Re: Interference With Other Club's Using Lionel Legacy

["Ira Schneider" <ira_schneider@iname.com>]

Here are my two cents worth.

We will probably not have enough CAB-2 handheld controllers for everyone at
the World's Greatest Hobby On Tour show, so we will probably still have to
use some of our CAB-1's and the TMCC command base.

Even if members volunteer to bring enough CAB-2's, do we really want
to rely on untested technology for our entire layout?  What I mean by that
is that we have never used Legacy and CAB-2's at a show.  We do not
know anything about battery life for the CAB-2's or their operating range
inside the San Antonio Convention Center.  (We have seen problems
in the past where our command control systems don't work very well in
certain venues.  For example, the MTH DCS system doesn't appear to
work at all at the Live Oak Civic Center, while it works just fine elsewhere.
We have seen problems with the Lionel TMCC system at other venues.)

I have no problem with using the Legacy system at the WGH show,
as long as we have a backup plan in case it doesn't work.  Right
now, we can disconnect the Legacy system at any time if there is a
problem.  If we are counting on the Legacy system to completely
solve the addressing conflicts (if they even exist at this show),
we have no way to fall back to the TMCC system.

I agree that we can try to use the multiple frequency feature of the
Legacy system to minimize our potential interference problems.
If it works at the WGH show, this would totally solve the problem
at the TCA Train Meet, since no one else there was using Legacy
last year.  However, we would need enough CAB-2 handhelds
for everyone to use (i.e. at least four, and preferably five).


Ira