Decoder for Atlas N Scale | 5 |
Step by Step Installation
Figure 1: Installing the H15/16-44 decoder
In the following steps, please refer to the instructions provided with your Atlas locomotive.
1)Remove the locomotive's body shell and fuel tank. Use care so as not to damage any of the fragile parts.
2)Loosen the two screws that hold the frame together; these screws are located at the front and rear of the frame.
3)Carefully remove the lighting control circuit board, which is located at the top of the frame.
4)Place the decoder between the two halves of the frame so that the two motor contact pads are at the bottom of the decoder and will press firmly against the two copper contact strips from the motor when the decoder installation has been completed. In the photograph of the bottom of the
5)Carefully press the two frame halves together, with the sides of the decoder inserted into the notches in the two halves of the frame. Some pressure is needed to press the two frame halves together. This pressure fit insures good electrical contact between the frame and the decoder.
6)Tighten the two screws that hold the locomotive frame together.
7)Carefully check to make sure that the motor contact strips are not touching either half of the frame. It is necessary to look down from the top through the frame cutouts to check for such unwanted shorts.
There must be NO electrical contact between the motor contacts and any part of the frame
Place the locomotive (without its body shell) on your DCC programming track and read back the locomotive's address from the decoder. If the decoder is properly installed, you will be able to read back the factory
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