Soundtraxx Sierra Rev. B 1997/1998 Throttle Up Connections

AJtheTeacher

AJtheTeacher

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Hello Fellow G Enthusiasts!

I picked up this Soundtraxx Sierra chip with a speaker and controlls connected to it. I understand from reading that these are very particular about having positive and negative electricity applied to them.

Can somebody please tell me what connections to use to hook this up to test it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Enjoy you trains! AJ the TeacherSierra 2.jpgSierra 1.jpgSierra 3.jpg
 
Great little sound boards. Almost as good as Phoenix and as long as you have easy access to the two 'programming' buttons, you can change a great deal of the sound functions.
The very small 6v lead acid back-up batteries are no longer available but I have used small 6V NimH packs instead and the boards are completely fine with them.
I have also used a capacitor back-up system which works well but as the cap needs to charge up on first application of track power, the initial 'standing' sounds can sometimes have problems.
 
beavercreek said:
Great little sound boards. Almost as good as Phoenix and as long as you have easy access to the two 'programming' buttons, you can change a great deal of the sound functions.
The very small 6v lead acid back-up batteries are no longer available but I have used small 6V NimH packs instead and the boards are completely fine with them.
I have also used a capacitor back-up system which works well but as the cap needs to charge up on first application of track power, the initial 'standing' sounds can sometimes have problems.
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Thank you beavercreek! By the way, what do the initial standing sounds sound like? Is it a buzzing? AJ the Teacher
 
Standing sounds depend on how it was set up when you received it or how you program the card if you choose or need to,. They include - steam generator, coal shovel, air pump, blow down, single whistle toot on switch on. A Sierra's manual will tell you how to do this. See here https://manualzz.com/doc/7387741/sierra-steam-manual. Plenty of things to setup to suit your needs. Very straight forward once you get into the rhythm, so to speak. Might be worth doi g the "factory reset" noted as the last step in the card's set procedure. Max
 
AJtheTeacher said:
Thank you beavercreek! By the way, what do the initial standing sounds sound like? Is it a buzzing? AJ the Teacher
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Not buzzing but things like the sounds that Max has listed in his reply to your question.
It is really important to download the manual ( there is one for diesel and another for steam) as the manual will give you all if the options and possibilities with power supplies, wiring and programming… including the standing sounds ( which will be driven by the back-up battery when track voltage falls below about 8v or so)
 
maxi-model said:
Standing sounds depend on how it was set up when you received it or how you program the card if you choose or need to,. They include - steam generator, coal shovel, air pump, blow down, single whistle toot on switch on. A Sierra's manual will tell you how to do this. See here https://manualzz.com/doc/7387741/sierra-steam-manual. Plenty of things to setup to suit your needs. Very straight forward once you get into the rhythm, so to speak. Might be worth doi g the "factory reset" noted as the last step in the card's set procedure. Max
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Thank you Max! AJ the Teacher
 
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