hello everyone

I just switched from a mobile station to a CS2 to be able to better control my layout.

the problem is that only 1 out of 6 MFX markin locomotives have been recognized by the CS2 whilst they were working perfectly with the mobile station.

any idea how to solve it?

another maybe newbie question, in order for the loco to be recognized shall the track be connected to the standard CS2 exit or to the programming track exit?

thanks a lot for your help

Will try.

Just for my understanding, the cables should be connected to the programming port of the cs2 or that doesn’t make any difference?

I tried searching for the mfx loco using a separate single track.

after 5 tentatives it managed to recognize the loco, but then the cs2 restarted itself, lost the registered loco and now can't detect it anymore.

I'm updating the central station now, will update you all tomorrow

thanks a lot

I seem to recall that the controller is designed to recognize the mfx information from the decoder. It is not the same as a DCC decoder, where it will recognize the first one with address 03 as DCC 03, the second as DCC 03 (01) and so on... The mfx address never changes.

Your controller is set to detect decoders in a specific order. Make sure it is set to mfx, dcc, mm.

You should check to see whether the locomotive may already be in the library, but is not being recognized by the controller.
if yes, you can delete it and then allow the controller to detect and re-register the decoder again. You should also check to see if another locomotive with the same DCC address is registered.

Which mobile station were you using? MS, MS2 or MS3?

If you have any locomotive cards, you can create one for that locomotive and see if the CS will accept it that way. (MS2/CS2 and later)

Regards

Mike C