Does anyone have the pin out diagram for the Tsunami BW1000 decoder - GN1000 should be the same.
I have a decoder with no diagram, and Soundtraxx doesn’t appear to have one on their site either. (?)
The motor and speaker terminals are obvious, as well as where the truck leads go. What I don’t know is what terminal on both ends is the blue common, and on the side that has two unmarked tabs, and two for F5 and F6 - which is also confusing as this should be a four function decoder. (?)
Mark.
Soundtraxx’s website…click “manuals” (bottom right)…then “Tsunami quick start guide”…page 9.
Oooops,sorry…that’s not what you asked for…I apologize.
Hard to see the forward arrow. I think that the photo you show has the front of the decoder to the left.
If that is correct: the top left pin is front right rail pickup (pin 1) the next pin just below, is pin 2. common for front light. The pin just below that is pin 3, front light control. the forth pin is front left rail pickup.
The pin to the top right is rear right rail pickup, just below that is rear light common, the next pin is rear light control. and the last pin on the right lower is rear left rail pick up
The four pins at the top middle of the board are for light functions F5 and F6. From left to right F6 control-then F6 common, then F5 control and the last is F5 common.
I don’t recall, but I think that a BW1000 decoder has resistors on the board for LED’s. Better check with SoundTraxx on that one because I can’t recall .
Might be worth the call to them anyway just to make sure. Sure would be better than buying a new decoder.
One would think that Soundtraxx would have the wiring /connection diagram on their website in one of their manuals. But I looked and all they seem to show are the harnessed decoders with the decoder itself wrapped in blue shrink tube.
Not sure what the OP did with the packing material that the decoder came with. It shows the connections.
No kidding ! I was given the decoder by a friend of mine that came installed in a Bowser engine - hence no diagram.
The decoder is also preconfigured for direct LED installation and I require full voltage on F5 and F6. Guess a call to Soundtraxx is in order …
Mark.
Look real close at the board, there might be a 14 volt pad for lights. Not sure what you are trying to power up?
If you are powering up a light bulb or something else.
Just to the left of the upper capacitor along the edge, there’s a small round solder pad labelled +14. Can I assume this would be the full voltage output for the common blue + ?
Mark.
Easy way to find out with links to keep in Favorites. Your PC is a powerful. Learn to use it.
SoundTraxx site.
Rich
It cost to higher programmers to do this stuff. More than most people realize.
Use your PC, it is a powerful device.
This is model railroading. You are expected to do some research.
Rich
Seriously ? I spent over an hour searching online for the pin out of this decoder with no results. You provide a link to a Google search and a link to Soundtraxx’s website ? … you think that wasn’t my first step ? Your links provide nothing in terms of actually finding an answer.
Mark.
Hummm, what’s the word I’m looking for? Oh, yeah. It’s “baloney”. I looked at that link and all I see is a bunch of pictures of “stuff”.
Before I made my comment, I did “use my powerful device” and went to the Soundtraxx website and searched there. I also skimmed through all four of the manuals they have for their sound decoders.
Somewhere in those 219 pages should be the picture of what gets connected where. There is no programmer involved. The information is just something that seems to be omitted.
I don’t know what to say,but I was curious,so I clicked on the link,found BW 1000,clicked on it,and it downloaded the instruction manual for it and tells you what wire to put where and for what…including,bulbs or LED’s…Also speaker wiring.
Cheers,
Frank
Forgot to mention,Diagrams, were included…
Cheers,
Frank
If you found that info you are a better man than I. I was not interested in searching through what looked to be several dozen things trying to find some information that should have been easily located elsewhere. If we go to the Soundtraxx website and find the decoder there, we’ll find that the manual is referenced with a link. The link is to the four manuals associated with Tsunami sound decoders. That is where the info should be found.
Yes, the net is a powerful tool, but that does not negate the fact that some information should be found in logical places.
So if you actually did find it, why are you reluctant to provide the url where the information actually is ? I’ve gone through every page of each of the four part manuals and can’t find it. Your computer is a powerful tool in that it actually gives you the address where specific information is located. 
I hate guessing games …
Mark.
Why don’t you link us to that information?
What link did you find this info?
Click on the soundtraxx link,find your decoder on right,click on that it will show,steam or diesel,click on the one you want,then click on installation manuel,it will download the manual and go from there…how much easier can that be,for one,I don’t know what you have it in…I’m just going by the decoder number…And there are different installs for different engines…
Cheers,
Frank
Frank:
I guess you didn’t follow your own advice to see where all that leads us.
The Soundtraxx site for the BW-1000 is: http://www.soundtraxx.com/dsd/tsunami/tsuBW1000.php
The Tsunami manual link at the bottom of that page is: http://www.soundtraxx.com/manuals.php
There are 4 parts to the diesel owner’s manual there, comprising the close to 200 total pages I referenced above. So far as I, and apparently the OP, can see, nowhere on any of those pages is there a drawing showing what the OP wants to know. Maybe we both should be called Tommy.