that. Don’t worry about figuring out programming until you have a train running.
–Randy
It would no be helpful for others if you tell us what you did to get the light to come on.
Now, what exactly are you trying to program that you are playing with CVs at this early stage of the game? You said that the engine had a decoder and it was professionally installed. If that is the case, the installer should have told you what address the engine was programmed to. If he did not assign the decoder to the address on the locomotive cab, then the loco should run on the decoder default address which is normally 3.
So, what you need to do if you haven’t already done so is escape/exit from the programming mode, press the select loco button, enter the engine address, press the enter key on the cab, and see if the engine runs.
i bought it pre installed it is a drop in chip for n kato sd70 mac the man a the hobby shop said it was pre programed to the loco road # 9863 and was tested so idk what decoder it is i also tried that # and it did not work
its the tcs k1d4
Can you get the loco to run? If it’s new hit select loco and then press 3 and enter. Most loco’s come default to address 3. The second address to try is the loco’s number.
flyboy,
This may be semantics or a typo on your account but…your Power Cab will ONLY operate when plugged into a “PCP” panel; NOT a UTP panel. UTP panels are only for extra cabs, or for your Power Cab when it is used in conjunction with a Smart Booster (SB3 or SB3a).
If it really is a UTP panel, your Power Cab will light up but it won’t work properly. Your Power Cab has to be connected to the LEFT connector port of a PCP panel in order to work.
Tom
whAT EVER COMES WITH THE KIT ITS IS CALLE A POWER panel marke pcab-pp
Flyboy10 [:)]
First thing, I have never had a decoder that the Power Cab couldn’t read with out the need for a booster. The “PC” will only read back in the programing track mode. Any track can be a programing track as long as there are no other engines on the layout track. Push prog then button #4, then enter, to go directly to programing track mode, push #2 and wait for it to ask what “CV” to read. push #1 for decoder “loco ID”.
Make sure that the power panel is right side up. [:-^] The red light is below the plug ins. Don’t ask how I learned this. Plug the Power Cab into the left hand side.
Just a review. I’m very pleased with my Power Cab.
Best of luck
Lee