@rplst8 posted:Why should it require the customer to get inside the locomotive? Haven't you ever used MTH's capability to change the sound and chain files?
It's just software. Most of these Lionel engines have a Bluetooth connection for Pete's sake. Just engineer it to be reprogrammed wirelessly.
You are preaching to what I have for years.
These boards require to be hard wired into a programing fixture. Not like DCS or DCC where you can send data through the track.
The Bluetooth is just another form of a receiver.
Also, they don’t do it because they don’t want people to steal there tech. (Even though its not that special) Its their way of holding the market. Which the completely control now.
