PCs OPEN

[Apexabetty]

It says this in red inside the train panel, what do I do?

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[Bernie]

Once the train has come to a complete stop, follow these steps:
If there is an alarm such as the Alerter sounding, acknowledge it (Q Key, B button
on your controller).
1. Set the Throttle to Idle
2. Set the Reverser to Neutral
3. Set the Independent Brake to Full Service
4. Set the Automatic Brake to Emergency
5. Wait for 60 seconds
6. Release the Automatic Brake and wait for the Equalising Reservoir/
Brake Pipe to return to 90psi
While the Automatic Brake is releasing, you will need to put the Throttle in to
Notch 1 so that the compressor can recharge the Main Reservoir.
Once the Equalising Reservoir and Brake Pipe needles have returned to 90psi, and
the main reservoir has recharged to 140psi, put the Throttle back to Idle.
You should now be able to release the Independent Brake, set the Reverser and
apply Throttle.
From Page 24 in the Manual

[theotherjason]

Except none of the above works because no one at Dovetail so much as thought to try the PCS system. Enabling PCS turns your locomotive into a brick.

[LtCole]

Originally posted by theotherjason:

Except none of the above works because no one at Dovetail so much as thought to try the PCS system. Enabling PCS turns your locomotive into a brick.

Works for me. I resetted it on the AC44.

[LeadCatcher]

No problem here either -

[[AW] kamaradski]

It bricked mine, and the PCS reset procedure is not chancing anything.

- Playing Powering America 2 (AC44)
- upon start, set auto-break to suppression
- turn on the alerter (ctrl-enter)
- BOOM --> PCS application, and unable to reset

Can only be reset by disabling the alerter again

bug ?

[Jozef]

Originally posted by AW kamaradski:

It bricked mine, and the PCS reset procedure is not chancing anything.

- Playing Powering America 2 (AC44)
- upon start, set auto-break to suppression
- turn on the alerter (ctrl-enter)
- BOOM --> PCS application, and unable to reset

Can only be reset by disabling the alerter again

bug ?

I think so. I have the same problem, and I'm quite sure it worked before.

[OldAlaskaGuy]

If you follow the proceedure it will reset.

[wato]

Originally posted by Jozef:

I think so. I have the same problem, and I'm quite sure it worked before.

+1
Procedure definitely doesn't work on the AC4400.

[OldAlaskaGuy]

Originally posted by wato:

Originally posted by Jozef:

I think so. I have the same problem, and I'm quite sure it worked before.

+1
Procedure definitely doesn't work on the AC4400.

It works for me every time.

[[AW] kamaradski]

The work around that makes it work for me is as follows:

- Turn on the alerter
- follow the PCS release procedure
- With auto-break in release, turn the alerter off and on again
- it should now come on with the PCS valve closed

When playing " Powering America 2" you should first hop into the training engine and set it up properly for being a trail. It's breaks are setup wrongly.

[Sgt Steiner]

Originally posted by tusler:

Once the train has come to a complete stop, follow these steps:
If there is an alarm such as the Alerter sounding, acknowledge it (Q Key, B button
on your controller).
1. Set the Throttle to Idle
2. Set the Reverser to Neutral
3. Set the Independent Brake to Full Service
4. Set the Automatic Brake to Emergency
5. Wait for 60 seconds
6. Release the Automatic Brake and wait for the Equalising Reservoir/
Brake Pipe to return to 90psi
While the Automatic Brake is releasing, you will need to put the Throttle in to
Notch 1 so that the compressor can recharge the Main Reservoir.
Once the Equalising Reservoir and Brake Pipe needles have returned to 90psi, and
the main reservoir has recharged to 140psi, put the Throttle back to Idle.
You should now be able to release the Independent Brake, set the Reverser and
apply Throttle.
From Page 24 in the Manual

works for me!...RTFM people!

[[AW] kamaradski]

Originally posted by a2thek:

...RTFM people!

How about you read the thread before you reply ?

[nickc]

As a software developer myself I'd like to point out that if something works perfectly for some people, even a lot of people, and fails to work for other people, then the feature is broken.

When I hear "it works for me" and I hear other people say "it never works for me" then I see that as an opportunity. If you can reproduce a feature working on some systems and failing on others, then you have a clear path to a set of clues that can lead you to a solution.

But make no mistake, if it only works some of the time, then it's broken. Period.

[wivaca]

+1 nickc. I have followed the RTFM procedures to the letter multiple times and I get nowhere. PCS goes off, but the train still won't move. If I repeat the procedure 3-4 times, I can get it to go. Today, I worked on it for 30 minutes, had PCS off at least three times, and yet the train would go nowhere.

[Urfaust]

for me turning the main brake on and off worked but it keeps returning so i keep have to turning it on and off