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1. Important information
Please read this manual completely and attentively before using
the product for the first time. Keep this manual. It is part of the
product.
1.1 Safety instructions
Caution:
Risk of injury!
For installation tools are required.
Electrical hazard!
Never put the connecting wires into a power socket! Regularly
examine the transformer for damage. In case of any damage,
do not use the transformer.
Make sure that the power supply is switched off when you
mount the device and connect the cables! Only use VDE/EN
tested special model train transformers for the power supply!
The power sources must be protected to prevent the risk of
burning cables.
1.2 Using the product for its correct purpose
This product is intended:
- To build a digital decoder into a model train locomotive or
car. You must obey the following instructions.
- For operation with a power supply up to 24 V AC~ / DC=.
- For operation in dry rooms only.
Using the product for any other purpose is not approved and is
considered inappropriate. The manufacturer is not responsible
for any damage resulting from the improper use of this product.
1.3 Checking the package contents
Check the contents of the package for completeness:
- Highly flexible cables 0,04 mm² – various colours
- Heat-shrinkable tube sections Ø 1,2 mm, shrinkage rate
1:2 – various colours
- Sections of extra thin hard PVC heat-shrinkable tube, shrink-
age rate 1:2
- Especially thin solder
- Two-sided adhesive pads
- Manual
2. Heat-shrinkable tube
Cut the heat-shrinkable tube to the desired length and push it
over the part to be covered. Shrink the tube with a hot air gun
(not a hair drier!). You can also hold a hot soldering iron under
the tube, however without touching the tube. The tubes shrink
very quickly. Avoid overheating! Bubble formation, discolora
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tion, or ripping of the hose (especially for hard PVC heat-shrink-
able tube) are caused by this.
3. Soldering instructions
If you are not trained at soldering, please first read these solder-
ing instructions before picking up the soldering iron. Soldering is
something that has to be learned.
- Never use soldering paste or fluid when soldering electronic
connections. These contain an acid that destroys cables,
components and conductor paths.
- As soldering material, use only electronics solder with a rosin
core, which also acts as a fluxing agent (like the enclosed
solder).
- Use a small soldering iron with max. 30 watt power and a
thin soldering tip (< 1 mm). The soldering tip must be free of
scaling so that the heat can be conducted away well. This
means that the heat from the soldering iron must be conduct-
ed well to the point to be soldered.
- The soldering itself should be done quickly because soldering
for too long can destroy components. It also leads to loosen-
ing of the soldering pads and conductor paths from PCBs.
- At first strip the insulation from the ends of the cable, and
twist the stripped ends between your finger tips. Then pre-
solder the wires. To solder, the well-tinned soldering tip is
placed at the soldering point so that both components which
you want to connect are contacted. At the same time (not
too much) solder has to be added and heated. As soon as
the solder begins to flow, remove it from the soldering point.
Then wait a moment until the remaining solder has run well,
and then remove the soldering iron from the soldering point.
- Ensure that the cable just soldered is not moved for approx.
5 seconds after you have removed the soldering iron. Then
only a shiny silver, perfect soldering point remains.
- A clean, unoxidized soldering tip is required for a perfect
soldering point. It is absolutely impossible to solder clean-
ly using a dirty soldering tip. You should therefore always
remove excess solder and dirt from the iron with a moist
sponge or a silicon wiper after making a soldering point.
- Uninsolated ends of the wire which looks out are cut off
directly above the soldering point with a wire cutter. We
recommend a full-flush wire cutter.
- When welding electronic components, be sure not to solder
for more than 5 seconds, because otherwise the components
will be destroyed.
4. Cable colour assignment
Colour
Function
red
from right-hand rail power pickup (or
center rail, outside third rail, traction/
overhead wire) to motor or interface
orange*
from interface to motor brush connected
to right-hand rail (or center rail, outside
third rail, traction wire)
black
from left-hand rail power pick-up to motor
or interface
gray*
from interface to motor brush connected
to left-hand rail
white
front headlight(s) power sink
yellow
rear headlight(s) power sink
blue
common (+) headlight(s) / function(s)
power source
All other wiring connections have no recommended colour, but
may not use one of the above mentioned colours.
* Present only when an interface is incorporated into the loco-
motive or car.
Abbildungen siehe Seite 4. /
figures please see page 4.
