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Offline JetForMe  
#1 Posted : 25 December 2022 10:55:08(UTC)
JetForMe

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Joined: 25/12/2022(UTC)
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Location: California, Los Angeles
Hi everyone. Many years ago I bought a Marklin ICE 2 kit that came with K track, a digital 60113 box and 60653 mobile controller, and never took it out of the box until this past week. I decided to make a little winter train layout under the tree, and set it all up. It was working fine until today, when I tried to start the train running, and found the controller completely unresponsive to key presses. Can't take it out of Stop or do anything else. I tried power cycling it, plugging it into the other port, nothing helped.

Family is coming over late this evening, and I'd love to be able to get it to run. I don't know if anyone is reading these forums this weekend, but if you have any fixes to try, I'd love to hear them.

Is there a way to factory reset the controller that doesn’t require using the front keys?

I am very adept at electronics, and have quite a few things like Arduinos and Raspberry Pis around. If anyone knows what the digital signaling protocol is, either to the track, or from the controller to the digital power box, I could hack together something to command the system. It really just needs to tell the train to run, maybe turn the lights on for a bonus.

If it's a common failure of the electronics (basic components), I can attempt repairs here too.

Thanks for any help!
Offline JetForMe  
#2 Posted : 25 December 2022 11:14:25(UTC)
JetForMe

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Joined: 25/12/2022(UTC)
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Location: California, Los Angeles
I fixed it! I found another post that talked about having the cable replaced. I looked closely at the connector plug and saw it was covered in goo (not sure where that came from, maybe a capacitor has leaked inside the box and seeped into the receptacle? I'll open it shortly and take a look). I tried wiggling the plug in the socket and saw that it would cut power to the controller; didn't matter which socket it was plugged into.

I took some Deoxit and IPA to the plug with a brush, and that seemed to fix things. Curious symptom.

I would still love to know what the protocols are (between the box and the track, and the controller and the box).

UPDATE: I opened up the digital box. Clean as a whistle. Not sure where the gooey corrosion came from.
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Offline ocram63_uk  
#3 Posted : 25 December 2022 19:20:22(UTC)
ocram63_uk

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Joined: 07/01/2015(UTC)
Posts: 707
Location: England, Suffolk
you cleaned the plug with IPA, beer? 🤣🤣🤣

Merry Christmas and happy trains 👍🏻
Offline Goofy  
#4 Posted : 25 December 2022 21:21:52(UTC)
Goofy


Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC)
Posts: 9,132
A simple question...did you ever read the manual of the digital set!??
Covered in goo??

Confused
H0
DCC = Digital Command Control
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