Bowser SoundTraxx Tsunami User manual

Your Quick Start Guide
To Bowser Executive Line
Sound Equipped Locomotives
The address on your decoder can be changed on either the programing track
(with the aid of a PTB-100 programing track booster) or on the mainline.
Any other programing may result in the loco not be useable.
TO CHANGE ADDRESS Use Soundtraxx PTB-100
Warning! Do not touch the board while
under power or while applying power!!
Only touch the board on the sides when
not under power.
Congratulations!
You have just purchased a new Bowser Executive Line
locomotive equipped with a SoundTraxx Tsunami
Digital Sound Technology Decoder installed.
This state-of-the-art DSD will provide all the pleasures
of high quality, digital onboard sound and the benefits
of today’s DCC technology. Each Bowser equipped
locomotive comes equipped with multiple horns or
whistles to allow you to customize the locomotive to
your personal tastes or more closely match your
prototype railroad.
Bowser equipped locomotives include all the amazing
features found in all aftermarket Tsunami decoders,
including the ability to set up manual notching, a built in
7 band equalizer, built in reverb, all 15 Hyperlight
lighting effects, and advanced motor controls.
This document will be a quick reference for the different
horns or whistles found on each Bowser Executive Line
Tsunami equipped locomotive, as well as how to
change the address, volume, and the default function
assignments. For a complete breakdown of all of the
CVs and Tsunamis capabilities please reference the
User’s Guide and Technical reference found at
www.Soundtraxx.com .
EXECUTIVE LINE
WWW.BOWSER-TRAINS.COM
SoundTraxx Tsunami
Sound Manual

Mainline Programming
(Ops Mode):
Example: changing the address from 3 to 50
Step 1: First, with locomotive 3 selected, change the address
to a long address not being currently used that is easy to
remember such as 1000, by using either the long address
option found on most command stations or manually via CVs
17,18, and 29.
*Note most command station will just ask the address you
want and will change the CVs internally
Step 2: Next, exit out of mainline programming and select
locomotive 1000 and make sure the engine runs on its new
address.
Step 3: With locomotive 1000 selected go back into mainline
programming and change CV 1 = 50, and change CV 29 = 6
Step 4: Exit out of programming mode and select locomotive
50. The locomotive will now be on address 50
Function Assignments:
Bowser equipped locomotives contain all of the sound features
found on any aftermarket Tsunami, however the function mapping
defaults have been customized for each locomotive. The differences
between the decoders are listed below:
Function Bowser Executive Line Tsunami Aftermarket
F0(f) Headlight  Headlight
F0 (r) Backup light  Backup light
F 1 Bell   Bell
F2 Horn   Horn
F3 Short Horn  Short Horn
F4 Dynamic Brake  Dynamic Brake
F5 Effect light   Effect Lighting
F6 Effect light  Effect Lighting
F7 Dimmer   Dimmer
F8 Mute   Mute
F9 Coupler   Radiator Fans/RPM+
F10 Brake Squeal  Air Compressor/RPM-
F11 Not Assigned  Brake Squeal
F12 Not Assigned   Coupler
The default CV values listed below for an aftermarket Tsunami will
allow you to set up your Bowser locomotive to have identical
Function assignments as your models in which you have installed
Tsunamis yourself as an aftermarket improvement.
After Market Tsunami
CV   Default Value
 Diesel  Steam 

33 1  65
34 2  66
35 8  8
36 4  4
37 16  16
38 8  32
39 2  2
40 4  4
41 16  16
42 32  32
43 8  8
44 32  32
45 64  64
46 128 128
Horn/ Whistle guide:
To change the horn/whistle on your locomotive
change CV 115 to the value listed for each horn.
GE U25B CV115=
Leslie RS3L (Default) 0
Nathan P3 1
Leslie RS5T 2
Nathan K3LA 3
Leslie S3L 4
Nathan K5LA 5
EMD F Units
Leslie A200 (Default) 0
Leslie S5T 1
Nathan M5 2
Nathan M3 3
Leslie S3L 4
Nathan P3 5
Baldwins
Leslie A200 (Default) 0
Leslie S5T 1
Nathan M5 2
Nathan M3 3
Leslie S3L 4
Nathan P3 5
ALCo Century Series
Leslie RS3L (Default) 0
Nathan P3 1
Leslie RS5T 2
Nathan K3LA 3
Leslie S3L 4
Nathan K5LA 5
Changing the Address
on your Bowser Tsunami
equipped locomotive:
The Tsunami supports both short (CV 1) and long (CV 17,18)
addresses. Short addresses have a range of 1-127 while long
addresses have a range of 0001-9,999.
The address on your decoder can be changed on either the
programming track (with the aid of a PTB-100 programming
track booster available from SoundTraxx) or on the
mainline.
When programming the address on the programming track
simply change the corresponding CVs to the desired address.
Programming Track:
Example: Changing the address from 3 to 50, set CV 1=50
and the locomotive will now respond to address 50 when
placed on the mainline.
*Note most command station will just ask the address you
want and will change the CVs internally
If you do not have a PTB-100, you can still change the
address on the mainline
When programming the address on the mainline it is important
to note that you must know the current address of the
locomotive or else it will not program that locomotive since it
only sends the programming packets (CV adjustments) to the
selected locomotive. It is also important to notice what type of
address you currently are using as the decoder will not allow
you to change the type of address currently in use. So for
example, a Bowser Tsunami equipped locomotive comes with
a default value of short address 3 so to change the address
you must change it to a long address.