Hi all, our CS2 #60215 went through the process of going through its first update. Prior to this it was working fine. we tried a few times & each time it reported back as being a Failed update. The unit was shut down in the proper manor& now a day later its as dead as. Any suggestions?
PS: no magic smoke or fireworks to report. Transformer is working & power at the plug in end metered.

Edited by user 08 June 2020 10:25:58(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Thanks Cookee for the vote of confidence. Worrying part is nothing happens when you connect it up. But we will try everything we can to get it going again. I sent a PM to David Dewar & he suggested Peter Clapcott who may or may not remember me from Auckland & Alan Pearce "kiwiAlan" as being knowledgeable on this topic. Here's hoping

Can we , for the moment, treat the two issues separately.
- power
- update.

POWER
If you have been unplugging/plugging in the power to the back of the CS2 can I request that you ensure the pins have not been pushed back due to attempts to plug it in upside down.

I have experience with the clubs CS2 where, people became familiar with the fact that there is normally a firm detent and , some times excessive force was applied withe the plug upside down.

Conversely, those not inclined to push, will not make hard enough

And thirdly, my original CS2 came with a cable/plug that had a bad "dry solder joint" in the head of the plug.
I found that forming the cable tension-ed one way would usually work fine but movement of the unit - caused power down
I ended up cutting the plug open and replacing it.


Please also clarify if you are using a (DC)power supply or a (AC)transformer.
If a Transformer , can you get hold of a Power Supply
(do not worry trying a transformer if you have a Power Supply)


BOOT FAILURE
Should you get to the stage where power appears restored, can we have a screen shot/video of what you do see.

In doing so, can you have a network cable plugged in to your router and observe if there is any activity on the LEDs by the network port.
similarly if you have a MS plugged in, let us know what/if you see on its screen
(may take a while - but if it is the screen that is dead, the rest might be OK

Perhaps he doesn't have DHCP setup (or correctly) on his router.



Sounds like he was trying to update from a really old version to the latest without doing the intermediate update first.

If its an old version you need to upgrade to 3.6 by USB and then you can use auto-update online.

http://streaming.maerkli...fo_above_3_6_english.pdf

Central station arrived & indeed as dead as a door nail.Put a test light in the plug & it lit up. So with some prodding around with the power plug central station end it finally came to life. Question. How to open the central station end power pack plug without destroying it to check for dry joints? this is the one with 4 male pins Any suggestions please

Hello Peter, The power supply is #60061. I believe this can also be used on a CS3 & CS3 plus. The updates went smoothly now showing Hardware 4.33 & software 4.2.9 (0).
Now here is the conundrum. Michael bought in the meantime a CS3 Plus. This is on its way from USA arriving in what year I do not know. He did this believing the CS2 was cactus before I got my hands on it.
It does not come with a power pack. Cost of this from USA is say AU$1500.00. His layout will be medium size & I feel the CS3 + is overkill. He is going to power all 19 Points & decoders via track power.
Given that we now have a perfectly good #60215 with #60061 transformer & the new CS3+ on its way. What would you do presented with all these options. The new Transformer is going to cost AU$250
from a store in Sydney. It has been modified to meet Australian compliance what ever that means . So do we keep the CS2 & sell the CS3+ on arrival or keep the CS3+ & sell CS2?
Or do we sell both & get a ESU Ecos 50210? Just bear in mind Micheal is new to Marklin & would appreciate others views & experiences. I myself swear by my ESU Ecos 50200 but would not like to be seen tipping the scales one way or the other.I look forward to your comments.

Dave...

I agree with David, changing components from one company to another is not advisable, I've made the change after I've made a decision to go with the ECoS and therefore bought all ESU accessory components and so far I haven't had any problems., it took me 2 years to decide which command station to buy,
the other problem is until you buy a command station you really don't know what they can do or how they perform., one thing I enjoy is the ESU forum where you can ask questions if you have any queries regarding any ESU product., when purchasing an ESU command station you can join the forum by registering the Command station.
It looks like any information on the CS's are provided by this forum and not by an official Märklin website and without the help of Peter Clapcott and others some of the queries would be most probably unanswered.
So when it comes to a service provider, Märklin hasn't got a handy and ready forum where questions can be answered., it would be nice to have when you need it.

John