@Jedderbob posted:This is why I stick with TMCC 1 locos. Ironically enough, I use TMCC 1 for the same reason you use DCS, I don't like the screen and I find DCS to be more finicky. To each their own but I think we can agree that across the board it's getting more complicated to run trains!
Well Yes & No...Lionel offers the Universal remote which is pretty simple to operate, but it is an additional purchase (that works with all LCx & any Bluetooth equipped Legacy).
It's tough for Lionel building these things because everyone wants the cools sound effects and awesome smoke with advanced controls to run it all but they also want it to so simple a cave man can do it with with one or two buttons. I think Lionel is doing their best to appease both crowds here while also trying to keep as much stuff as possible made previously still compatible with their latest control methods.
I started with TMCC-1 and DCS and when I build my layout and looked all of the different accessory and switch modules to run my layout from Lionel, the cost blew me away, so DCS with a $79 AIU now runs my 12 switches and 9 accessories. When legacy came out, I initially bought a base but was unimpressed with LCD icons and the interface vs what DCS had already done. It eventually got used at one of the clubs and my layout remained under TMCC & DCS control.
Again, Lionel is doing their best to make us all happy, and when you think about how many ways you can now control a Legacy or LC2 engine, you can choose how complex or simple you want it to be.
Personally, The complexity doesn't bother me, but the shortcomings of the simplicity does.
