I started wiring my turnouts tonight when after wiring the first one I ran into a problem. I'm wiring my turnouts to a switchboard. After wiring the first one I wanted to test it so like an idiot I hooked the power to the switch into my jump 1 & jump 2 on the Zephyr thinking it would give me juice just to check it, well it gave me an error message of just a "c" going across the screen which means it was short circuit shut down. Now this was only on my 2nd track, my first track is fine. I removed every thing I did but I still have the "c" going across my screen. Not sure what to do to clear it. Any idea'
After further evaluation I don't think its with the Zephyr. I took a section of track and separated from the layout and it worked fine. For some reason when its all together it trips the Zephyr and stops the train. I didn't do anything to the layout prior to wiring the turnouts so i'm not sure where the problem is. I went over all the track looking for anything metal on the track but its clean so i'm not sure what to do next.
Post a drawing of the layout. Include as much detail as possible, like where you're feeding power to the track. It can be drawn by hand but should be clear enough for for someone who hasn't seen your layout to understand how things are connected.
Note that the jump port connections are INPUTS for external DC throttles. The Zephyr has no "accessory" output like DC power packs do to power turnout motors. A separate supply or a DCC accessory decoder is needed.
Thanks guys. Turns out I had two wires that are soldered to my layout touching so it was tripping the Zepher on my inside layout. I wired all my turnouts today and hooked them up to a separate power supply so I'm all set there. I'm still adjusting one part of my layout. The reversing loop is giving me problems so I might take it out or just bypass the part that needs reversing.
