EMD FT-A Loco not responding

[rt]

my EMD GP40 is responding to all controls accurately, however, the FT-A does not.  As soon as power is connected, the FT-A begins to run forward at what appears to be top speed.  It does not respond to any commands except for the emergency stop.  This is a recent purchase and i am new to DCC so any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

RT

[jbsmith]

Obvious question is,,,,is the FT a DCC loco?  The FT is offered in DCC and DC versions.

[rt]

yes it is DCC.  As soon as it gets power it begins forward regardless of throttle or direction.

[bobwrgt]

Sounds like a problem in the electronics. I would try to return it for another or credit. If it is used who knows what has happened to the circuit board. Have you tried it on DC only??

Bob

[rt]

i have not tried it on a DC only system.  I will try that and see what happens.  Thanks again for your reply.

[Hellhound]

Had an FTA that fried the DCC board. It still runs on DC but the headlight is out. I donated that unit to the kids and bought a replacement.

[Billm10454]

I've had the same thing happen a few times with a digitrax decoder and it was a bad decoder. I recently sent back a TSC decoder with the same problem.