Aristo Revolution TE 2009 P3

As soon as I got my Revolution system, I replaced my 27Mhz TEs with the Revolution receivers. They work great as trackside units.

My first loco installation was into a B&O GP40. It took more time to open up the loco than to install the receiver.

I then did a non plug and play installation into a 1998 CNJ RS3.


Here is one of the three Trackside 27Mhz TEs I used for track power control. They worked well but I wanted one Transmitter for both track power and loco control.		This picture shows all three of my Revolution receivers set up as trackside units. I used the short adapter boards and the packaging foam to support the other end of the receiver board.

The GP40 was a plug-n-play install. It was so easy I didn't remember to take pictures until I was done. The only pic I got shows what I do with the Link button. I did this with any loco that had a top hatch.		This is the RS3 install. I installed the Receiver in this opening in the main board. I taped the edges because one of the wire traces was right on the edge. To the right of the opening is the plug with two black wires looped together and two red wires looped together. One set was track power and the other set went to the motors.

I cut the wires in the middle of the loops, put the loco on the track and use a volt meter to determine which two wires were track power and which two were to the motor. I then extended the wires so they would reach the Non-P-N-P board adapter. You can see the velcro dots I used to mount the board.		This photo shows the Non P-N-P board with receiver installed. This board is an accessory you can purchase. The main benefit is the screw terminals for connecting the wires and it also fully supports the receiver board. The adapter board that comes with the receiver only supports the receiver on one end and has wires to make your wiring connections.

Here you can see how I installed the capacitor board. The board is long, too long for a clean install in this loco. So, I cut the board in half and soldered short wire jumpers to the three circuit board traces I cut. This works well and I have done it for several installations.		A while back I installed new new headlights into this RS3. This made it easy for me to connect the headlights to the receiver so I could control with the transmitter.