I think yours CS2 has become bugged.
I suggest you shall to restart CS2 and try a new update with the latest 1.4!

I bet this is a loco problem, not a CS2 problem (just a timely coincidence).
Check the brushes, the tension of the springs that hold the brushes, and the collector (could be dirty).

You can change the functions from permanent to momentary (but I don't know how to do it with a CS2).

I did a update last week on my CS2 and 2 of my signals have frozen on red and will not change.I have rebooted the CS2 but no luck. The two signals are in a finished part of the layout so that is a pain and I have found that the 76xxxx are not the easiest to program.

Charles.

Here's the latest.

I decided to back grade to version 1.35. It "updated" successfully and asked if I wanted to update the TFP ? I said yes, and the screen "An update for TFP is running. Do Not turn this unit off".

Its frozen at this point !!! What do I do NOW ????

Don't worry - let 'em squawk. All this is definitely NOT YOUR FAULT, just the usual controller junk by "New" Marklin ...
Ever since the day they abandoned FX Motorola System they aren't able to deliver troublefree motors & electronics, anymore. Period.
My best advice: Return this thing to dealer for replacement - you aren't the first nor the last customer having to do so.
Or get your cash back. You've paid a lot for it, anyway ...

Edited by user 17 November 2010 17:59:51(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Greg,

If you decide to repair the CS2 yourself, read here:

https://www.marklin-user...aspx?g=posts&t=16727


see post 83


Once done if you decide to update again after repair, reread the above post. Should you decide to update using the internet and not USB then read here:

https://www.marklin-user...aspx?g=posts&t=17391



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http://www.maerklin.de/faq/

Marklin Digital > Central Station II > Reparatur der CS 2 bei versehentlichem Downgrade


(German to English translation)

Repair of CS 2 in case of accidental downgrade

04.06.2009
# 218

I made an inadvertent downgrade of software version 1.1.3 (0) to software version 1.0.5 (3). Now my travels Central Station 60213 is no longer high. How can I fix my CS 2 again?

Procedure for Repair:

1. Preparing a USB stick so that the root of the USB flash drive no files. Subdirectories with some files may exist.
2. The following files to the root of the USB stick to copy: stick.sh and reparatur.sh
3. Central Station 2 with inserted USB stick start
4. Wait until the program starts. This can take up to 5 minutes.
5. In the Setup menu [shutdown]
6. If the shutdown is complete, remove the USB stick.
7. The files reparatur.sh stick.sh and delete on the USB stick
8. Both on the stick and the device is a backup of the previous data of the device

The files are stick.sh and reparatur.sh Beitrsg attached as an appendix.


http://www.maerklin.de/faq/download.php?Number=218

Hello,

if you press no, nothing happens.

What that means exactly. The GFP will not be updated, ok. But do you see the control of the locos? can you move between the menues?

Can you control trains?

rgds

Stephan

Well here's the latest.

I decided to update via the internet and I followed the instructions and believe it or not - IT WORKED !!! Wacko. For me this is like winning the lottery - usually Murphy's law applies when I go to do something. So there's a corollary to Murphy's law - it doesn't always apply. Also, I was having a problem with intermittent responses from the whistles and bells functions. I've solved that as well. Just for your knowledge bank, when this occurs, check the voltage of the track - mine was down to around 11.7 V - the solution was simple. I looked under the track where the spade connectors join from the CS2 and cleaned and reconnected them. Voltage increased to 13.5V and the signal now goes every time to the locos.

Thanks to everyone who suggested some help directly or indirectly.

Merry Christmas to ALL

Greg

Help! I did my CS2 update this evening when I finally had time and now have effectively a dead CS2 - "There is no track format processor available..."

Here's background to how I got here: I first tried the Internet update, that failed. Then I tried the USB update and it told me that that was successful. I believe it had asked me if I wanted to update the TFP, to which I said yes. After it told me it had been successful, I checked the version number, it was at 1.40(1) as expected. I even had the TFP at 1.36. All seemed good. As I've seen recommended, I then shutdown and restarted the CS2.

Comming back on, I got the dreaded "There is no track format processor available..." message. Sure enough, the speed knobs were useless. I can move between menus. Interestingly, version is still ok 1.40(a) but there is no TFP level now and when I checked "Information", the screen is blank.

I've had this for a year and a half, the previous update went perfectly.

So now I've read all the threads on this, most say that it has to go back to Germany (bummer) since only Marklin can reset it . I'm intrigued by one thing I've seen in this thread though: YoungAgain had the same issue above in posting #7:



Then he went to a prior version of the GFP code (which I take it you're not supposed to do). But - in the end, after he got the new update to apply, YoungAgain now has a working CS2 after having had the "no track fromat processor" error and his system didn't go back to Germany. Is it possible?

So here's the question - is there a way to recover from the "no track format processor" error other than by sending back to Germany?

I guess the question is really for YoungAgain - when you got your error message, was your system truly dead? In post 15, you state that you could control the locos and turnouts, but was that only after you tried to back grade your system?

I really don't want to send this thing back to Germany (yes, that's where I got it) so would love to know if there's any chance of some form of software fix.

Any help or ideas welecome.

Did that with a fresh download, no joy.



Yes, I can still access via the network. (BTW, I didn't know about this function before, very useful.)

I see a problem here -



Mine has this:
-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 cs2 37658 Jan 1 00:01 000-gfp.bin

Needless to say, if the size is different, so is the checksum.

All other files are exactly like yours.

I also looked around at the files inside of the redownloaded cs2update.tgz and cs2update_gfp1.36.tgz. Your file is from cs2update.tgz (date, time and size match); mine seems to be the same one that is in cs2update_gfp1.36.tgz. I can't seem to "down grade" by just updating with only cs2update.tgz. I get a "update successull" message then "No Track Format Processor available..." message. If I try to apply just "cs2update_gfp1.36.tgz" I get the same thing - success, then No Track Format Processor...

A couple of other things that are odd here are that the owner permissions on my file are different - owner ID 1000. On your files and every other one of my files, both the owner and group permissions are "cs2"; on the 000-gfp.bin file I seem to have owner permession "1000". Not sure how that could have been set differently. The date is the other thing that is odd, but the date in the "cs2update_gfp1.36.tgz" is messed up as well (on my Mac, it reads as Jan 2028).

So I have this sinking feeling in my stomach that I have to send this whole thing in for repair. Shipping alone won't be cheap. Seems pretty clear that the only reason for that is that the only folks who have the root password are in Marklin Germany.

Does anyone know if this issue (No TFP available...) is covered out of warranty? I've had this box for well over a year. Sort of stinks if not - clearly this is something that the Marklin update caused...

David