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Adding a WOW Sound decoder to an Athearn Roundhouse 2-8-0 Steamer

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Posted by middleman on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 10:35 AM

I'd be lost without that page. I watched the video of how to do the 4 CV programming - 'made my eyes cross,and smoke came out of my ears. The drop down menu's make it easy.

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Posted by Geared Steam on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 8:50 PM

Thanks Mike, I was looking for that link earlier today! 

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Posted by middleman on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 8:40 PM

Nice! It took me awhile to get comfortable with the WOWsounds,but the more I play with them,the more I like them.You're probably already familiar with this,but it was a big help to me for remapping functions(especially moving "rotate whistle" to a button where I wasn't accidentally hitting it all the time),setting the decoder to silent at start-up,etc.

http://www.tcsdcc.com/Customer_Content/Technical_Info/WOWSound/guided_programming_vers3.php

Mike

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Adding a WOW Sound decoder to an Athearn Roundhouse 2-8-0 Steamer
Posted by Geared Steam on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 7:19 PM

FYI-I just completed the install of the WOW101-KA-Steam decoder into an Athearn/Roundhouse 2-8-0. I had to remove the coal load , cut the tender top and added an oil bunker from Shapeways to hide the KA2 cap. I like the decoder!

Decoder Install guide here.

Next? adding more loco details and complete paint and weathering.

 

 

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