Bachmann N GE Dash 8-40cw

[kevincasey]

my DCC loco stopped communicating with the DCC controller... what's up? ...  I get sound from the engine, but no bells & whistles, and no movement either forward or backwards... the loco has Econami Sound Value...

[DaveGard]

Simple things first... have you got the loco selected by the correct loco ID number in your controller? Sounds dumb, I know, but more than once my controller has undergone a "hiccup," and suddenly my loco doesn't respond because the controller has "slipped" to a different (sometimes totally random) loco ID. can cause a bit of a panic if the loco is actually running, and needs to be stopped...

[kevincasey]

yes, the correct loco number was (is) selected... I was wondering if it possible to re-select the factory default setting of "3" to start again from the beginning, and go from there.. the loco number is "7369", and I have also re-enter that loco number into the DCC controller with no luck... the loco was working just fine, then all of a sudden it's stops working correctly...

[plas man]

to reset the decoder (bachmann EZ DCC system can not alter CV's) is ... CV8 set to 8
this will give factory settings .. loco address 3 .

[kevincasey]

re-setting the CV8 to equal 8 did not reset the loco to address '3'... is it possible something is wrong with the loco and it has to be fixed?