Post by Packer on Jan 17, 2014 16:38:02 GMT -5
I have an older BLI C30-7 with the QSI that had worked very well until just recently. I upgraded to a version 7 chip and had customized the sounds to the correct horn, DB sound, etc.
Then about 5 months ago, one of the speakers died. They were wired in series, and when one died the other one would work. So I just rewired it to one speaker. Worked like a champ, for a while.
About a month and a half ago it started acting up. If the loco was off mute and either F6 or F2 were pressed; the sound for the functions would play for a split second and then the loco would stop and shut down, then start back up. If mute was on, it worked fine. So I turned up the mute volume to max and ran it that way; which worked fine for about a month.
A few weeks ago it started doing the same thing on mute. (hitting F6 or F2 would cause it to play the sound for a second, stop, shut down, then start back up). Confused, I did some work to see what was the issue.
I tried all the following:
1.Reprogrammed the version 7 chip
2.Went back to the original chip
3.Changed to a different speaker
4.Pulled the board out of my P2K U28B (Same board), and installed it into the C30-7
5.Disconnect the motor from the board
6.disconnect all the lights from the C30-7
All of those yielded no luck. TheU28B ran fine when I tested it before and after the board swap. But the C30-7 did the same thing with both the version 7 and default chip with the U28B board.
The U28B runs fine with either the U28B's chip, the version 7 chip, or the C30-7's chip. The C30-7 doesn't work right with any combination of boards and chips. The U28B worked fine when connected to either it's speakers, the C30-7's speaker, or the other speakers I have. The C30-7 runs fine with no speaker
So far I've ruled out the board, chip, speaker, and motor. But then that's everything. I'm so lost on this one...
Does anyone know of a way I could fix this, short of getting a new sound decoder?
For the record, This is the 3rd QSI/BLI loco I've had that has started acting up on me in the past year. I've had an NW2's electronics fail on me within a few days of use, and an RSD-15's electronics fail on me after I didn't run it for a while. As of now, I'm probably not gonna buy anymore QSI-equipped BLI locos (My P2K and Atlas ones work fine)
Then about 5 months ago, one of the speakers died. They were wired in series, and when one died the other one would work. So I just rewired it to one speaker. Worked like a champ, for a while.
About a month and a half ago it started acting up. If the loco was off mute and either F6 or F2 were pressed; the sound for the functions would play for a split second and then the loco would stop and shut down, then start back up. If mute was on, it worked fine. So I turned up the mute volume to max and ran it that way; which worked fine for about a month.
A few weeks ago it started doing the same thing on mute. (hitting F6 or F2 would cause it to play the sound for a second, stop, shut down, then start back up). Confused, I did some work to see what was the issue.
I tried all the following:
1.Reprogrammed the version 7 chip
2.Went back to the original chip
3.Changed to a different speaker
4.Pulled the board out of my P2K U28B (Same board), and installed it into the C30-7
5.Disconnect the motor from the board
6.disconnect all the lights from the C30-7
All of those yielded no luck. TheU28B ran fine when I tested it before and after the board swap. But the C30-7 did the same thing with both the version 7 and default chip with the U28B board.
The U28B runs fine with either the U28B's chip, the version 7 chip, or the C30-7's chip. The C30-7 doesn't work right with any combination of boards and chips. The U28B worked fine when connected to either it's speakers, the C30-7's speaker, or the other speakers I have. The C30-7 runs fine with no speaker
So far I've ruled out the board, chip, speaker, and motor. But then that's everything. I'm so lost on this one...
Does anyone know of a way I could fix this, short of getting a new sound decoder?
For the record, This is the 3rd QSI/BLI loco I've had that has started acting up on me in the past year. I've had an NW2's electronics fail on me within a few days of use, and an RSD-15's electronics fail on me after I didn't run it for a while. As of now, I'm probably not gonna buy anymore QSI-equipped BLI locos (My P2K and Atlas ones work fine)