Hi
Trackers,
Here's
some good news for those of you who might have been
experiencing trouble with your MTH DCS Proto 2 (PS-2)
engines.
Sometime earlier this year MTH began shipping
a completely re-designed DCS Track Interface Unit (TIU) as a
stand alone item or as part of a set with a remote
handheld. The handheld remote was NOT redesigned and so the
original remotes can be used with the new TIU.
This new TIU is known as the "Rev L" TIU. If
you purchase one it's important to make sure you get a Rev L
TIU as the older ones are still in dealer inventories.
As some of you know the original DCS with
Proto 2 Engines performed so poorly on my layout that I just
gave up on it and removed it.
Well, I just purchased and installed a new
complete set, Rev L TIU and hand held remote. It works
flawlessly! Finds engines anywhere on the layout all the time
and has perfect 10 signal strengths anywhere on the layout
except an occasional 9 or 8 over switches which is
understandable. I use to get values ranging from none to 1's,
3's and 6's and an occasionally higher. Huge improvement.
The Rev L TIU has a couple of interesting
hardware features. The common/ground connections for each of
the four channels are no longer tied together. And a USB port
has been added for connecting your PC to do downloads using a
standard PC to peripheral USB Cable.
Both the Rev L TIU and my new remote came with
software version 4.20 loaded.
Bill