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<p>[quote user="willist"]Guys, I've tried about everything and nothing works, nothing changes the sound doesn't work the motion control doesn't wor., i just feel its beyond my abilities. I wasn't even going to try a Tsunami before I found out I could get a conversion plug. If I have to hard wire the Tsunami in order to get it to work properly I don't want it. I've put other sound decoders in other engines before with no problems, this just doesn't seem worth the trouble. I bought it from Tony's so I'll call them Monday and see what they have to say. Maybe I'll just send the Tsunami and the engine to Tony and pay him to install it. I thought this would be fun not rocket science. Thanks for everyone's help I'll let you know what Tony has to say.[/quote]</p><p> </p><p>Sorry you're having such trouble -- it shouldn't be hard. And there should be no difference whether it's plugged in or hard-wired. But you're still not telling us exactly what you've done, or what's wrong. All we get is "<em>nothing changes the sound doesn't work the motion control doesn't wor." </em>I feel your pain, but there's not a clue there!</p><p>I'll try one more time. Please answer the following questions:</p><p>1. What make/model of DCC system do you have? </p><p>2. On the main, when you do a reset, does the loco jerk slightly as confirmation? If not, stop there and let us know. (Ditto with any other CV changes you make below).</p><p>3. After reset, do nothing else, but operate as loco #3. In 128 speed step mode, start at speed step 1, and slowly increase, one step at a time, until it does. Tell us what speed step that is.</p><p>4. Assuming it's not step 1, increase CV 2 from the default of 0 to 1, then 2, etc., until the loco just starts to creep at speed step 1. Tell us what the last value you put in CV 2 was.</p><p>5. Set CVs 3 and 4 to a fairly low value, like 10 (I have mine at about 90!). Now try acceleration and deceleration and tell us what happens. It should start and stop fairly quickly, but not instantly. Tell us how it seems.</p><p>6. Set CVs 3 and 4 up, in steps of perhaps 10, until you like the performance. (The two values may or may not be the same -- it's your preference). Tell us what you ended up with. </p><p> </p><p>If you can get the motor working to (or close to) your satisfaction, then we'll tackle the sound. Ok? </p>
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