Hi

Not sure what your problem is but two things could cause the contacts not to be read:
- failure of connecting the "0" of the Track to the upside-down "T"
- not connecting the RJ45 cable from the CS3+ to the outward-going arrow (on the top left of 60881) but to the other one


No you don't need to record trains while running.

This is a very powerful command in the CS3 regarding contacts (sensors) and the processing going with it so:
- verify the contact in question is grey when not occupied and yellow when it is. When there is a scan problem the contact is in red.
- start with very simple string of commands attached to a contact and test it
- when better acquainted start using complex conditions, delays, random, and the other logic functions
Cheers
Jean

Do not have an answer, however it might be useful to connect a cable from the opposite T and relevant contact on the S88 module. If contact icon then shows yellow sometning is wrong with the external wiring on the layout or the contact track. If it does not show yellow the fault should be wihin the s88, the cabling to the cs3, the setup of the s88 in the cs3 and finally: does the s88 have power? Am on holiday but think the S88 has its own power supply…. At least above should limit where to look for faults.

TIE

Thank's Tie, and Jean, once yet again! The jumper wire did not work, so I removed the track section in between the two contact tracks with the blue arrows. It worked! I had one of the ground wires on the wrong track terminal after all.