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Connecting a Revo to a Phoenix board

Electronics Power and Sound
#1

I have my 38 ton shay apart, I have identified all the wires and now I am installing batteries and a Revolution board with a phoenix for sound.

Can anyone direct me to a wiring schematic to connect the Revo and Phoenix?

#2

I think that the Phoenix manuals have wiring diagrams for the Revolutio. Check online. I’m on my phone so I can’t easilly check. Worst case I can scan the diagram I have tonight…

#3

You didn’t say which version of the Phoenix you had so here are links to several manuals that have the wiring diagrams:

http://www.phoenixsound.com/pdf/P8_Handbook.pdf

http://www.phoenixsound.com/pdf/PB17_Handbook.pdf

http://www.phoenixsound.com/pdf/PB11v6_Handbook.pdf

http://www.phoenixsound.com/pdf/PB9_Handbook.pdf

#4

Which REVO? Might be Plug N Play.

#5

Thanks guys. The Revo was a new one that I was connecting to the Phoenix and there was not a specific diagram to do so.

Thanks for the links Win Joy. I was able to use one for my needs and between what I found on the Revo site and the Shay diagram I was able to get it all working.

I made a diagram for future reference.

The hardest part was squeezing all the bits into that small tender along with 2 batteries. I actually could not mount the red Revo programming switch due to no space so I ran it out the floor and taped it to the underside out of site between the frame rails if I should ever need it.

I tested the Shay Sunday and all is good.

Thanks to Don Sweet of RCS for the parts and several Emails of support.

#6

Todd, you never told us if the ‘new’ revo was the revo of old or the newer DCC unit. The Phoenis will work on DCC quite well.

#7

Dan Pierce said:

Todd, you never told us if the ‘new’ revo was the revo of old or the newer DCC unit. The Phoenis will work on DCC quite well.

I believe it is the Revo 2.4. I don’t know about DCC. I had to use the adapter board which gave me the screw terminals. I was able to hook up the bell and whistle sounds so I could trigger them from the remote. I didn’t pursue any other sounds like the blow down or brakes since those go off according to the voltage.

#8

So, it is a later model Revo with sound, of course it would also help to know if it was pre “Precision RC” or current, though it won’t make a lot of difference…

Greg