Hey guys,
I bought a "Digitrax DH123D" decoder for my P2K SD9 the other day and I was very happy when I seen the price was only 20 bucks! On the other hand, unlike the one I seen at the "other" hobby shop which claimed to be "plug and play", this one seems to have a blue plastic covered computer chip (the decoder I'd suppose) and a "e-z wire harness" with 9 wires coming out of it. I have pulled off the shell of my loco to see how it would be hooked up, but the instructions say that "the wire harness connects to the decoder, then the harness is wired to the motor connections"! I'm starting to realize that this is not going to be a 5 minute "plug and play" kinda job, but the instructions make it sound like its easy! Do I have to solder anything or cut wires here and there and remove this or that? Or is it as easy as advertised? This may seem like a stupid thing to ask, but I really want to hook this decoder up so I can run it on the club layout when I join this weekend. This is my first decoder,and so I have never "wired" one, but if someone could give me step by step instructions, or at least someone patient could walk me though the process (preferably someone that is familiar with this type of loco and obvioulsy non plug and play decoder????) I'd really appreciate it! I can post pics if need be! This may seem kinda petty, but I JUST found out about 4 months ago that it is possible to run more than one powered loco on the same track! LOL! Thanks for any help guys!
-Rich
I bought a "Digitrax DH123D" decoder for my P2K SD9 the other day and I was very happy when I seen the price was only 20 bucks! On the other hand, unlike the one I seen at the "other" hobby shop which claimed to be "plug and play", this one seems to have a blue plastic covered computer chip (the decoder I'd suppose) and a "e-z wire harness" with 9 wires coming out of it. I have pulled off the shell of my loco to see how it would be hooked up, but the instructions say that "the wire harness connects to the decoder, then the harness is wired to the motor connections"! I'm starting to realize that this is not going to be a 5 minute "plug and play" kinda job, but the instructions make it sound like its easy! Do I have to solder anything or cut wires here and there and remove this or that? Or is it as easy as advertised? This may seem like a stupid thing to ask, but I really want to hook this decoder up so I can run it on the club layout when I join this weekend. This is my first decoder,and so I have never "wired" one, but if someone could give me step by step instructions, or at least someone patient could walk me though the process (preferably someone that is familiar with this type of loco and obvioulsy non plug and play decoder????) I'd really appreciate it! I can post pics if need be! This may seem kinda petty, but I JUST found out about 4 months ago that it is possible to run more than one powered loco on the same track! LOL! Thanks for any help guys!
-Rich