Spectrum 2-8-0 will not program

[MSpaeth]

I have a Bachmann Spaetrum 2-8-0 that will not program on my Digitrax Zephyr system.  I can put it on the trach and use address 03 and the loco works.  When I put it on the program track I get the error no current draw and will not program a new address.  What do I need to do to fix this???

[bapguy]

Do you have the eaarly Zypher (dcs50) or the newer one(dcs51)? If the early one the resister accross the track should work. If the newer one it has a blast mode for programming decoders. You might want to look into getting the PR3 and Ps14 from Digitrax. This is a programmer that hooks up to a computer. Install JMRI which is free. This has Decoder Pro in it. I have one and use it to read and write cv's. You can save the cv's in a folder on your computer so if you experiment with programming cv's that way if you mess some thing up, you'll have a list of the old ones. I would also suggest joining the Digitrax Yahoo group.  Joe.

[MSpaeth]

I tried the resistor and it work.  Thanks for the info