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Title: dynamis
Post by: alanto on March 15, 2016, 01:10:06 PM
Hi all,,,newbie here,thought some one on here could help with a problem,i have just bought dynamis + pro box + receiver extension and 3 hand sets for a very large loft layout,thing is the dynamis infra red signal is hit and miss,trains keep on running and all sorts of things happen when signal drops out,,,,any ideas please.
Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: Hunt on March 16, 2016, 05:26:25 PM
Try --

Turn off any LED lights used to light the loft.
Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: alanto on March 16, 2016, 05:35:23 PM
i dont have led lights but tried turning off lights and everything else in there....still same
Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: Hunt on March 16, 2016, 05:42:24 PM
Contact Bachmann Service Dept.

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Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: roundhouse foreman on March 17, 2016, 11:12:35 AM
Dynamis is line of sight so raise the transmitter as high as possible to keep the handsets in view at all times. If you turn away from the transmitter and block the signal to the controller the engines will stop in a set amount of time from loss of signal.
And of course wheels and engine pick ups are free of debris the track is clean and uninterrupted by bad connections which would also cause erratic stops from loss of power to the chip in the train, tell-tailed by erratic or blinking headlights lights.
Something to at least check out if you already haven't

RHF
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Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: alanto on March 20, 2016, 05:39:40 PM
I have found the problem,not reading the booklet properly,it does state not to use power to track with resistors connected,ive used the hornby power track,just removed the resistors and hey presto,everything perfect.....thank you all for your input anyway ..much appreciated
Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: HoModeler on March 21, 2016, 06:20:19 AM
Quote from: alanto on March 20, 2016, 05:39:40 PM
I have found the problem,not reading the booklet properly,it does state not to use power to track with resistors connected,ive used the hornby power track,just removed the resistors and hey presto,everything perfect.....thank you all for your input anyway ..much appreciated

I was going to suggest reading the manual... But glad you got it fixed
Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: Hunt on March 21, 2016, 04:14:20 PM
Alan,
Which Hornby Power Track were you trying to use with Dynamis?
       R8602 or R8241 or if another identify it
Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: alanto on March 23, 2016, 02:09:26 PM
R8206,by accident i knocked off the plastic cover and saw the resistor
Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: Hunt on March 23, 2016, 02:39:41 PM
Quote from: alanto on March 23, 2016, 02:09:26 PM
R8206,by accident i knocked off the plastic cover and saw the resistor


Thanks for the info.

Did some checking and see most stockists (but not Hornby website) list

Do not know if the R8241 is compatible with Dynamis.

Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: alanto on March 23, 2016, 05:18:16 PM
After some checking it does say for analogue but it worked perfect with my ez command,so thought no more about it
As i said,only found it out by accident
Title: Re: dynamis
Post by: alanto on March 25, 2016, 05:25:43 PM
The track power clip R602 has a small resistor inside it too