At this point, if you have accounted for all the wires on the
decoder and there are no bare connections anywhere, check
the wiring to the track, motor and lights once more, for pinched,
stretched or damaged leads. If all looks well, you should now be
ready for a quick check before you button up everything.
Set the boiler loosely on the engine, place the engine and ten-
der on the track and plug the cables between them (WARNING!
Take care not to plug the four-pin cable “one pin off” or you
will wreck the decoder!), then turn on the DCC controller.
In a second or two you should hear the compressor pumping
and some light steam sounds. Select Loco address 3 and try the
whistle – if it blows, press the Headlight button and you should
hear the dynamo crank up and the headlight ramp up to full
brightness. (A small “quirk” in the Tsunami sometimes will have
it power up with the backup light on in Forward direction, but
as soon as you advance the throttle, you will hear the Reverser
9: Black power lead soldered to drawbar.
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