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5. To install the smoke generator
Place the smoke generator initially at a suitable location under
a smoke stack or exhaust stack. The distance between smoke
generator and housing opening should be as small as possible,
however, a certain minimum distance (about 1 cm) needs to be
maintained to plastic housings. Pay attention to the exhaust sys-
tem so that any condensing smoke fluid will drain back into the
holding tank. In order to obtain a tight connection between the
housing opening and the smoke generator, a silicone hose has
been supplied and should be used accordingly.
5.1 Fill the system
Both smoke generators can be filled with the smoke distillate
through the exhaust outlet. Use only the ESU smoke distillate with
ESU Art. no. 51990. Using other liquids can cause paint damage
or a blockage to the system or damage to the heating unit as the
result of residue formation. Use the smoke function only under
supervision in a well ventilated area. The maximum capacities are
as follows:
enables 2.5 ml for the «little» smoke generator 54678. This is a
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period of about 8 minutes.
5.0 ml for the «big» smoke generator 54679. Duration of appro-
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ximately 10 to 15 minutes is achieved.
Never exceed the maximum capacity of the system. When in dou-
bt it is better using too little rather than too much! Even a dry tank
cannot damage the smoke generator!
Always fill the system on a flat surface, never on a slanted surface.
Turn overfilled locomotives upside down to allow excess to drain
in order to prevent leakage of smoke distillate.
5.2. Connection cable
To connect use the enclosed wiring harness exclusively. The 6-pin
connector directly attaches to the connected circuit board of the
smoke generator.
Installation of the smoke generator
At the other end you will find both the 4-pin SUSI connector and
two single cables.
Use the green wire of the smoke generator to receive the steam
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pulses. This can come directly from a Hall sensor or (preferably) be
generated directly by the decoder. For «Diesel» mode this cable
is not required.
The yellow wire of the smoke generator receives its commands
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when connected to a LokSound XL V4.0 decoder. If you use an
external decoder, this cable is not required.
5.3. Following ESU decoders
When connected to an ESU LokSound XL V4.0 decoder, the 4-pin
connector on the wiring harness is not required. Cut these off and
therefore make the cable connections as shown in Figure 6. This
command is replaced by the smoke generator via the yellow cable.
It is mandatory that this be connected to the AUX1 output of the
decoder. Only the AUX1 output is capable of the providing data
after it has been configured accordingly (see section 6.1).
Harness
Figure 4:
Assignment
Color
GND (ground)
Black
SUSI DATA
Gray
SUSI CLK
Blue
U+ (power supply) Red
AUX1 (only for LokSound XL V4.0)
Yellow
Wheel sensor input
Green
