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erikw		#1 Posted : 13 November 2025 00:51:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/09/2022(UTC) Posts: 8 Location: New South Wales, Sydney		Hi team, I have a cs3 , with a 60883 connected, which is working fine. I am now adding a 60881 with cat5 (connected the cat5 to bus 1 on L88, and to the out arrow on the S88) I have set the L88 settings in the CS 3 to 2 for bus1 0 for bus2 and 0 for bus3. Although when I restart the CS3 , it changes the L88 bus length to bus1: 2 , bus2: 1 and bus3: 5, which I m not sure why it does that. Anyway my 60881 is not recognized , yes I am on the latest version of CS3. My 60883 L88 is set to 12 V Anything I can do to troubleshoot? I guess one possibility is a faulty 60881 ???? Many thanks


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rhfil		#2 Posted : 13 November 2025 14:17:02(UTC) Retweet
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JohnjeanB		#3 Posted : 13 November 2025 16:26:53(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,677 Location: Paris, France		Hi Crikw Only the LinkS88 (60883) is recognized by the CS3 Next you have to declare to the CS3 how many modules (60881, 60882, 6088, 60880 you connect to each bus of the LinkS88 (A, B, C) on a screen looking like this The number of modules is to be inserted for each of the buses (A,B,C) On the LinkS88 you have a little swich to decide if the entry modules are working with 5 V or with 12 V (5V is to provide compatibility with older modules) There is no inconvenience to declare a number slightly above the real number of modules (usually, adding one to the number of modules is safe) but declaring a smaller value will result in the non accounted-for modules will be ignored (NOT scanned) Cheers Jean
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erikw		#4 Posted : 13 November 2025 22:37:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/09/2022(UTC) Posts: 8 Location: New South Wales, Sydney		Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi Crikw Only the LinkS88 (60883) is recognized by the CS3 Next you have to declare to the CS3 how many modules (60881, 60882, 6088, 60880 you connect to each bus of the LinkS88 (A, B, C) on a screen looking like this The number of modules is to be inserted for each of the buses (A,B,C) On the LinkS88 you have a little swich to decide if the entry modules are working with 5 V or with 12 V (5V is to provide compatibility with older modules) There is no inconvenience to declare a number slightly above the real number of modules (usually, adding one to the number of modules is safe) but declaring a smaller value will result in the non accounted-for modules will be ignored (NOT scanned) Cheers Jean Thank you Jean, but yes that is set to higher values and the cables are correct , 60883 is set to 12 V , I am definitely setting it right as in my question. The supplier has kindly offered to send a new 60881 in case its a faulty one . I starting to think it could also be a faulty 60883 of course ..... but I just want to make sure their is nothing else wrong in the settings, if they are the only settings, then yes I am doing the right thing. I also tried to connect the 60883 directly to the cs3 , but also tried to connect via the 60145 terminal, same result. so other then Hardware failure , I don't see what I m doing wrong Thank you guys to looking into this

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erikw		#5 Posted : 13 November 2025 22:41:06(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/09/2022(UTC) Posts: 8 Location: New South Wales, Sydney		Originally Posted by: rhfil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asgop7QRIK8&t=2532s Thank you , I like modelrailfun guy, looked at it multiple times, yes I have done like in video


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JohnjeanB		#6 Posted : 14 November 2025 12:05:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,677 Location: Paris, France		Hi The other point to consider is the CAT5 cable. When not using the provided cable the CAT5 must be a STRAIGHT one (not a crossover one) Cheers Jean
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erikw		#7 Posted : 14 November 2025 23:26:41(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 15/09/2022(UTC) Posts: 8 Location: New South Wales, Sydney		Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi The other point to consider is the CAT5 cable. When not using the provided cable the CAT5 must be a STRAIGHT one (not a crossover one) Cheers Jean Thanks Jean. Yes the CAT5 is a normal one (I tried with another one as well) I now got a second 60881 , still the same issue, so its not a faulty 60881 , I tried 2 bus on 60883, same , cs3 does not want to detect it, I tried even higher numbers on the bus length ..... I seem to think it might be the 60883 bus problem ? I also tried moving the 60883 from directly into cs3 , into the 60145 terminal bus, always same. The 60883 detects fine and seem to work ok, its just the detection of 60881 ... weird . I will now order a second 60883 and connect that to the 60145 terminal. I assume that will also do the job (I just want more then 16 detection rails) Thank you very much for thinking about this too. Do you know where to look at log file to see if there is an issue ? Thanks. Erik


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JohnjeanB		#8 Posted : 15 November 2025 00:11:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,677 Location: Paris, France		Hi Erik One possibility is a fault on the 60883 power supply. (66360) This is the feed for all external items on the Link 88 The PSU must be powered by the same multiple outlet stip as the CS3 itself. Power-up timing is important. When there is a feedback issue (scan not working) the sensors are r'epresented in red and NOT in yellow (active) or grey (free) as in normal operation Of course you know that: - the 16 first sensors on Bus 1 are 1001 to 1016, next 1017 to 1032, etc - the 16 first sensors on Bus 2 are 2001 to 2016, next 2017 to 2032, etc - the 16 first sensors on Bus 3 are 3001 to 3016, next 3017 to 3032, etc Sorry for mentioning things you probably know, just, its to be on the safe side Cheers Jean
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