Hi Graham, are you using android or Apple

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Andriod mate 🙂

@thattadoomodelrailway8734

6 ай бұрын

@@WHP1980s, jenny kirk mentioned tonight that Hornby are having problems with the Android app

@thattadoomodelrailway8734

6 ай бұрын

Was watching jenny kirk earlier, and she mentioned Hornby was having problems with the Android app

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

@thattadoomodelrailway8734 thanks for the heads up, suspected something, as was all well to Christmas, then the hornby hop. Duff software update on the app maybe?? That would maybe account for things changing while loco's weren't on the layout. 🤔 cheers 👍

All my dc stock is preowned - I’ve learned how to fix em up over the 5 years I’ve been in the Hobby, & I invested in a decent controller which keeps them rolling Sweetly when I turn it up, and alternatively they stop when it turn it down - there’s only one Boss at Chapel Hill - Seems like yours have a mind of their own and are taking over 🥴😁 Good luck 🤞🏻

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Does seem like that sometimes, they've got a clever brain but get amnesia 🤔 sometimes 🤣😂

Your welcome 😊

Hi Graham I have had the same problem plus a few more the fix I did on the fault you have was to switch of the system plus power of my phone the reconnect all the systems this cured that fault . my latest problem is a decoder stopped working on Bluetooth but was connected it worked fine o DCC contacted Hornby and they have requested I send it back so hopefully all will be well I live in hope.

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Hope things workout for you mate, pain in the rear though. Cheers atb Graham 🙂👍

Man this is why iam staying with dc . Dcc is brilliant when it works correctly. Issues that your suffering with would drive me potty and I'll prob end up loosing interest in the hobbie. I hope you can resolve the issues mate. 😊

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, hopefully all will come right in the end and I end up wiser. Life is just one learning curve in my mind, and you never stop learning. Cheers Graham 🙂👍

@edenbridgejunction7526

6 ай бұрын

@@WHP1980s it's one big lesson my friend 👍😁

@paulkandi

6 ай бұрын

I have been building DCC layouts for customers for 8 years, all extremely reliable and more than simple to wire, as are the locos..would never go back to DC, wiring nightmare...

I only use the hm7000 app to program the chips and then switch the Bluetooth function off so it works as a dcc sound fitted and controlled through a dcc controller

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

I think in hindsight I should of done something like that. Cheers Graham 🙂👍

@andrewcalladine2507

2 ай бұрын

Exactly the same, only use the HM7000 app for initial programming/changes to CV's then set to DCC control only. With Bluetooth sent to off.

I don't know if anyone mentioned already but from watching other videos you can not switch between a tablet and phone ie if you have the class 56 linked to the tablet you will not find it on the phone and will not be able to link it, you have to disconnect it on the tablet then it will be visable to the phone. A bluetooth reciever can only be controlled by one device this is a bluetooth thing eg if you had music playing to your smart speaker from your phone you can not start playing music on that speaker using another device at the same time. The bluetooth system shouldn't in any way be affected by issues at Hornby or with their network. I haven't ventured into DCC myself but concidering ideas to get idling sounds on locos on shed and looking at this system as a possible although they don't have sounds I want yet ie cl 40,25,26 and 27

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

(Can't control on two devices at the same time) I found that one out myself. I now just use a tablet but still get strange things occurring. Like as I said in my latest video. Able to control even though the tablet says not.😁 when it does work it's great. cheers for the info. 👍

After watching this and the latest Chadwick, I’m happy to stay on DC. Fewer things to go wrong it seems

@FredWilbury

6 ай бұрын

Yep I’m a dc dinosaur 😮

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

It is expensive to start and a challenge when you get issues, but when it all works it's brilliant and the closest to driving the train yourself. But that's just my opinion and there's nothing wrong with staying with dc. Atb Graham 🙂 👍

To get a smooth start change these cv's 2 to 10, 3 and 4 to 150.

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Cheers I'll give that a go. 👍 atb Graham 🙂

Graham, l’ve had these problems too! The chain fix is something I think I’ll try! Thank you!

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Your welcome, will see if I can come up with a bit of trim to fit in the empty holes. Cheers Graham 😊👍

Hi Graham. Great vids. Sorry to hear about the problems with Hornby HM7000. I have had similar problems and have also invested a few hundred pounds on kit. I run a Roco Z21 and the Hm7000 chips go into one if a short occurs on the layout. I had a serious situation where about 4 locos suddenly took off on their own when a short happened. I have also had loco profile problems too. I ended up suspending any HM7000 operations and storing the kit pending disposal, reverting back to good old Loksound V5s. I will be monitoring your channel to see if you get the problems resolved. Good luck. Nigel

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Cheers Nigel, I just reckon it's a question of time like anything new, but it is a real pain. Strange though everything was running fine till around Christmas, maybe a last minute crap software update. Won't be buying anymore until it's sorted though. Atb Graham 🙂 👍

All aboard the defective express on track two! This is why I'm sticking with DC and waiting till a model has been out for at least a year before I buy it to see if too many customers have had problem. Or just buy old locomotives.

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Yep, that's exactly what I've been doing with the class 37's. Picked up a few secondhand Bachmann's, old 21-Pin versions as people shed them for Accurascale 37's. Don't buy many new actually. The deltic & class 90 were bought new over a year ago now. Thanks for watching cheers Graham 👍🙂

Change cv29 to disable ability to run the loco on DC and operate on DCC only. The 56 suddenly shooting backwards looks a clear case of DC runaway causing the chip to lose DCC commands.

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the pointer, it has been on my mind to look into something like this, as I had a bachmann class 40 do something similar when I first started out in dcc. It used to sometimes ignore a direction change. That changed when I upgraded to a sound chip but was told about switching dc use off then. I've had a hm7000 fitted class 50 do the same since my update as well, so I will investigate that. Cheers 👍 😊

Hi Graham problems problems mate. Oh dear it drives us daft. My accurascale 37 has gone back for the second time. Mine is a motor problem dont know when I'll see it back! As for your hornby problem. I dont have any ttx chips but ive had similar problems with my hst's with normal hornby chips especially with the going off backwards at full speed for no reason. Ive taken the cheap hornby chips out, replaced with dcc concepts and not had that problem again. I was told it was something to do with cv29 and yhe dc operation on a dcc chip. Anyway i just changed the chips and fitted stay alives and no problems so far. Good luck with getting an answer from hornby cheers Andy

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about your issues Andy, these really are trying times. Atb Graham 👍😊

Your not the only one Graham.. My 9f the sound has packed up on it. It`s the HM7000 TXS chip. Not had chance to look at it yet ..ill keep up updated.

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Nice, but sad to hear I'm not the only one Allan. 😢 cheers Graham 🍻

Interesting to hear about your locos. I got a Hornby Deltic TXS for Christmas and that stop working after about half hour of use on my layout so I not a fan of the TXS chips although I do like the HM7000 app, when it works. All the best Mark

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, cheers Graham 👍

Well it seems like you have lot of fun on your layout . As for maintenance on a layout keep it simple crazy and have fun 😮

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

I do my best 🙂👍

@FredWilbury

6 ай бұрын

@@WHP1980s I didn’t mean any offence it’s just I muck about too much with my weird layout . All the best Fred

To reset your TXS decoder the passcode is a4c13800 plus the decoders number ( ie. 2ab4 ) this is the same for all TXS decoders.

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for that info, top man,👏as I've not heard from Hornby yet, at least I can try to reset my unlinked loco's. Will give that a go. Cheers Graham 🍻 😊👍

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Just tried resetting a class 37, and hey presto it worked, thanks very much for that, Hornby may never reply to me just sort it there end with software updates. But until then I can get things running again. Cheers 🍻 👏 😊👍 Ps. Only just noticed this is the same prefix code for all my chips 🤣😂🤣 got it into my head I thought it was a one time only code via Hornby. Got to laugh 🫣🤣😂🤣

Motor commutator clogging up with brush carbon - I suspect this is the real issue. Has become very common on motors in the last decade, various manufacturers (Hornby, Farish N, etc)

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

I'm afraid there's a lot more at work than just motors these days with dcc and cv adjustments. It's like tuning up a racing car these days. Cheers Graham 🙂👍

good luck with hornby ! i really hope you sort it all out

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Bob, I hope so, cheers 🍻

Not sure if this helps but I'm just starting out in model railways and realised after adding more locos to layout I started getting erratic running with some models I.e sounds cut out and locos dont respond to controller correctly. Took a few off and problem solves itself so I've got a 5amp booster and I'm hoping this could remedy problems I'm having , great channel mate hope you get everything sorted cheers

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

It's a thought but I've had no issues with having many loco's on the layout using ordinary DCC. Layout rarely exceeds 2A even with 5 loco's running and loads just sitting. Maybe with a few Heljans it maybe get a bit juicy. Also these hm7000 chipped loco's ran well before they were temporary taken off the layout. The Hornby chips don't pull that much amplitude either so I doubt it. But as I said it's a thought. Cheers Graham 😊👍

Locomotive drag 🏁 racing 😮😂😊

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

🤣👍

With Hornby HM7000 I’ve found that if go into the cv editor setting in the app on your phone and reset CV8 (all settings) this may help but you’ll have re-enter your dcc address again as it puts it back to address 03, but this addressed the locos to work after being not used for while, as I found the sames issue with these decoders that just stopped working over time. I tried contacting hornby myself but no response from them. Hope this helps 😊..

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Cheers Paul, will bear that in mind 🙂👍

Sorry to hear and see the issues you are having Graham, I am still DC and like the comment from @charlie1872 I am in the same `boat`, 50 plus loco's is too expensive to convert. I wish you luck with Hornby and hope your issues can be resolved soon, these things are certainly sent to try use. Regards Barry..

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Cheers Barry 👍

@charlie1872

6 ай бұрын

Maybe we should start a club🤣👍

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

I don't know about a club, but it might pay off being in the same boat at the moment with the weather we've been having lately. 🤣👍

@charlie1872

6 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about it and see it on TV and hate to admit it but we are hiding out in florida for a while

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Well there's always hurricanes, tornadoes and ice storms, so still keep an eye out. 😁 seriously though, enjoy yourself away from blighty. Atb Graham 🙂

Hornby chip sounds like what called a dc run away when the chip thinks it needs to run on dc and takes the track voltage as the speed and shoots off, had it with my first bachmanns cv29 needed changing so it worked dcc only, I don`t know if those chips have that cv option, I was hoping hornby has sorted out the problems with the chips so I`d held of buying a couple but seem like thats not the case seeing Alan had a fail as well, along with other running locos post chrismas. Hope you get it sorted

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Cheers, hopefully Hornby sort it in the coming weeks, as I really think it's a software issue. Atb Graham 🙂

Hi mate ,I had a similar problem to your 90 with my virgin class 57 that was back in 2006 so it’s a problem with Bachmann not fully solved I found my pin as my layout is small ,but we pay a lot now for models but build quality leaves alot to be desired sometimes ,glad Graham helped with your deltic ,we sort of fell out I only said to him take care of your legs ,he seemed to get the hump 😂😂,no worries hehe Chin up mate Mark 😊😊

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

It's annoying but I still manage to sit back and chill while watching the layout run. That's if everything plays ball. Generally most running sessions everything behaves itself, but you have those days 🙄 when everything goes wrong. Subbed a while back, but never commented on Graham's channel yet. He may not like my humour either.🙃 Atb Graham 🙂 👍

@marksinthehouse1968

6 ай бұрын

@@WHP1980s I like your humour bud 🤣

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

@marksinthehouse1968 Dave Allen was my mentor, life is all a joke really. You just need to be observant to notice all the stupidity around you, and laugh in the face of it all. Life's getting to seriously these days as well as the people in it. 🙄🫣😁🙂👍

@marksinthehouse1968

6 ай бұрын

@@WHP1980s I know hattons is closing I said on the live feed about them going bust and I had half the subs down my throat blimey mate they are closing down sign of the times sad 😔

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

@marksinthehouse1968 very hard to believe, but as you say the squeeze on finances is starting to bite. Probably over stretched themselves as most do. Shame to loose competition in the market though. 😕

I don’t have DCC so I don’t experience those pesky problems and I save money😂 But honestly I never made the leap into DCC and now it would be way too expensive to convert what I have plus, there is no guarantee that my locos will run any better or run at all with a chip that might not be suitable. Given I don’t know much about them it would be a gamble. I do my best to keep my locos running and make attempts to repair and share the process and techniques for scratch building etc. Hope you can solve all your pesky problems soon. Regards Charlie

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Cheers Charlie, it's a pain but I really think the benefits of DCC are worth it. But I take your point, it ain't cheap. It's the only reason I'm glad I'm not retired yet. 😌 couldn't afford to start on the DCC path if I was retired. Regards Graham 🙂 👍

Just a thought but maybe your original txs profiles were v1. If the hm7000 app has now updated on your phone/tablet/whatever, perhaps you're expected to replace with v2. I got 4x txs decoders, the oldest 1 was giving me problems on an A3, updated to v2 and it's fine for now. There was no 'reverse bolting' tho like on the 56.

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Yep it's definitely software related, how things are being updated I don't know as not being giving any notifications so far to update anything while using the app. But it's definitely a good theory. Maybe it's a new year bug and things will sort themselves out soon. Still looks like I need to reset at least 4 chips though. Will wait and see what happens in the next few weeks. Cheers Graham 🙂👍

Hi Graham. Accurascale sell class 55 brackets for £1.20 BUT the website displays a class 37 bracket that clips into place in the 37. The class 55 brackets are different and are sold without the screws to fit them. I'm still waiting for Accurascale to supply me with some

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Thanks, but I don't think Accurascale shouldn't be selling bits to you that should of been fitted properly to start with. 55 has only bracket and screws that fit into pillars one end, the other end has a bracket loose but no screws, holes through the pcb with no pillars underneath to screw into anyway. Speaker looks like it was a bogie after thought 😳 no wonder it rattles. 🤔 atb Graham 🙂

Hi Graham. This is a just a guess, but it sounds as though your problems stem from the model and not (necessarily) the HM7000 decoder (although, the changes to the CV is no one's fault, just a compatibility issue). Yes, there have been some issues with HM7000, but for most there are usually a simple solution. I think I would contact Accurascale about the incorrectly installed motor and the issue with the running lights when you "correct" the motor installation (although, this may also be a CV issue once the motor is installed correctly). Wow, you *have* been unlucky with HM7000! I wonder whether you also need to re-install the app (or did you do that already?). You may then need to re-link all your locos (hopefully not losing profiles, etc.). You do seems to have been through the wars! Good luck.

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

All my HM7000 loco's have been working fine for months, then I happen to remove a few for a while just before Christmas, and then the issues started. As for Accurascale, I'm leaving it alone while it's working. As they say, if ain't broke, don't fix it. Don't like touching things if I don't have to. Cheers Graham 🙂👍

Weird stuff going on Graham, not txs related but I started up my 91 this evening and it coughed and spluttered erratically and then took off like a rocket ! Will be keeping an eye out with your findings on this txs stuff as I’ve just got my second txs decoder and now getting a bit nervous about it all 🙈

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Everything was fine until Christmas, 🤔

You sound rather tired in this video! One thing I would suggest is you check the connector on the Dynamis. Tug the wires and see if they come adrift! Note the freeware program RocRail will work with Dynamis. A long while ago I made a video on this topic. One commentator described it as, "terrible". Maybe you can make a better one? If you can't follow the video, step-by-step instructions in the description. Thanks for uploading.

@WHP1980s

6 ай бұрын

Sorry but I don't want to go anywhere near computer control on my layout, I love running it myself. IMO computer control takes all the fun out of operation. But that's just my point of view at this point in time. I can see it easily being needed on a exitbition layout though. So one day maybe. Sorry for the rant, but I just love playing trains. Atb Graham 🙂

You don’t mention the cv’s that we’re adjusted, have you adjusted cv 150 to156/7

@WHP1980s

5 ай бұрын

Will have to have a check and get back... while ago now.