02-12-2010, 12:10 PM
This guy:
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installed a sound-only decoder in order to avoid "giv[ing] up this beautiful green and red light glowing on the sides of the loco". I don't know if that's a clue that sound+power/control decoders will not support the class lights?
By "top of the line" I assume you mean that you chose the TSU-AT1000 Fairbanks-Morse decoder (part #828047)? The specs/promo sheet (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.soundtraxx.com/dsd/tsunami/TSU_AT1000%20sell%20sheet.pdf">http://www.soundtraxx.com/dsd/tsunami/T ... 0sheet.pdf</a><!-- m -->) indicate that it supports all kinds of lighting effects, but not specifically class lights.
The installation guide (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.soundtraxx.com/manuals/tsuinstallation.pdf">http://www.soundtraxx.com/manuals/tsuinstallation.pdf</a><!-- m -->) specifies that up to four lighting functions are supported "for headlight, back-up light or other effects", so it seems there is room for a class light function.
Page 22 shows overall configuration with the standard blue/white to the headlight, blue/yellow to the back-up, and blue/brown and blue/green reserved for other lighting functions.
If green and brown are what you have left, then I'd say you're doing fine so far.
However, since the functionality of the red/green LEDs might be built into the Atlas circuit board that you are replacing, I would have to agree with Pete and say a few emails are in order. Your alternative is to return the decoder, and get a "sound only" one to supplement the built-in "dual-mode" decoder, as per the first link in my post.
Hope that helps.
Andrew
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installed a sound-only decoder in order to avoid "giv[ing] up this beautiful green and red light glowing on the sides of the loco". I don't know if that's a clue that sound+power/control decoders will not support the class lights?
By "top of the line" I assume you mean that you chose the TSU-AT1000 Fairbanks-Morse decoder (part #828047)? The specs/promo sheet (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.soundtraxx.com/dsd/tsunami/TSU_AT1000%20sell%20sheet.pdf">http://www.soundtraxx.com/dsd/tsunami/T ... 0sheet.pdf</a><!-- m -->) indicate that it supports all kinds of lighting effects, but not specifically class lights.
The installation guide (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.soundtraxx.com/manuals/tsuinstallation.pdf">http://www.soundtraxx.com/manuals/tsuinstallation.pdf</a><!-- m -->) specifies that up to four lighting functions are supported "for headlight, back-up light or other effects", so it seems there is room for a class light function.
Page 22 shows overall configuration with the standard blue/white to the headlight, blue/yellow to the back-up, and blue/brown and blue/green reserved for other lighting functions.
If green and brown are what you have left, then I'd say you're doing fine so far.
However, since the functionality of the red/green LEDs might be built into the Atlas circuit board that you are replacing, I would have to agree with Pete and say a few emails are in order. Your alternative is to return the decoder, and get a "sound only" one to supplement the built-in "dual-mode" decoder, as per the first link in my post.
Hope that helps.
Andrew