Re: Interference With Other Club's Using Lionel Legacy

[Steve Wise <swise@aoot.com>]

I believe we can actually replace the crystal in the tmcc1 base and 
cab1s to utilize a different frequency.  Maybe we should consider this 
going forward to get our TMCC1 stuff off the "default" freq. 

Or replace it all with Legacy and be done with it...

:)



Bill Lohman wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> The Lionel TMCC 1 Command Base is restricted to one 
> Channel/Frequency.  All Clubs using TMCC in the past were constrained 
> to use this one frequency between the Cab 1 Remotes and the TMCC 
> Command Base.  As you all know this caused interference between TTAT 
> and other Clubs operating in close quarters at past train shows.
>  
> Lionel Legacy has addressed this issue.  Legacy offers ten RF (radio 
> frequency) Channels between the CAB-2 Remotes and the Legacy Base.  We 
> manually (in the menus) change the frequency on the Legacy Command 
> base to any of the ten .  Then all CAB-2 Controllers automatically 
> search for the correct Command Base frequency while booting up after 
> being turned on.  If there are multiple Legacy Bases in the area then 
> each CAB-2 can also be manually set to the correct Legacy Base channel. 
>  
> Just as we have negotiated for Tracks with other clubs in the past -- 
> we can now work with them to select different channels. But, now we 
> will be TOTALLY independent of the other club in the Legacy 
> environment.  We can use the same TR's without interference because 
> each Club is on a different Channel.
>  
> However, the CAB-1 Controllers will still communicate with the TMCC1 
> Command Base which will still be on it's one and only channel and so 
> will be subject to interference from other TMCC! Clubs in the vicinity.
>  
> To build on this, as covered briefly in another email.  TMCC1 offered 
> the capability to set up 9 TRacks or TRains (lashups).  Legacy extends 
> this to 99 Tracks or Lashups or whatever you program with the TR 
> function. 
>  
> So, theoretically 9 clubs could each be on a separate, unique Legacy 
> Channel and each club could also have 99 different TRacks or TRains 
> (lashups) on top of this.  So, interferece between Clubs should be a 
> thing of the past with Legacy.
>  
> Hope this helps,
> Bill
>