--- In [email protected], tennsgauge@... wrote:
>
>
> One rub with the way the U33C is being marketed is the disconnect between
> scale wheels and TMCC. There is no reason that a scaler cannot use TMCC.
> The problem is that nearly all scalers use straight DC or DCC. As
> mentioned previously, this requires gutting the units of expensive electronic
>
> components.
> - Earl Henry, Nashville
I've used TMCC in HiRail,(an early version that can use an MTH DCS controller)
so it does work for two-rail. On parallel loops, the signal is strong enough
to "broadcast" to the inner loop (at least with SHS track) and run a TMCC
equipped locomotive without a physical TMCC connection. Just set the AC
voltage and select the locomotive.
However, the only thing Lionel has available currentl is their Legacy system
costing about $350 msrp. There is no "basic" system, just the one. There
doesn't seem to be a basic system on the horizon, either.
Legacy/TMCC uses the rails as a broadcast antenna and the locomotive requires a
recieving antenna of some sort. It's a propritary system, and only one company
is licensed to make recievers. They're bulky and expensive when compared to
DCC decoders.
Lionel once relased TMCC code to the outside world, and the tech-savy modelers
leapt on it. So did MTH... That why I can use a DCS controller.
Lionel no longer releases the code to the geneal public and is reluctant to do
any more licensing. So I don't see scale folks lining up to refit their
railroads for Legacy/TMCC.
Rich G(ajnak)
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