Re: Interference With Other Club's Using Lionel Legacy

[Steve Wise <swise@aoot.com>]

The Legacy base hooks up to the outter rails, so it does replace the 
TMCC1 base in that respect.   But you still need the TMCC 1 base if you 
are using CAB-1s.  CAB-1's transmit to the TMCC1 base, which then feeds 
commands into the legacy (via the serial connection).  So as long as we 
use cab-1/tmcc1s, we need to worry about collisions with other 
cab-1/tmcc1 users.


Steve.


Edward Weltens wrote:
> duplicate Engine IDs will still be a problem that needs to be 
> addressed, right?  Or does the Legacy base replace the TMCC 1 command 
> base?
>
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> *From:* Steve Wise <swise@aoot.com>
> *To:* ttat-members@aoot.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:37:41 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Interference With Other Club's Using Lionel Legacy
>
> 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
> > 
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> TTAT members reflector.