Re: Interference With Other Club's Using Lionel Legacy

[Bill Lohman <844bill@gmail.com>]

As you know the Legacy System is a completely new stand alone system which can be used to run both TMCC1 and Legacy engines using the CAB-2 Controller.  .

 

And as you know, to be backward compatible ,the Legacy System has provisions to connect  to the TMCC1 Command Base..  This allows us to also use our CAB-1 Controllers to run both Legacy engines and TMCC1 engines -- limited to  TMCC1 functionality..

 

So, the answer to your question is yes.  Having the TMCC1 Base connected  to our layout thru the Legacy Base can result in interfering duplicate TMCC engine id's from other layouts -- entering our system thru the TMCC1 "backdoor."

 

If this occurs we can simply disconnect the TMCC1 Command Base and go 100 percent Legacy.  We'lll for sure have 3 CAB-2 Controllers and I hear that Steve ordered a 4th yesterday.  .

 

Bill

 

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On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Edward Weltens <ed.weltens@sbcglobal.net> 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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